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Spaceport AmericaPublic Information Officer
Jun. 2023Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States• Facilitate the mission of Spaceport America to become a premier multi-modal spaceport for point-to-point space transportation, aerospace operations, research, development, and testing in support of the United States’ commercial, civil and national security space sectors
• Identify and coordinate all outside media requests from local, regional and national media members concerning Spaceport America and its tenants (Virgin Galactic, UP Aerospace, SpinLaunch, HAPSMobile, AeroVironment)
• Explore opportunities for revenue-generation for the Spaceport outside of client and tenant operations
• Coordinate and further develop various STEM initiatives for the Spaceport in partnership with local and regional elementary school, middle school, high school and higher education institutions.
• Seek out new tenants to the Spaceport while communicating the value of our horizontal and vertical launch platforms and adjacent restricted airspace
• Pursue television and film opportunities by presenting the Spaceport as a viable filming location
Ensure Spaceport officials are able to adequately represent the viewpoints and objectives of the facility with multiple private-sector, public-sector and government entities
• Oversaw global media outreach for Spaceport America Cup, resulting in reach of 175 million, $1.6 million in ad value and $4.84 million in PR value
• Secured motion picture and still photography contracts from Universal Studios, Curve Media and Honda/Lexus for use at site
• Coordinated, in conjunction with Virgin Galactic, ‘Galactic 02’ spaceflight media campaign resulting in $10 million in ad value, NBC viewership of 975 million over three days, over 17,000 earned media pieces and 36.3 billion media impressions
New Mexico State UniversityAssistant Director of Athletics | Media Relations
Nov. 2019 - May. 2022• Directly oversaw the media relations efforts for NM State’s 16 NCAA Division I athletic teams
• Primary media contact for men’s basketball, women’s tennis and men’s tennis
• Oversaw a staff of two full-time employees, one full-time intern position and a group of student workers
• Create content (video/graphic design/written articles) for various social media pages and NMStateSports.com
• Develop relationships between student-athletes, coaches and media members from around the city, state and nation
• Communicate the stories of NM State student-athletes and programs through various avenues (press conferences, one-on-one stories, gameday coverage, game notes, media guides, etc.)
• Oversaw an interaction increase of 122% on NM State men’s basketball’s social media platforms from 2021 to 2022 (14th-largest year-to-year increase among NCAA Division I men’s basketball teams) by generating engaging photo, video and graphic design content.
• Capitalized socially and with traditional media on a banner 2022 year in which NM State was one of only two NCAA Division I institutions who took part in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, NCAA women’s tennis tournament, NCAA women’s golf tournament, NCAA baseball tournament, NCAA women’s soccer tournament and won a bowl game
• Led an external team that helped NM State’s primary athletic department social media sites generate an interaction increase of 58% from 2019 to 2020 (19th-highest year-to-year increase among all FBS programs)
Stephen F. Austin State UniversityDirector of Athletic Media Relations
Jun. 2017 - Nov. 2019Nacogdoches, Texas, United States
Stephen F. Austin State UniversityAssistant Director of Athletic Media Relations
Sep. 2015 - Jun. 2017Nacogdoches, Texas, United States
State University of New York at PlattsburghSports Information Director
Jul. 2014 - Sep. 2015Plattsburgh, New York, United States
State University of New York at PlattsburghAssistant Sports Information Director
Aug. 2012 - Jul. 2014Plattsburgh, New York, United States
University of Minnesota DuluthAthletic Media Relations Intern
Sep. 2011 - Jun. 2012Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Newberry CollegeSports Information Intern
Jul. 2010 - Jun. 2011Newberry, South Carolina, United States
Michigan Technological UniversityAthletic Media Relations Student Assistant
Sep. 2006 - May. 2010Houghton, Michigan, United States
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