Paul Williams

Pittsburgh, PA

412-***-****

adu346@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-williams-b34551206

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Paul is a United States Air Force and Army Veteran with a Secret level clearance and 8 years of proven experience in the Media. He has worked for the Pentagon and the Defense Logistics Agency as a contractor where he created digital media reports which provided over 3,000 articles of high importance to aid their public affairs departments by alerting them to news reports that cover their interests’ efforts. His attention to detail and ability to excel under stressful deadlines resulted in the Defense Logistics Agency continuing their contract with his parent company. Using his resourcefulness, he created and maintained a clear and concise line of communications providing accurate news updates that first appeared on social media. Prior to this he has attended public affairs school with DINFOS while during his time in the military and has a working knowledge of professional photography, press release writing, public speaking, and community engagement. He has also been a sports broadcaster and sound board operator where his work aided his boss Bo Mattingly in becoming “Arkansas Sportsman of the Year” two years running. He has covered University of Arkansas athletics during his time at the University of Arkansas as a volunteer anchor on University of Arkansas Television. He is a three-time President’s List Award and Honors graduate at Herzing and a two-time Military Scholarship Award winner during his time at the University of Arkansas. He holds both a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies of Journalism and Communications as well as an A.S. in Information Technology.

AP Style Guide

News/Sports Writing

Script Writing

Video/Audio Editing

News Editing

Storytelling

Public Affairs

Analytics

Online Journalism

Digital Media

Media Relations

News Writing

Written/Verbal Communication

Search Engine Optimizing

Interviewing

Interpersonal Communications

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Barbaricum – Washington, District of Columbia 2020 – 2020

Media Analyst

Role ended early because of move to Pittsburgh, returned to school full-time.

Gathered news stories from sites such as CNN, FOX, CNBC, Military Times, and foreign outlets

relating to Top Stories, Broadcast Clips of Note, Upcoming Events, Modernization, Reform, Readiness,

and People. Compiling over 3,000 articles of interest for the Heads of the Army which was then pushed

out to over 750 different bases daily both in the United States and throughout the world

Created a technical paper for training others in how to do the daily report in a timely manner and a

timescale for when each portion of news gathering, and report creation should occur

Covered breaking stories such as murders, accidental deaths, and mobilization needs as they were

published and/or occurred monitored Twitter for breaking news from CNN, FOX, NBC, CBS, ABC, and

other outlets dealing with Army news to include in media report

Searched for and created 450 broadcast clips of note using the application "TV Eyes" which

generated 37 hours of interactive information for the Army Public Relations team including Joint Chief of

Staff Chairman Mark Milley

Metro Productions Government Services, LLC

Media Analyst 2017 – 2019

Met Deadlines by obtaining over 10,800 news articles from Lexus Nexus and Factiva media gathering

websites using search engine optimization tools which resulted in 730 daily reports sent to

750 U.S. military installations around the world

Tracked and updated over 3,650 key topics assigned by the Defense Logistics Agency by keeping

an up-to-date list on all issues that were important to the Defense Logistics Agency through creating a

clear line of communication between both Metro Productions and the Defense Logistics Agency

United States Army Public Affairs Specialist 2015 – 2016

Army National Guard

Went through Army Basic Training at Fort Jackson, SC.

Studied Public Affairs at DINFOS at Fort Meade, MD.

United States Air Force Aircraft Loadmaster 2014 – 2015

Air Force Reserve – North Little Rock AFB.

Transitioned from Air Force to Army National Guard

Sports Talk with “Bo Mattingly” – Fayetteville, AR 2010 - 2012

Journalist – Intern

Performed this role while a student at the University of Arkansas

Conducted sound board operations and audio production for over 360 live broadcasts of “Sports Talk with Bo Mattingly” which resulted in 1,440 hours of interactive sports coverage of the Arkansas Razorbacks Athletics Program and NCAA Athletics Programs which assisted Bo Mattingly with winning “Sportsman of the Year” two years in a row.

Created successful lines of communication between the host, Bo Mattingly and those from ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports, CBS Sports, local sports broadcasters, NCAA coaches, and University of Arkansas and other University staff of other NCAA affiliated athletic programs coaches through the use of phone lines for hosts use in interviews which resulted in over 3,600 interviews which accumulated in 720 hours of interviews

Used audio editing software to create clips of important parts of interviews that were conducted to be placed on company website as well as to create intro bytes for broadcast which resulted in 120 minutes of intro including music beds for live shows as well as pre-recorded shows

Interviewed fans and students before big game events in live-on-location format and created “Pardon the Interruption with Paul the Intern” segments which provided over 10 hours of entertainment and analysis for the show

EDUCATION

B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies (Journalism / Communications), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

A.S., Information Technology, Herzing University, WI

NOTABLE AWARDS

Honors Degree – Herzing University

President’s List Awards

Military Scholarship Awards

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: Adobe Creation Suite, SharePoint, Microsoft Suite

Operating Systems: Mac / Microsoft Windows / Linux

Programming: Java; Python

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