Communications Manager

Eric Goldstein

609-***-**** *******@*******.***

Highly motivated, detail-oriented, and deadline-driven communicator committed to creating and managing clear and engaging content for corporate internal audiences as well as for multiple media outlets.

Areas of Strengths and Expertise

Corporate Communications Strategy Writing / Editing

Creativity Storytelling Relationship Building

Leadership Design Interviewing

EXPERIENCE

Business Communications Manager, Pep Boys 2015-2018

Strategic advisor to provide cross-functional support for departments at corporate office

Create, manage, and launch communications to 1,900 stores, 700 corporate office employees, or targeted audiences

Helped lead seamless transition of Communications department for five months while Director of Communications position was vacant

Supported monthly CEO Town Halls with responsibilities that included: creating power point slides, feedback surveys before and / or after the event for attending Team Members, technical support, and formulating summary to appear on the intranet

Uploaded content and maintained company intranet site

Created and distributed weekly snapshot of rear- and forward-facing store communications and projects to senior and field leadership

Built and maintained custom distribution lists for corporate, field leadership, and stores

Helped organize and create inaugural Company-wide monthly Customer First newsletter for 25,000 employees to influence store team behavior

Made public and internal appearances as a Company mascot, Moe, from Manny, Moe & Jack, including at the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl championship parade

Philadelphia Flyers beat writer, Metro Philadelphia (Circulation 77,000-****-****

Attend preseason, regular season and postseason games as well as practices

Attend press conferences and interview players and coaches

Write features, editorials and provide analysis on the team

Live tweet from games with updates and commentary, and engage with followers

Post stories on social media platforms

Sports staff writer, South Jersey Times (Circulation 35,000-****-****

Beat reporter for Philadelphia Flyers for three years: Wrote game stories, features and columns; compiled weekly NHL top 30 rankings; paginated weekly NHL page

Beat reporter for Philadelphia Union for five years: Wrote game stories and features

Beat reporter for high school boys and girls soccer, swimming and softball: Wrote game stories, features, player profiles and weekly notebooks

Beat reporter for local baseball player Mike Trout of the Angels: Wrote multiple features

Uploaded content to company website; posted stories on social media websites

Paginated front page and inside sports pages

Sports Editor, Bridgeton/Millville News (Circulation 20,000-****-****

Managed staff of two reporters that covered five high schools, one community college, community, youth sports and professional sports

Covered one high school that included 20 sports over the fall, winter, and spring

Oversaw and posted content to sports section website

Implemented new pagination ideas and direction of the department

Paginated front page and inside pages and assigned photo requests and story ideas

Related Experience

High school sports writer, NJ.com 2014-2015

Wrote game stories and features on teams in the fall, winter, and spring seasons

Sports writer, South Jersey Sports Digest (sjsportsdigest.com) 2014-2015

Wrote game stories and features on high school teams in the fall, winter and spring seasons, and provided a weekly college notebook on schools in South Jersey

Score Service,Courier Post 2014-2015

Compiled agate and roundups for high school sports

High school football beat writer, Gannett 2014

Wrote game previews, game stories, postgame wrap ups, and features

College Experience

Editor-in-Chief, The Towerlight (Circulation 10,000)

Led staff of 30 students at Maryland’s largest student weekly newspaper

Oversaw four sections, wrote editorials, and managed budget

Collaborated with senior staff on cover photo and headline

Sports Editor, Assistant Sports Editor, Sports staff writer

Sports Intern, WTXF Fox 29

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications, Towson University, Towson Md.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Word, Excel, InDesign, Quark Express, Adobe Photoshop, and News Edit Pro

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