ARTHUR “RICK” BROWN

813-***-**** aduodt@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/arickbrown

WRITER JOURNALIST CONTENT PRODUCER

Professional seeking to harness years of experience in journalism as an award-winning writer and adaptable communicator. Driven to assist as a dedicated professional with a history of exceptional performance and the ability to offer top-quality solutions.

SKILLS

Writing Meeting deadlines Reporting Blogging Social media Web writing Fact gathering Problem solving Mentoring Recruiting Microsoft Office Applications Home & Business Networking Microsoft Exchange Document Management Video and copy-editing

WORK EXPERIENCE

Foot Locker

Social Media Care Nov. 2020-Present

Associate: Responsible for monitoring social media accounts, assisting customers in issues relating to products, shipping, returns and any other issue the customer may have; monitor issues with the website and relay to appropriate department.

Cognizant

Non-Clinical Care Management Associate Feb. 2020-July 2020

Data Executive: Responsible for coordination, authorization and monitoring of health care services; managed task buckets/work lists or other tools to ensure timely handling of admissions of patients; timely documentation of cases; assigned cases to appropriate nurses; maintained departmental performance metrics at a meets or exceeds expectation level.

Cognizant

Social Media Coordinator July 2018-Feb. 2020

Process Executive: Coordinator required to decipher and analyze posts and compare with the client’s manual to determine if posts are compliant. Also, collects data to recognize trends in the market and raises concerns to help client keep policies up to date in the fast-paced, ever-changing medium.

Pinchasers

Mechanic 2016-Present

Part-time job. Provides support to bowlers to make sure they have a good experience by making sure machines are running properly. In addition to oiling the 50-lane facility, conducts basic maintenance, answer calls for issues that affect the machines that hamper the bowlers’ experience. Also, assists in the closing of the alley after hours.

FanRag Sports (FanRagsports.com) 2015-2018

Correspondent

NFL Writer: Researched and developed five-to-six stories/features a week on the NFL. During the regular season I focused on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the NFC South, including but not limited to, breaking news, quirks and outlooks. During the offseason, that role expanded to include work on the rest of the NFL. In addition to operating on the site’s platform, used social media to promote the site and my work.

Tampa Bay Times 2015-2018

Correspondent

Hockey, NFL, Prep writer: Provided coverage of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well as high school games throughout the year. With the pro teams, provided notebooks and/or game stories when beat writers needed.

ESPN.com 2015-2016

Correspondent

Tampa Bay Buccaneers writer: Provided daily coverage of the team for the final four games of the season and into the offseason. This included game coverage, breaking news, radio spots, blogs and weekly features.

The Ledger, Lakeland, FL 1991-2015

Senior Sports Reporter

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Beat Writer (2008-2015): Wrote, blogged and tweeted daily about the team on multiple platforms (newspaper, website, social media) and shot occasional videos. Also wrote a weekly NFL column.

College Writer (1998-2008): Traveled to cover best game among state teams during football season, including intensive coverage of conference championships and bowl games. Also wrote a weekly college column. Following football season, primarily covered Florida Southern College’s winter and spring sports.

Tampa Bay Lightning Beat Writer (1992-1998): Provided daily coverage including all home games and occasional road games of the NHL franchise, including breaking news, features and interest stories.

General Assignment (1991-2015): Has covered Kansas City Royals during spring training; wrote a softball and golf column; wrote general columns; the Orlando Predators and Tampa Bay Storm arena football teams; boxing, high schools as well as any story in the newsroom when needed.

Go to Balling.blogs.theledger.com and BucsScene.blogs.theledger.com for view of past blog content with the newspaper.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Tampa Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Reporter (2016-Present): Coordinates, develops, edits and posts stories and social media posts of notable work done by the fraternity in the community. Developes press releases and establish relationships with the media for local coverage. Former social chair who arranged meals for monthly business meetings, arranged sympathy cards/flowers to members. Lead in producing Southern Province 2018 Chapter of the Year booklet.

Wesley Chapel Athletic Association, Wesley Chapel, FL

Media Consultant (2006-2010): Advised board on strategic moves involving but not limited to media, parents and supporters of the Association; constructed emails for the website, parents and supporters of the Association.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Newspaper Journalism

Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

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