Social Media Manager

RHETT WILKINSON

** *. **** *. ***********, Utah *4014 801-***-**** acz952@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

BS Communications & Area Certificate (Public & Social Affairs), Utah State University CUSTOMER SERVICE & ADMINISTRATION Dec. 2013-Nov. 2016 Signature Gatherer, Count My Vote

• Retrieved hundreds of signatures through various ways for ballot initiative that wrought caucus-convention reform Development Associate, Project Vote Smart

• Processed donations of up to $50,000; created online donation solicitation plans; media spokesman Deputy Field Organizer, Mike Weinholtz for Governor

• Canvassed to various voters to gauge support for Mike

• Other job duties included coordinating volunteers and registering voters Community Services Coordinator, EnableUtah

• Directed staff nearly twice my age that worked with two dozen clients; performed staff work during shortages Campaign Manager, Davis County City Council Campaigns

• Robocall consultant; strategic sign and flier placement; opposition researcher Campaign Manager, State Senate Campaign

• Directed, recruited dozens of volunteers (teachers, students, volunteers); Participated in canvassing strategy

• Conducted outreach through canvassing, phone banking to thousands of targeted voters; daily social media posts

• Media placement in Utah Policy Daily, Daily Herald; KSL Newsradio Staff Associate, Gubernatorial Campaign

• Paid staff hired to help Governor successfully avoid a primary through various outreach to tri-county delegates COMMUNICATIONS Nov. 2010-May 2017

Writer, Denials Management

• Press release writing & pitching about the employer-sponsored insurance in light of federal Republican legislative behavior on health care

Press release writer, Big Sexy Words

• Two press releases for PicoCluster totaled 145 pickups, generated two new contracts on conference’s first day

• Press release for the Women’s Leadership LIVE conference in SLC was picked up by the Daily Herald, others Writer, USU Agricultural Experiment Station

• Dozens of features and press releases included USU equestrian team going to nationals and first virtual herbarium Copywriter/editor, Art Coombs

• Wrote and edited posts on the blog of ArtCoombs.com, a website for a leadership book Communications specialist, Alliance for a Better Utah

• Wrote press releases for breaking news; managed social media accounts (live-tweeting, Facebook narratives)

• Drafted weekly newsletters (content and images); designed memes for calls to action House of Representatives intern, U.S. Congress

• Wrote constituent letters, received constituent calls reflecting office’s messaging; conducted U.S. Capitol tours Communications intern, State of Utah Governor’s Office

• Wrote, prepared 14 speeches; document preparation included brief for meeting with President Barack Obama

• Five press releases to Utah media; enhanced a media list of national, local, rural contacts

• Half-dozen Facebook posts and tweets in Governor’s name, and created social media profiles JOURNALISM, CONTENT & DESIGN May 2011-Jan. 2017

USU athletics correspondent, Standard-Examiner

• Approximately six dozen stories published; Clean copy on tight deadlines

• Tweeted at least a half-dozen updates each quarter; notified at game’s start on Facebook, LinkedIn about updates Project manager, Utah Policy Daily

• Wrote stories on Mia Love-Jim Matheson race (first such report in media), party caucuses, local gov’t races, more

• Created databases of state’s top 1,000 and 5,000 industry leaders for seminars, newsletters

• Social media for publisher increased Twitter followers 95%; press release picked up by KSL’s The Browsers Features, business & sports writer, Deseret News

• In-depths, features, reports featured in Pew, USA TODAY, first Deseret News National Edition

• More than three dozen stories published overall

• Gameday coverage of Utah Jazz; BYU, USU athletics Staff writer, Valley Journals

• Wrote 10 stories per week – city council reports, features, sports and anything needed

• Stories included those on South Jordan and Herriman city affairs that have been in the news since the summer: SoJo mayor’s questionable behavior; alleged bribe in SoJo race; Herriman reservoir problems; and more Co-founder & managing editor, Aggie BluePrint

• Created first Utah State University student magazine in recruiting staff of two dozen

• Posted links to stories on website to social media daily; Generation Progress grant for consecutive print issues Editorial intern, City Weekly

• Wrote stories on the Utah-BYU football rivalry and the Utah Recycling Alliance

• Created listings for each paper by researching events in the state and inputting key data into City Weekly’s system Editor-in-training, Philipsburg Mail

• Dozen stories per week on county, town government affairs to features about musicians, bike trail builders, more

• Laid out six-plus pages per week of 20-page weekly; Trained in photography; photos used nearly every issue

• Promoted updated website pburgmail.com weekly on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook ACHIEVEMENTS

Leadership

Fix the Debt Millennial Utah representative; USU Student-Alumni Association College Representative; USU Communicators Guild President; USU Institute of Government Advisory Board Volunteerism

Transfigurist contributor; Warner Bros. film marketing campaign participant; Utah state delegate; Aggie Radio host; Hope for Orphans & Widows Community Association coordinator; National Governor’s Association media coordinator; USU Women’s Basketball Scout team

Honors & Awards

Top student feature in issue of Liberalis, USU College of Humanities & Social Sciences magazine; Deseret News, Standard-Examiner & Merit Scholarships at USU; Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society; Dean’s List

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