Eric Ball Email & Phone Number

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-Create the editorial vision and content strategy for MLB/WWE/AEW at B/R.-Generate a weekly content plan which covers live events, instant reaction to breaking news, fantasy, gambling, long-form feature stories and evergreen content.-Managed former B/R Mag writer and award-winning journalist Scott Miller and helped develop premium content offerings.-Cultivate sources within the industry to leverage into exclusive access for interviews and inside information that is reported by the writing staff.-Distribute roughly 40-50 articles every week to B/R’s programming and social channels while providing the optimal ways to hook the articles in the app and how to phrase alerts to app users phones. -Maintain a creative culture for content development and creation, guiding brainstorming sessions with video, social and programming teams.-Recruit, teach and promote young writers within the baseball and wrestling community.- Manage the budget allocation in concert with our Managing Editor.-Apply analytics data to consistently evolve a multi-platform content strategy across social, app, search, and web.-Work with the sales team on targeted sales packages to deliver on advertiser needs while maintaining the voice of B/R.

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-Assign, manage and edit content while working with a team of over 25 writers. -Develop story ideas and create breaking news content plans in real time. Communicate those plans to other departments before, during and after the creation process.-Engaged on multiple social media platforms while identifying the biggest stories and trends and reacting in real-time. -Produce headlines for news/opinion pieces, with SEO practices in mind, while consulting with the analytics department. -Collaborate with programming, social, analytics, sales and various other departments to attain revenue goals.-Staying up to date on every sport from football and basketball to golf and tennis while having a clear understanding of what drives the culture. As WWE Deputy Editor:-Manage over 10 writers. Negotiating contracts, salary and work expectations. -Create a weekly content plan that covers live events, instant reaction to those events, and evergreen content around tentpoles such as anniversaries, milestones and birthdays.-Provide feedback to the writers discussing style, grammar, content and approach on a daily basis. -Help brainstorm and facilitate feature stories that include first-person reporting and multiple interviews from top names in the industry. This requires cultivating relationships around the industry.-Assign reaction content in real-time during live WWE events under strict deadlines.

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-Create content around trending sports topics with in a breaking news environment. -Develop the essential skill of writing on a hard deadline for each of the 100s of articles that were produced.

Controlling the sound board and producing live shows for 104.3 The Fan and ESPN1600 in Denver, CO

Provide written content on the official websites of NFL players Vernon Davis, Steve Smith, Ray Rice and Brandon Lloyd as well as the NBA's Chase Budinger. Articles include game recaps, editorials and features that look at the players interests off the field.

Responsible for working with director and production team on the pilot Super Duper. Handled administrative and organizational tasks. Responsible for setting up lighting, cameras and set design. Performed wide range of tasks at all stages before, during and after filming

Assisted in production of 1530HOMER’s live three hour sport’s talk show. Promoted various Clear Channel stations through advertising campaign’s around the city—featured at restaurants, bars, golf courses, and sporting good stores around the city. Marketed station brand to potential advertisers through social networking sites and station events

Wrote scripts and anchored five minute sports cast. Edited and produced video and sound for cast. Obtained sound through interviews in the Athens region. Shot video for various news and sporting events

Video and sound editor. Contributed to writing of script’s. Assisted creation of run-down for nightly broadcast. Obtained interviews with sound at Bengals training camp, Reds games, and U.C. football practice.

The “Voice” of the Bobcats for majority of home Ohio University baseball games. Managed the scoreboard and score book. Board-op responsible for intro music and sound effects

Arranged interviews of relevant sports figures within the Cincinnati region. Provided guest commentary and predictions as the “Resident NBA expert”. Wrote numerous stories that aired each week. Attracted various advertising through sales calls and promotional events