Dane Hawley, M.S. Email & Phone Number

Henderson, NV, US

Las Vegas, Nevada

• KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTSLeadership and Corporate Communications
• Ghostwrite for the vice president and provide messaging counsel through email correspondence/visual presentations/speeches/talking points.
• Prepare periodic information summaries and administrative responses to the college president and Nevada System of Higher Education officials.
• Lead planning committee, develop theme and prepare presentations for the annual Student Affairs in-service program for about 130 staff.
• Guide a subcommittee to research and propose the future state scope and delivery of virtual student services for online-only college learners.Marketing Communications and Project Management
• Serve as the communications strategist for Student Affairs, conducting best-practices research and overseeing special project initiatives.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

• KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTSMarketing Communications and Grant Writing
• Author feature articles and ghostwrite marketing content for print and digital audiences.
• Write and/or edit grants and funding applications for nonprofit organizations.

Fort Wayne, Indiana

• KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTSLeadership
• Chaired Enhancing the Student Experience, an eight-member, multidisciplinary committee to plan and execute digital and print engagement collateral to support student retention.
• Shadowed an events director to stage A Reason to Taste, an annual fine-dining gala and auction, to raise nearly $500k for academic scholarships and programs during the event’s first six years. Wrote and disseminated.
• Coordinated planning and production, created content (e.g., articles and visual assets), and managed budget and contributors for the award-winning Inside Ivy Tech, a quarterly print magazine for alumni and community.
• Facilitated meetings with internal stakeholders to plan and disseminate digital and print collateral for various administrative, development, enrollment and community relations initiatives.
• Crafted “Connect the Dots,” a targeted enrollment campaign for the institution’s technology programs that achieved a 16% inquiry rate among high school attendees (college prospects) at TechFest 2017.

Fort Wayne, Indiana

• KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTSResearch and Strategic Communications
• Researched grantors, partnered with faculty and staff, and managed project timelines and budget requests to pursue external grants and funding applications. Secured more than $150k in eight months to support key.
• Wrote case statement and stewardship content for the nearly $50m Dream Big capital campaign (e.g., booklet and email marketing).
• Composed donor profiles and correspondence regarding general stewardship news, donor-specific gift impact and event/program support.External Awareness and Interpersonal Skills
• Partnered with the Office of Financial Aid on donor-sponsored scholarship descriptions and award practices.
• Planned, promoted and evaluated campus and community social events to cultivate alumni relationships and inspire philanthropy and volunteerism.

Fort Wayne, Indiana

• KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTSMarketing Communications and Project Management
• Authored signature article/news briefs and coordinated production for the IPFW Alumni Newsletter, a six-times-a-year print publication (20k circ.).
• Collaborated with the Office of Research and External Support to write technical research profiles and coordinate production for the ORES Annual Report (e.g., booklet) and “Featured Faculty,” an annual marketing.
• Wrote profiles for the Office of Development’s annual IPFW Honor Roll of Donors (e.g., booklet), as well as content for annual giving, capital campaign and impact reporting print collateral.
• Wrote direct mail enrollment collateral (e.g., viewbook, fact sheets and post cards) for the Office of Admissions to promote student recruitment.
• Contributed employee relations content and edited the Office of Human Resources’ HR Matters, a quarterly print newsletter.

M.S. In Organizational Leadership And Supervision, Dual Concentration: Human Resource Management/Organizational Leadership (Cum Laude)

Activities and Societies: Society for Human Resource Management (campus chapter), vice president

B.S.Ed. In Journalism (Cum Laude)/B.S.Ed. In Speech Communication (Cum Laude)

Activities and Societies: Association of University Residence Halls, Hanley Honor Hall representative; Golden Key National Honor Society.

A.S. In Journalism/A.S. In Web Design/Webmaster (Magna Cum Laude)

Activities and Societies: Literacy Volunteers of America, tutor; SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise), public relations officer; “The.