Denis Dougherty Email & Phone Number

Appleton, Wi, Us

Eagle River, Wisconsin, United States

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

• Organized Democratic and progressive voters in electorally crucial Outagamie County, Wisconsin.• Engaged 103 distinct volunteers—42% of whom had not volunteered in the 2018, 2020 or 2022 election cycles—to complete 363 action shifts, resulting in 15,200 direct voter contact attempts in a span of five weeks.• Re-elected Tom Nelson as Outagamie County Executive, elected a first-time progressive candidate to the Grand Chute Town Board, and elected the first LGBTQ+ member of the Appleton Area School District.• Worked on building grassroots teams that will engage in direct voter contact, volunteer recruitment and retention, and creating a strong progressive presence in the communities under my purview.• Implemented grassroots field tactics, including managing and executing direct voter contact events.• Developed and maintained strong relationships with local stakeholders and constituency groups, including county party leaders and members, local grassroots organizations and activists, and partner and ally groups.• Executed the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s statewide organizing and outreach programs across the state of Wisconsin for 2023.• Turned Outagamie County blue in the pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court race won by Janet Protasiewicz by more than 200,000 votes. • Regularly surpassed goals, leading region organizers in many categories, including door knocking, calls, scheduled shifts and completed shifts.

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

• Grew audience and strengthened community connections for 12 Wisconsin media sites, including Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and PackersNews. Sites averaged 25 million page views per month.• Drove Gannett Wisconsin digital content’s SEO and social media success during Milwaukee Bucks’ run to 2021 NBA title, and in playoff appearances for Green Bay Packers and Milwaukee Brewers. Optimized headlines and page titles, resulting in spikes in search placement and page views. • Produced online updates, breaking news alerts and social media postings in urgent and continuing coverage of momentous events, including the Waukesha Christmas Parade tragedy, Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial and major storms. • Delivered outstanding success in Instagram posts, particularly with high school sports, which often accounted for nearly half of the top 20 weekly Instagram posts from Gannett’s 12 Wisconsin sites. • Wrote regular “how to watch” stories for Packers and Wisconsin Badgers football teams, resulting in maximized search optimization and strong audience with an average of 10,000 page views. • Leveraged excellent editing skills developed through career-long success to catch many headline and content errors before publication. Executed large workload with outstanding accuracy. • Developed extensive experience with multimedia and newsletter strategy and execution to grow audience size and engagement.

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

• Took a lead role on team dedicated to optimizing content on 11 Wisconsin sites, primarily focused on PackersNews, Green Bay Press-Gazette and Appleton Post-Crescent. Sites averaged 10 million page views per month.• Edited and produced Packers Morning Buzz, a daily roundup of news and views regarding Wisconsin’s favorite team.• Boosted Packers social media presence and produced online chats with reporters and fans, increasing reader engagement. Weekly chat averaged 3,000 page views.

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

• Assigned and edited all content for 128-page sports magazines. Wrote headlines, chose photos and worked with designers to ensure quality products that met all deadlines.

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

• Used analytics, multimedia and savvy news judgment to achieve increased page views and deeper reader engagement as daily manager of digital content for postcrescent.com. • Had virtual autonomy on placement, display and headlines on digital platforms. • Compiled, edited and sent daily newsletters to reach new readers.

Appleton, Wisconsin, United States

• Wrote and edited 20 children’s sports books for ABDO Publishing of Minnesota • Contributing editor and writer for “Return to Glory: The Inside Story of the Green Bay Packers’ Return to Prominence”