David Cawthon Email & Phone Number

Columbia, MO, US

Malden, Massachusetts, United States

In this volunteer position, I help with the run club's social media channels, run the email marketing efforts, oversee T-shirt and flyer design and promote the club's Wobble Before You Gobble 5K Race and Kids' Dash.

• Manage content and digital strategy informed by analytics for six UMKC Innovation Center organizations to further entrepreneurship in the Kansas City metro and Missouri
• Write and edit stories, guides, e-books, press releases, email campaigns, social media posts, research studies and other print assets; produce videos
• Manage a team of writers to increase content output and help more entrepreneurs
• Optimize SEO to increase sessions and views for UMKC Innovation Center… Show more
• Optimize SEO to increase sessions and views for UMKC Innovation Center brands
• Maximize headlines and images for greater audience engagement Show less

• Manage content marketing development for KCSourceLink (an entrepreneur resource network across the Kansas City region) and MOSourceLink (a resource network that covers the state of Missouri), implement marketing.
• Implement content strategy, including articles, videos, ebooks, email campaigns, press releases, entrepreneur success stories and educational content, to inform entrepreneurs… Show more
• Implement content strategy, including articles, videos, ebooks, email campaigns, press releases, entrepreneur success stories and educational content, to inform entrepreneurs and small businesses and connect them to.
• Craft social media copy to engage and draw in new clients
• Attend community events to inform and connect new entrepreneurs with the KCSourceLink ecosystem Show less

• Wrote news and feature stories, reviews and service articles for print and digital outlets, including Popular Mechanics, East-West Center, Perry County Magazine and more
• Edited content for broadcast and web for Newsy

• Edited and fact-checked copy: web, video, live updates and social media posts
• Wrote headlines, summaries and social media copy
• Tracked and analyzed corrections to reduce errors
• Coached writers to improve content; helped onboard new hires

Columbia, Missouri Area

• Taught editing, grammar, Associated Press Style and news and feature writing

• Edited, wrote and managed content for Missouri Life, Missouri Pharmacist, Missouri Business, books and guides
• Oversaw editorial assistants and dozens of freelancers
• Promoted publications at speaking events

Columbia, Missouri Area

• Produced radio shows focusing on international issues for NPR affiliate KBIA
• Edited multimedia pieces, long-form stories and news briefs for digital platforms

Columbia, Missouri Area

• Wrote long-form features and weekly department stories for Vox, a print and online city magazine

• Wrote day-turn articles and breaking news stories for the Columbia Missourian, a digital-first daily newspaper

• Taught writing and grammar, created lesson plans and assisted students in the writing lab

• Managed three interns and implemented new marketing approaches: (captured donor stories using text, photo, video and web; developed 2009 annual report, brochures, press releases, etc.)
• Created content for community outreach events and promotions for partner organizations

• Planned, budgeted and coordinated magazine operations and managed staff of about 50
• Wrote, packaged, fact-checked and copy edited feature and department stories
• Merged print magazine and web-only publications to create print/digital Ball Bearings magazine
• Pioneered the creation of new magazine design and size; revamped publication's media kit
• Published an additional issue and saved a third of the total budget

M.A., Journalism

B.S., Journalism

Activities and Societies: Omicron Kappa Delta National Leadership member, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society member