David Ake Email & Phone Number

Tumwater, Washington, United States

Olympia, Washington, United States

Tumwater, Washington

I work behind-the-scenes on a public affairs team optimizing internal and external web communication for the agency. I train staff at the agency who work on the web to adhere to current web content and web accessibility guidelines so our website is visible and useful to Washington's insurance consumers, insurance producers, and insurance companies. I also train our staff on basic document accessibility so we deliver a similar or equal experience to our users with disabilities when they interact with our information in electronic formats.

Carlsbad, California, United States

I worked as a freelance web content writer for the company's cosmetic surgery clients. I wrote unique, highly researched webpages, press releases, and made search-optimized updates to existing web content.

Olympia, Washington

I started at GoodTherapy as an editor and was eventually promoted to run the editorial team. In that role, I mentored and managed a team of three editors and a social media coordinator. As the editorial director, I focused on growing our audience through our popular mental health blog and authoritative collection of mental health content. I worked with our marketing and development teams to optimize our web user experience, search engine visibility, and put our excellent content in front of an ever-growing social media audience. We worked passionately as a team to destigmatize therapy and connect people with mental health services through our massive therapist directory.

Temecula, Ca

I worked in different roles on a full-service SEO team, mostly focusing on front-end content development for ProSites private practice dentist and physician clients. I wrote hundreds of unique service webpages for dentists, plastic surgeons, and physicians and analyzed analytics data to make a broad range of SEO and online marketing recommendations for their websites and social media profiles.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I worked as a reporter for "National Defense" magazine and also helped compile the annual Mega Directory, which is a comprehensive guide to the acquisition community that lists the contact information for every major defense program of the Department of Defense.

Rensselaer, Indiana, United States

While working at Community Media Group, I was the editor of the "Lafayette Leader" weekly newspaper and a daily reporter for the "Rensselaer Republican" daily newspaper.

Schweinfurt, Germany

I served as a non-commissioned officer in an Army tank platoon. This leadership position taught me many lessons that later proved valuable to my employers in the civilian workforce, including the value of being an adaptable team member, how to make motivation a force multiplier, and how attention to detail can place you significantly above your peers.

Bachelor'S Degree, Magazine Journalism And Political Science (International Relations), 3.7

Institute On Political Journalism, 4.0

I completed a summer program that consisted of three courses focusing on ethics, economics, and political journalism.

Associate Of Science - As, English, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society