David Nelson Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Chicago, Illinois

-Coordinated media coverage and publicity in a 19-sport NCAA Division III environment.-Second full-time sports information director in school history.-Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming & Diving Coach Search Committee Chair.-Spearheaded the Inaugural Illinois Tech Athletics Hall of Fame ceremony that took place in Fall 2022. Set nominee eligibility requirements, collected/created nomination forms, assisted with the Hall of Fame logo design, and served as a communication liaison between the nominators and the Hall of Fame committee.-Member of the Illinois Tech Athletics Advisory Board that consisted of current staff members and alumni who met on a consistent basis. -Designed/built record books for all 19 varsity athletic programs, something that has never been done at Illinois Tech prior to my arrival.-Presto Sports Website Client. -Utilized NCAA Live Stats Powered By Genius Sports, Presto Stats, and Stat Crew for all statistical needs.-Managed media outlets and departments to effectively serve audiences through social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.-Wrote post-game recaps, shot/edited highlight videos and interviews.-Managed the live streaming of all home events using Boxcast.

Kenosha, Wisconsin

Primary sport contact for all 24 varsity athletic programs as the Interim Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications.

Kenosha, Wisconsin

-Primary sport contact for men’s/women’s cross country, women’s soccer, men’s/women’s golf, women’s basketball, water polo, men’s lacrosse, softball and men’s/women’s track & field as the athletic communications manager. -Supervised a full-time graduate assistant, and a dozen student workers with multiple tasks ranging from graphic design, press releases, social media, game recaps and other game day duties.-Nominated/promoted Carthage athletes for conference player of the week, all-conference, all-region and All-American awards.-Successfully nominated/covered five COSIDA Academic All-District selections, and two COSIDA Academic All-American selections. (Only 14 COSIDA Academic All-Americans in school history) -Created pre-game notes with Adobe InDesign that highlighted competition for the upcoming week. -Performed in-game statistics with Stat Crew software at all home soccer, basketball, softball, baseball, football, volleyball and golf events.-Re-designed new media guides/record books for all 24 varsity programs. -Coordinated photographer availability for action shots to be taken at each contest, as well as headshots prior to each academic year. -Utilized social media accounts such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat to engage fans on the latest news regarding Carthage athletics.

Spearfish, S.D.

-Coordinated media coverage and publicity in a 13-sport environment at the NCAA Division II level.-Primary contact for volleyball, women’s basketball and softball while serving as a secondary contact for the remaining varsity programs.-Member of the RMAC Player of the Week voting committee for softball and cross country.-Organized and managed photos, video and statistical information.-Created pre-game notes using Adobe InDesign.-Performed statistics, and wrote game recaps at all 13 home varsity athletic games using Stat Crew software.-Used Adobe InDesign to create all game programs and fliers concerning promotional activities being held in the athletic department.-Utilized social media accounts such as Twitter and Facebook.-Posted scores, statistics and stories to the Black Hills State University athletic website operated through Presto Sports.

Superior, Wi.

-Oversaw entire sports information operation for all 13 varsity athletic programs.-Scheduled sports information students for all athletic contests. Types of positions included stat crew operators, scoreboard/shot clock operators, score sheet takers and PA announcers. -Communicated roster and game time changes with head coaches so the proper outlets (i.e. supervisor of officials, conference SID) were aware. -Trained all sports information students on different tasks about their particular job. -Performed statistics for all 13 varsity athletic programs using stat crew software.-Communicated with conference sports information director on the latest stat crew software updates, athlete of the week nominations, game files, All-Conference/All-Region/All-American nominations, and any corrections that needed to be made to the statistics.-Wrote post-game recaps for all 13 varsity athletic teams using AP style.-Wrote unique feature stories regarding different athletes and athletic programs.-Used Adobe InDesign to create all game programs and fliers concerning promotional activities being held in the athletic department. -Utilized social media accounts such as Twitter and Facebook to keep fans up to par on events taking place throughout the UW-Superior athletic department.-Posted scores, statistics, and stories to UW-Superior SIDEARM athletics website, and NCAA stats portal.

Superior, Wi.

Master'S Degree, Strategic Leadership

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration - Sports Management