Andy Bartlett Email & Phone Number

Bemidji, Mn, Us

Bemidji, Minnesota, United States

Bemidji, Minn.

Bemidji, Minn.

Manage full-time staff• Direct BSU’s Athletic Media Relations office, which includes a director, assistant director, a graduate assistant, and approximately nine student workers (2007-2017).• Oversee news and social media support activities for 3-4 student workers (2012-present). Tell the institution’s story• Plan, organize and implement a coordinated, timely information program that generates and disseminates news and information about BSU and NTC to a variety of media, local, regional and beyond.• Coordinate hometown news release program, which focuses on campus involvement and academic achievement by BSU students. Program has distributed approximately 6,800 news releases since June 2007.• Editor and content producer for BSU Today, the online outlet for university news.• Write feature content, news and notes, faculty updates, and other content for Bemidji State University Magazine (formerly Horizons).• Write, edit and publish BSU Insider, an internal newsletter for BSU faculty and staff. Build and manage communities• Founded BSU’s official social media presences in 2009.• Facebook (facebook.com/BemidjiState), 9,000 fans.• Twitter (twitter.com/BemidjiState), 1,800 followers.Oversee BSU’s logo licensing, trademark and royalty program• Direct University’s logo licensing and royalty programs as BSU’s primary contact with Licensing Resource Group, LLC, and with licensed vendors (2007-present).Participate in university-level strategic planning initiatives• Student success and enrollment, 2011-12.• Title IX and Division II athletics competitiveness, 2011-12.• Division I hockey WCHA/BREC transition, 2008-2010.• Intercollegiate athletics budget task force, 2007.Assist with contracts• Reviewed contract for one-year renewal of BSU’s radio broadcasting rights for intercollegiate athletics, 2010-11.• Participated in negotiations and contract review for two-year television broadcasting agreement for men’s ice hockey, 2010-2012.

Bemidji, Minn.

Manage full-time staff• As interim director, direct staff of seven, including interim associate director; communication designer; photographer; office manager; and BSU’s Athletic Media Relations office, which includes a director, assistant director, and graduate assistant. The Office of Communications and Marketing also has 16 student workers.Tell the institution’s story• As interim director, editor for Horizons, BSU’s alumni magazine. Horizons was published three times per year with a circulation of approximately 42,000 copies per issue.Oversee BSU’s logo licensing, trademark and royalty program• Direct University’s logo licensing and royalty programs as BSU’s primary contact with Licensing Resource Group, LLC, and with licensed vendors (2007-present).• Royalty program has generated approximately $225,000 in revenue for BSU since 2005.• Participated in review of 2011 RFP to seek BSU partner for licensing and royalty program. Participate in university-level strategic planning initiatives• Student success and enrollment, 2011-12.• Title IX and Division II athletics competitiveness, 2011-12.Communicate with internal and external groups• Advocate Office of Communications and Marketing resources to various faculty and staff groups at BSU and NTC.• Frequent meetings with administration, faculty and support staff at both BSU and NTC.• As interim director, chaired BSU’s editorial board and production team for Horizons magazine.• As interim director, manage BSU’s editorial assistance contract for Horizons with The Johnson Group.• As interim director, led BSU’s Integrated Marketing Team.• As interim director, provide writing support for BSU President.Manage budgets• As interim director: Manage non-salary office budget of approximately $200,000: approximately $100,000 for operations; approximately $100,000 for marketing and advertising activities.

• Sports Information DirectorApril 2001 - April 2007• Managed all public and media relations functions for a 17-sport intercollegiate athletics program, with 15 sports at the NCAA Division II level and NCAA Division I men’s and women’s ice hockey.• Supervised staff of one assistant sports information director, one graduate assistant and four to six student workers.• Primary media contact for NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey and NCAA Division II football and baseball. Direct all media activities involving BSU football and hockey, including weekly contact with regional and national media.• Also: primary media contact for women’s hockey (2001-02) and men’s & women’s golf (2001-02); secondary contact for women’s hockey (2002-03).• Designed, wrote and published annual media guides for football and men’s ice hockey from 2001-07. Also designed, wrote and published women’s ice hockey media guide in 2001 and 2002.• Assisted with negotiations for contracts covering radio and television broadcasting rights for Bemidji State athletics.• Radio contracts: one-year extension for 2002-03; three-year contracts for 2003-06 and 2006-09; one-year extension for 2009-10.• Initiated university’s efforts to pursue first exclusive television contract in 2003. Three-year, $757,000 contract for 2003-06; three-year, $500,000 contract for 2006-09; one-year, $167,000 extension for 2009-10.• Initiated university’s efforts to celebrate 50th season of men’s ice hockey, which occurred during the 2005-06 season, which included a “50 Legends for 50 Years” team.

Manhattan, Ks

• Assistant Sports Information Director / Internet CoordinatorJune 1999 - May 2001• Assistant Sports Information DirectorAugust 1997 - May 1999• Graduate InternAugust 1995 - July 1997• Student VolunteerAugust 1994 - May 1995• Assisted with all public and media relations functions for a 15-sport NCAA Division I athletic program in the Big 12 Conference.• Primary media contact and sports information director for tennis (1996, 1997), volleyball and women’s rowing (1997, 1998), and baseball (1998, 1999).• Secondary media contact for football (2000).• Founded first official website for K-State athletics in fall 1995; full-time position to oversee Internet operations created in 1999.• Directed staff of two to three student website interns (1997-2001).• Directed Internet budget line-item of $15,000 (1999-2001).Wrote, edited and published nine media guides.• Football: 1999 Holiday Bowl; volleyball: 1996, 1997, 1998; baseball: 1998, 1999; women’s rowing: 1997; women’s tennis: 1996, 1997.• Assisted with writing and design of 2000 Cotton Bowl media guide.• Coordinated football game program for final four games of 1999 season.• Editorial and design assistance for a broad range of publications.

Ms, Educational Leadership, Emphasis Area: Sport Management

4.0 GPA

Bs, Journalism, Emphasis Area: Public Relations

outside concentration: mechanical engineering