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 Experience 
Virginia Tech Athletic Department, Graphic Designer (Oct. '09- Current)
Designing t-shirts, banners, posters and schedule cards for Virginia Tech Athletics' Marketing & Promotion department. Designs include the 2009-10 student section t-shirt and banner for men's and women's basketball home events, 2010 baseball poster and schedule card, and the 2010 football schedule cards.
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

NASCAR Media Group, Digital Archive Coordinator (January '08 - Current)
Coordinating NASCAR's video archive, both historical still photography and video owned by NASCAR Media Group, by overseeing the department that adds data tags to content files to be easily accessible for television production. Also producing for television shows on Versus and SPEED.

Techsideline.com, Graphic Artist (July '09- Current)
Designing graphics and advertisement banners for a leading independent Virginia Tech athletic fan website. This includes college sports logos, helmets and graphic links.

The Lynchburg News & Advance, Sports Copy Editor/Layout Designer (May '07 - January '08)
Designed layout for a 30,000-circulation daily sports section, including information boxes, photo captions, headlines, and story & photo placement. Also edited local sports stories and participated in daily budget meetings with news staff on stories pertaining to Central Virginia.

Design work below in pdf form

 

WDBJ7-TV, Intern (Summer 2006)
Wrote, edited and recorded local sports stories to air on WDBJ7 television in Roanoke, VA. Learned to assimilate local sports broadcasts from professionals of the highest-rated television station in the Central and Western Virginia market.

Friday Football Extra, Statistician (Fall 2005 & Fall 2006)
Maintained statistics and notes to write high school football game highlights for the highest-rated local and regional television sports show televised weekly on Friday nights for the scheduled football season.

Collegiate Times, Senior Staff writer (Fall 2003-Spring 2007)
Served as an Associate Sports Editor, Senior Staff Writer and Staff Writer in the sports department of a daily college newspaper at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VA Tech). Wrote player features, event previews and recap stories on a variety of sporting events, meeting production deadlines. Served as the “beat” writer covering the nationally ranked VA Tech Football team for the past two years. Wrote editorial columns and feature articles on the nationally ranked VA Tech Basketball team. Photographed, edited and captioned shots for publication. Produced and hosted The Hokie Banter Podcast broadcasted weekly on CollegiateTimes.com. Represented the Collegiate Times at the coaching staff press conferences.
ESPN, Camera Operator (October 26, 2006)
Operated a high-definition camera during a live collegiate football game broadcast on national television. Assisted with the arrangement and setup of equipment prior to the game. Experienced, firsthand, the production of a live sports broadcast from one of the best in sports television and entertainment media.
The Roanoke Times, Intern (Summer 2005)
Wrote articles and summaries for local and regional sporting events in Central and Southwest Virginia. Covered the Salem Avalanche minor league baseball team and Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) events. Assisted with layout of the sports section of a daily statewide newspaper.
Fincastle Herald, Intern (Summer 2004)
Wrote assigned stories about people and events for a Botetourt County, VA local weekly newspaper and took photographs to accompany each story.
WGMN Roanoke, ClearChannel Radio "Greg Roberts Live", Intern (Fall 2002-Spring 2003)
Served as an assistant to the host on a daily two hour radio sports broadcast. Operated the sound-board and researched supporting sports information on the internet.
Lord Botetourt Sportswire, Creator, Editor and Feature Writer (Fall 2002)
Wrote, edited and published a weekly sports update for Lord Botetourt High School.

 

Self Employment, (Summer 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
Performed weekly landscaping services for neighborhood clients, while continuing paralleling internships.

 

Skills
-Proficient in Microsoft Word
-Proficient in Photoshop Editing
-Media Photography
-Video Editing
-Web page design
  

 

Education
-Graduate of Virginia Tech
Major- Communication: GPA 3.2/4.0
-Honor Graduate of Lord Botetourt High School

 

Honors

-Boy Scouts - Eagle Scout
-Boy Scouts – Adult Leader
-National Honor Society member
-Honor Roll student in High School
-Academic Letter
-Principal’s Scholar
-Ruritan Medal of Honor Recipient
-Ruritan Club member
-Red Cross Volunteer
-Hollerin’ Hokies President (2005, 2006)
-WDBJ7 & Lions Club Volunteer Award
-Virginia Tech Hokie Ambassador (2006)
-NASCAR Day Volunteer pin recipient

References

Brent DiGiacomo, Virginia Tech Athletic Marketing & Promotions
Cassell Colisum, Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-3236

Mike Stevens, former Sports Director, WDBJ-TV
15 E. Clay Street, Salem, vA 24153
(540) 375-4112

Nathan Warters, Lynchburg News & Advance Sports
101 Wyndale Dr., Lynchburg, VA, 24501
(434) 385-5400

Damian Salas, Hokiesports.com
402 Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, VA, 24061
(540) 231-8816

Bill Roth, ISP Sports
250 South Main Street, Suite 224, Blacksburg, VA, 24060
(540) 961-7604

Brad Minerd, NASCAR Media Group
4205-B Stuart Andrew Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28207
(704) 527-4152