Social Media/Multimedia Professional

Nicholas Ryan Newman

Communications Social Media Design Editing Multimedia Journalism

www.nicholasrnewman.wordpress.com • 801-***-**** • abn6m5@r.postjobfree.com • Twitter: nicknewman801

ACHIEVEMENTS AND SKILLS

• Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, 2012 “Stateless in the Dominican Republic”

• 1st place interactive media, Best of Festival 2011 Broadcast Educators Association “State of

Change”

• 2nd place Online In-Depth reporting, 2012 SPJ Region 11 Mark of Excellence “Stateless in the

Dominican Republic”

New Media and Design Skills, proficiencies and familiarities:

• Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Sto- • html

rify, FourSquare, Google Plus, Pinterest, etc.) • CSS

• Adobe Creative Suite • InDesign

• Final Cut Pro • podcasts

• Photoshop • Intermediate Photography skills

• SEO • Microsoft Office

RELEVANT MEDIA EXPERIENCE

PRIVATE COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS

2012-present Salt Lake City

Consultant

Consulting for people and private companies

• social media • print design

• branding • photography

• web design • writing and editing

ZIONS BANK

2011-2012 Salt Lake City

Social Media Administrator

• Led social media strategy • Planned and implemented social media events

• monitoring • Wrote for the company magazine

• branding efforts • Designed and maintained company blogs

• Increased brand following from 2,000 to over • Photographed events

13,000 • Social Media training

CRONKITE NEWS SERVICE

May 2011-Aug. 2011 Washington, D.C.

Multimedia Journalist

• Reported on Arizona politics from Cronkite • Representatives Gabrielle Giffords and Jeff

News Service’s new Washington bureau Flake.

• Education • Published in The Arizona Republic, Sacramen-

• Indian Affairs to Bee, Seattle Times, MSNBC.com, and other

• social issues sites

DESERET NEWS

2009-2010 Salt Lake City

Mormon Times online content manager/reporter

• Maintained and edited online and social me- • Wrote hard news and features

dia content for Mormon Times section • Geographical beat: Pacific Northwest, Alaska

• SEO and Canada

April 2008-Aug. 2008

Sports Intern

• High School Sports • Feature stories in Pro, College and High

• Minor League Baseball School sports

New Media Intern

* multimedia

• Responsible for editing and content manage- * moderation of user comments

ment of all stories on web site * SEO

* articles

THE DAILY UNIVERSE

2007-2009 Provo, Utah

Copy Editor/Agate Editor

• Substantive Editing

• Designed campus newspaper

• Circulation: 18,500

• Redesigned sports agate page

• Copy Editing

Sept. 2006-April 2007

Cross Country Beat Writer, Special Topics Writer

EDUCATION

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Phoenix

Master in Mass Communications: Walter Cronkite School of Journalism 3.50 GPA

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

Provo, Utah

BA: Communications. 3.27 GPA (3.47 in major)

• Print Journalism • Editing minor

• New Media and Design • Financially supported myself 90% of the time

REFERENCES FOR NICHOLAS RYAN NEWMAN

Alison Herzog Senior Marketing Manager, Social Media & Community, FamilySearch, Salt Lake City

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Leslie-Jean Thornton Associate Professor of Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix

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Layton Shumway Communications Specialist, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah

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Steve Crane Director, Cronkite News Service Washington Bureau, Washington, D.C.

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Joel Campbell Associate Professor of Communications, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

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PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER REFERENCES

Alex Baugh Associate Professor, Church History and Doctrine; Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

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Bill Silcock Director of Cronkite Global Initiatives, Associate Professor, Arizona State University, Phoenix 602-***-**** abn6m5@r.postjobfree.com

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