LAYNE PITT

OBJECTIVE

To use my more than three decades of experience in public relations/information and media to continue to tell important and interesting stories. SKILLS

Writing (feature and news), photography, graphic design, social media. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Photoshop, In-Design, Acrobat. Limited experience in Premier Pro, Excel.

EXPERIENCE

Sports Information Director; UW-Stout, Menomonie, WI — 1994-2022 (retired) Served as athletics media liaison for 8000-student university, working together with as many as 19 different sports programs over 28 years of serving the university. Managed, trained and supported student staff of as many as 20 per year, with student positions ranging from writers, photographers, videographers, graphic designers, social media specialists, sports statisticians. No network presence when began, but quickly created a website, expanding site through several iterations. Began audio and video streaming of home events and established social media presence. Photo Technician; UW-Stout, Menomonie, WI — 1992-1994 Planned and generated color and black and white photographs for use in university publications, public relations and education purposes. Journalist/Photojournalist; Fox Valley Sports, Appleton, WI — January - July, 1994 Participated in all aspects of producing niche weekly sports newspaper. Produced game and feature stories, photographs, designed publication. Managing Editor; Sports Editor; Photojournalist

The Dunn County News, Menomonie, WI — 1981-1992

Began as photojournalist for 6000-circulation weekly newspaper in city of 15,000. Worked way up to sports editor and managing editor. EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI — Bachelor of Science, 1981 Major: Industrial Education Concentration: Graphic Arts Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee, WI — Associate of Science, 1978 Major: Photography

AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Chancellor’s Academic Staff Award for Excellence, UW-Stout, 2019; Midwest DIII Sports Information Director of the Year, American Volleyball Coaches Association; UW- Stout Athletic Hall of Fame, Chair; Member - Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA); Member - Chancellor’s Athletic Advisory Council, UW-Stout. 715-***-****

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1308 Wilson Street

Menomonie, WI 54751

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Sports Information Director - The Northern Collegiate Hockey Association, 2005-08; Student Publications Adviser - The Stoutonia, UW-Stout student newspaper; The Menomin, Menomonie High School yearbook; College for Kids - taught photography and darkroom skills at UW-Stout summer sessions to middle school students over three summers; Student newspaper staff - photojournalist, photo editor, managing editor for The Stoutonia, UW-Stout’s student newspaper; Student teacher - taught photography at Park High School in Cottage Grove, MN; Worked way through college - Asbury Acres Camps, Almond, WI; Cotton Patch Supper Club, Cecil, WI; Bonduel Pickling Company, Bonduel, WI.