Wieck Media | Dallas, TX September 2007 – Present
Assistent Editorial Manager | Project Manager. Worked with Fortune 500 companies including: The New York Times Syndicate, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, American Honda Motor Company, Mercedes Benz USA, Hess Corporation, and Southwest Airlines.
Assist in handling press releases, photos and videos for client’s digital newsrooms. Handled some design work with CSS, HTML and various Adobe programs like Photoshop and Fireworks. Helped coordinate embargoed/time sensitive postings of releases, photos and videos for clients.
As a Project Manager, I worked side-by-side with Baylor Health Care Systems in getting their newsroom launched (http://media.baylorhealth.com). I retained client relationship by maintaining conference calls and meetings for projects.
During the launch process I organized, maintained, and created tickets for developers to handle the back-end coding of the newsroom. From there I handled the testing of the newsroom. I also added the client’s content from their old newsroom and organized it per their request.
WVHooligan.com | Dallas, TX February 2007 – present
Founder and Managing Editor. I combined my two passions of soccer and writing into one place. My site mainly focuses on Major League Soccer with a look at American soccer in general. My writing has been linked to various sites like NYTimes.com’s soccer blog, ESPN Insider’s soccer blog, Seattle Times’ soccer blog, various MLS team sites, and more.
SBNation.com | January 2011 – present
Editor. Beginning in 2011, I began writing at BigDSoccer.com on the SB Nation network of blogs. A couple months later I also began writing for SBnation.com’s soccer hub as a Major League Soccer writer.
Dallas Morning News | Dallas, TX August 2007 – December 2009
Sports Clerk. Data entry of various high school sports.
WWVU FM | Morgantown, WV Sept 2004 – May 2007
On-Air Talent | Assistant Sports Director. Handled responsibilities for a staff of 40 student volunteers. Reported on WVU football, men’s and women’s basketball, and men’s and women’s soccer teams. Play-by-play announcer for women’s basketball broadcasts. Hosted a pre-game and post-game show during women’s basketball broadcasts. Hosted a weekly sports talk show to cover various sports topics from that week. Wrote and produced weekly sports cast.
WVU Foundation | Morgantown, WV Aug 2005 – May 2007
Communications and Donor Relations Intern. Wrote press releases and various published items. [These items are available on request]
ABC Radio | Arlington, TX May 2006 – Aug 2006
Summer Intern. Worked primarily at KESN (ESPN Radio) and WBAP, also worked for sister stations: KSCS, and KTYS. Assisted production and on-air talent at KESN and WBAP
Mountaineer Sports Network | Morgantown, WV Aug 2005 – Nov 2006
Broadcaster – Men’s and Women’s Soccer. Play-by-play announcer for two dozen men’s games including a couple post season matches. Color commentator for over 40 men’s and women’s games, including a half dozen women’s post season matches. Handled production and reporting on the teams for broadcast purposes.
