Bill Bootz Email & Phone Number

The Villages, Florida, United States

• Championed our newsroom's core values of Innovation in storytelling, Community in communicating with internal and external audiences, and Excellence in performance.• Directed oversight of Senior Managing Editors and their team of Managing Editors, reporters and production editors in delivering daily news coverage for the largest printed daily newspaper in the state of Florida.• Coached and mentored Senior Managing Editors in vetting story pitches for relevance and interest in their respective departments. • Coached and mentored Senior Managing Editor of Production in setting production schedule, and scheduling personnel to execute.* Coached and mentored Senior Managing Editors and Managing Editors to edit stories for clarity, write impactful headlines, and direct engaging design. • Collaborated with fellow Executive Associate Editor in communicating with print production facility, and established communication channels with other second-in-commands throughout the company.• Worked closely with ad services and print production facility to determine ad bookings and number of pages for daily newspapers.• Project managed special reports, including an occasional installment taking a deep dive into state sports, called Forged in Florida.• Oversaw the production of and serve as final edit for the newsroom's weekly employee newsletter, which is distributed to different departments within The Villages.• Collaborated with fellow Executive Associate Editor in communicating essential production information with print production facility, and established communication channels with other second-in-commands throughout the company.• Worked closely with the ad services department and print production facility to determine ad bookings and page counts for daily newspapers.

The Villages, Florida

• Championed our newsroom's core values of Innovation in storytelling, Community in communicating with internal and external audiences, and Excellence in performance.• Oversaw team of three Associate Managing Editors and their teams of four reporters for local news, features and neighborhood news in delivering daily news coverage for the largest daily printed newspaper in the state of Florida.• Launched a new tabloid product called Next Door News, a weekly section for hyperlocal news.• Administered editorial direction through devising and implementing a daily story budget.• Vetted story pitches for relevance and interest for each department's reporting staff.• Set strategy for Associate Managing Editors in conducting quarterly portfolio with reporters, as well as admimistering quarterly bonus program for reporters.• Coached Associated Managing Editors to improve editing and story idea generation, meeting deadlines, and collaborating with the design and production department.• Implemented and taught an internal leadership program called Daily Sun Academy alongside the Executive Editor.

The Villages, Florida

• Championed our newsroom's core values of Innovation in storytelling, Community in communicating with internal and external audiences, and Excellence in performance.• Supervised a staff of two sports production editors and two prepress editors, as well as the design and editing for a staff of six news and features production editors, two copy editors and a news wire editor.• Directed engaging design and oversaw visual style standards for news, sports and features.• Design directed covers for news, sports and features sections, as well as special sections.• Served as final editor of visuals, headlines and stories for newspaper, as well as the final approval for pages sent to the printing plant.• Implemented training initiatives to elevate usage of content management system and InDesign 5.5. • Wrote headlines, additional copy and stories as needed.• Wrote a weekly sports column for The Daily Sun sports section.• Proficient with Adobe InDesign CS5.5, Photoshop CS5.5 and Illustrator 5.5; Adobe Acrobat 10; Woodwing management system; Microsoft Windows; Mac OS X through Yosemite; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn and the AP Stylebook. Knowledge of HTML, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Apple Final Cut Pro and WordPress.

Oklahoma City

• Lead designer and art director for 16-member sports department at the largest daily newspaper in Oklahoma. Designed special sections, broadsheet covers and inside pages; tabloid covers and double trucks; and infographics. Also art directs visuals and layouts.• Edited and maintained sports section content on NewsOK.com and NewsOK’s iPad application, including editing and posting stories, writing headlines, posting and editing photo galleries, and creating and posting graphics.• Edited stories, wrote headlines, created rewrites from press releases and created reports from wire services.• Integral member of team that redesigned The Oklahoman, launched in September 2008.• Gave presentation at SND-Wichita Quick Course at Wichita State University in May 2011.• Judged newspaper design for several organizations, including Media General, Hoosier State Press Association, Alabama Press Association and Utah Press Association, in 2008-12.• Proficient with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator; Adobe Acrobat; Microsoft Windows; Mac OS; CCI content management system; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn and the AP Stylebook. Knowledge of Soundslides, HTML, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Apple Final Cut Pro and WordPress.

Davenport, Iowa, United States

• Directly supervised the photo editor, features designers and news editor. • Design directed daily news section and special sections.• Oversaw design for sports, features and business sections. • Led size conversion of newspaper to the 48" Web.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

• Named the first Presentation Editor at the state of Oklahoma's largest media organization after leading a redesign of the newspaper in Spring/Summer 2003• Set strategy, arbitrated and coordinated editorial design style.• Lead visual editor of special sections, including Outlook Oklahoma, the largest and most comprehensive business and community outlook section in Oklahoma.• Designed special coverage section covers and promotional materials for a variety of special coverage sections.• Redesigned The Oklahoman’s Business section in May 2005, as well as the Local/State section in Summer 2005.• In 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007, served as design director for Newsroom 101, The Oklahoman’s high school journalism program, and the program's publication.• Served as an Expert User for CCI, The Oklahoman’s editorial computer system. Chosen for team leading the install, launch and training for system in 2006.• Hosted quick course for Society of News Design, June 2006.• Presented a seminar at the Mid-America Press Institute program in April 2006.• Served as a judging facilitator at Society of News Design judging, February 2006.• Presented sessions at the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Press Association/Oklahoma Scholastic Media, November 2005 and April 2007.• Organized critique sessions and critiqued papers for Society for News Design’s annual workshop in Houston, October 2005.• Served as a judge for Media General community newspaper design competition, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008. Skills: Adobe InDesign · Adobe Photoshop · Adobe Illustrator · Microsoft Word · Microsoft Office

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

• Directed design and editing for award-winning daily sports section.• Supervised night sports desk of six page designers, two copy editors and a wire editor.• Critiqued page designs and editing of sports section, created and/or approved designs and design elements; helped coordinate design for special sections and coverage.• Administrative functions: Oversaw night operations in sports department (production and content approval), created work schedule, approved overtime, coordinated desk calendar, critiqued individual performances, wrote and administered editing/design test.• Other functions: Laid out sections, designed and paginated pages, edited stories, wrote headlines. Skills: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Word, Harris Baseview Editorial System

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Laid out sections, edited stories, wrote headlines, designed pages.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Broadcast Journalism