Thomas Byrne Phone: 609-***-****
*** **** ******, ******, ** 07001 E-mail: *****.*********@*****.***
Summary
Highly organized and motivated professional with extensive experience managing multiple work-streams including phone screening, routing, scheduling, resource management, and senior reporting. Proven organizational, teamwork, and leadership skills demonstrated, successfully contributing to company objectives. Proven capability to take on, and succeed in new and challenging areas. Expertise includes:
Reporting/Analytics
Talent Management
Client Management
Digital Media
Social Media
Content Creation
Business Experience
FOX News, Inc. New York, NY: September 2015 to Present
FOX News Radio, Social Media Coordinator and Digital Media/Podcast Coordinator
Work within the newsroom to find the latest trending and news stories.
Manage all the content that is published on FOXNewsRadio.com.
Create engaging headlines that will generate shares on social media.
Publish content on FOX News Radio’s Facebook and Twitter page 24 hours a day.
Work with FOX News talent to produce podcasts, like the FOX News Rundown, that are published on iTunes.
Book guests for each podcast and come up with topics for each day
Listen thoroughly to each segment of the podcast and edit each one.
Conduct interviews with musicians and sports stars. The interviews are then published to FOX News Radio’s social media platforms.
Write up stories which are published on FOX News Radio’s website.
Communicate within the editors, managers and talent in the newsroom to provide them with trending stories and also step in and help when breaking news happens.
Film videos that are published on FOX News Radio’s Facebook and Twitter page.
Proficient in iNews, Microsoft Outlook, Hootsuite, Adobe Audition, Wordpress
ABC News, Inc., New York, NY: Jan. 2010 to Sept. 2015
ABC Sports, Freelance Sports Producer
Manage sound production for ABC’s affiliates
Conduct phone screenings and subsequent interviews with athletes for both radio and print.
Create online stories to be published and shared across the web on ABCNewsRadio.com/sports-news.
Assistant to Manager for all aspects of resource management, scheduling, report generation and daily analytics.
Manage a team of producers and instruct them when manager is gone.
Produce sports content for Slacker Radio.
Maintain relationships with various agencies that book talent with us.
Proficient in INews, Netia, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Audition, Picasa
ABC News Radio, Desk Assistant
Personal Assistant to anchors ensuring all necessary materials were ready for on-air production.
Meet with all necessary departments to compile scripts and organize for transmission to appropriate staff for on-air delivery.
Wrote copy for News Stories to be produced by various independent radio stations.
WFAN Radio, New York, NY Jan. 2009 to November 2010
WFAN Promotions, Production Intern
Organized events from creation of marketing materials to managing and coordinating each.
Promoted WFAN at events and locations across the Metropolitan and Tri-State area.
Cut tape, occasionally on air with talent.
New York Mets, New York, NY March 2009 to September 2009
Entertainment Staff
Hospitality coordinator ensuring all guests were comfortable and had the most enjoyable experience at all events.
CBS Sports, New York, NY Jan. 2008 to April 2008
March Madness Intern
Helped out other producers in the war room.
Learned how to put stats and make player profiles.
Logged games throughout the season.
Assisted talent.
Education
Rutgers University – New Brunswick, NJ
BS in Journalism and Media Studies
Technical Skills
Microsoft: 2010 Office Suite; Adobe: Audition, Photoshop, Picasa, iNews, Netia
References
Bryan Drozda, Producer, ABC Sports Radio, 401-***-****
Brian Rusnak, Production, New York Mets, 516-***-****
Al Dukes, Producer for Boomer and Gio, WFAN, CBS Sports Radio, 732-***-****