Dwayne Harrison Email & Phone Number

Auburn, Al, Us

Auburn, Alabama, United States

• Assist with the movement of materials between SiO2’s main production facilities and distribution center.• Fulfill material requests of production team and engineering staff during assigned shifts. • Maintain and update inventory using SAP platform.• Conduct daily cycle counts of inventory.• Help coordinate the shipment of domestic and international packages and freight via UPS, FedEx and DHL. • Receive all incoming packages against assigned purchase order numbers for payment.• Also have held roles in the production and facilities divisions of the company.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Men’s basketball and women’s golf contact.• Responsible for coordinating all media interviews for head coach Mark Gottfried, players and coaches throughout the year. • Worked closely with local, regional and national media such as the Raleigh News and Observer, USA Today, New York Times, ESPN, Raycom, FoxSports and CBS in their coverage of the men’s basketball team. • Provided the media with game notes and updated team statistics prior to each game during the season. Notes packet provided information on the players, statistical trends, team and individual records set, coaching milestones attained.• Provided statistical information to the Atlantic Coast Conference and NCAA to assist to those organizations in their generation of conference and national statistical reports. • Generated team statistical reports for the coaching staff to assist them in their evaluation of team progress.• Also oversaw the exchange of statistical information with upcoming opponents. • Responsible for updating GoPack.com, the department’s official website, with game notes, press releases, statistics, photo galleries and video content. • Accompanied the team on all road trips and to postseason play. Also traveled with the team on its summer exhibition trip to Spain. • Promoted players for conference and national awards.• Responsible for coordination of game-day operations such as in-game statistical updates, media meals, providing injury updates and post-game player and coach interviews. • Helped coordinate the production of ESPN, CBS and Fox Sports specialty programs used to promote the basketball among the fan base and recruits.• Assisted with the writing, scheduling and production of the yearly television ads to promote season ticket sales. • Responsible for updating Twitter and Facebook accounts for the men’s basketball team. Also responsible for updating the women’s golf twitter account.

Atlanta, Ga.

• Responsible for updating assigned web sections with the latest sports news and original content from Sports Illustrated writers.• Additional editorial duties include writing copy for story links, photo editing and captions, story editing, research, uploading video and compilation of photo galleries.• Update assigned web sections’ primary page with breaking news and/or new feature material to include eye-catching dynamic headlines, associated photo with caption and story tease copy. • Provided site producer with content from assigned web sections for site’s main page.

• Account executive for the Southeastern Conference. Managed the development and execution of its 75th anniversary celebration, themed “A Story of Character,” including the writing and editing of scripts for 12 television spots and 72 radio spots and online content.• Coordinated the schedule for taping of television spots with celebrity representatives for each member institution and radio spots by CBS Sports’ Verne Lundquist. Television spots aired nationally on CBS Sports and ESPN and throughout the Southeast on FoxSports South and Raycom with the radio spots broadcast regionally on the 12 member schools football, basketball and baseball broadcasts.• Editor of the conference’s limited edition commemorative 75th anniversary book highlighting the 75 “Stories of Character” which was distributed to the conference officials and athletic department officials of the 12 member institutions. • Supervised the agency’s creative staff to correctly convey the SEC’s vision and messaging in the design and execution of artwork and copy for conference-related projects.• Coordinated media relations effort during the NCAA-santioned events at the 2006-08 Men’s Final Fours and 2007-08 Sports Illustrated’s college football tours produced by CPP. Organized and executed media interviews with performers, athletes, coaches and fan meet-and-greets and autographs sessions.• Event manager for Full Throttle title sponsorship activation at National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) events. Organized the set-up and breakdown of Full Throttle activation area.• Oversaw the on-site branded elements, working in conjunction with NHRA marketing staff members to enhance Full Throttle’s branding and the fan awareness during events. • Coordinated sampling events for various Coca-Cola brands to hit target markets at music, food and athletic events. Responsible for working with event organizers to ensure client expectations were met or exceeded by proper branding and outreach to consumers.

Ames, Ia

• Responsible for the development and execution of public relations plans and marketing strategies for assigned clients.• Co-managed strategic team for a soccer goal safety campaign that launched in August of 2005.• Oversaw the crafting of messaging, copy writing, material design and production.• Designed advertising campaigns based on budgetary parameters set by clients, utilizing cable television, print and outdoor advertising.

Greater Chicago Area

• Primary media contact for men’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer and men’s and women’s golf.• Worked with national media to assist them in their coverage of Conference USA men’s basketball.• Co-editor of the men’s basketball media guide and tournament programs for assigned sports.• Updated league press releases and conference website for basketball (daily) and men’s and women’s soccer (weekly) and golf (bi-weekly) with notes on member schools, conference records and statistical information. • Responsible for compiling and reporting the conference’s statistical information to the NCAA and distributing aforementioned information to sports information directors, media members and head coaches.• Compiled a weekly NCAA men’s basketball tournament report on C-USA teams for distribution to NCAA Tournament committee. • Covered 10 teams that advanced to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship during my tenure in the conference office (including Marquette, which competed in the 2003 Final Four) and a conference-record six teams in the 2004 tournament.• Served as media coordinator at conference championships for assigned sports.

Marketing Specialist

• Marketed the online platform of proprietary investment research tools.• Procured sales appointments for sales teams with potential clients in the metro Chicago area.• Answered customer questions about the browser-based investment research tools.

Greater New York City Area

• NBA spokesman.• Coordinated media interviews with NBA executive staff including Commissioner David Stern.• Performed day-to-day duties including answering media calls pertaining to player and coaching issues, NBA policies and general research questions and writing and editing league press releases.• Collaborated on the set-up and administration of the NBA special events such as the All-Star Saturday and Game, Draft Lottery, Draft and Finals and the WNBA Draft and WNBA All-Star Game.• Responsible for updating the statistical and record books prior for the aforementioned events.

Durham, N.C.

• Primary media contact for Duke baseball, volleyball, field hockey, track and field, swimming and diving, and women’s rowing teams.• Responsible for designing and editing media guides, event programs and post-season guides and updating statistical information for assigned sports.• Assisted with the media coverage of football and men’s and women’s basketball teams.• Editor of women’s basketball game day program and contributed to football and men’s basketball game day programs.• Traveled with women’s basketball, men’s tennis and baseball teams to postseason play.

Ba, Mass Communication

Activities and Societies: Worked as a student-assistant in the sports information department as an undergraduate working with all.

Diploma