Jake Glance Email & Phone Number

Charleston, Wv, Us

Charleston, West Virginia Area

- In my Business Development role I identify acquisition targets to grow our water and wastewater footprint and work with mayors, councils, and public service districts to make those deals beneficial for customers and our company..- Work with public partners such as public service districts to develop projects to provide reliable water service to new customers in underserved or unserved rural areas.- Personally developed a database that compiles and analyzes financial and operational data on 500+ water and wastewater systems in West Virginia.- Utilize Salesforce to track progress of acquisitions and new contacts.- Develop and produce presentations for groups such as the West Virginia Municipal League and County Commissioners Association, detailing our acquisition process and how it can benefit them.- Work closely with economic development agencies throughout our service territory to identify needs of potential new business, and address operational challenges regarding their water service.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

- Serving as adjunct faculty, I taught Public Relations Campaigns, Public Relations Writing, and Human Communication.- These courses helped train the next generation of PR professionals to be engaging, results oriented, and well prepared to enter the work force.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

- Coordinates communications across all mediums to deliver a concise message to the agency's constituents.- Drafting and dissemination of press releases.- Agency spokesperson for media inquiries.- Special event planning.- Responsible for development and production of DEP agency newsletter, "inDEPth," and skilled in the use of Microsoft Publisher.- Responsible for constituent services and connecting citizens with the DEP division that can best serve them.- Facilitator of public meetings.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

- Managed day to day operations of the Communications Division including interaction with reporters from all mediums, the drafting of press releases and speeches, research, the planning and execution of press conferences, constituent services, media buying and strategy, and constant updating and monitoring of various social media sites.- Served as official spokesman of the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office.- Shot, edited, produced, posted, and managed web videos promoting office initiatives and events.- Engineered and managed live webcasts from the State Capitol utilizing UStream and managed content of the West Virginia Secretary of State’s website at www.wvsos.com.- Skilled in the use of Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

- Manage news team of 20+ members to produce award winning and compelling nightly newscasts.- Make difficult editorial judgments in the absence of the news director.- Provide guidance and script approval for reporters.- Responsible for producing exciting, interesting, and useful news broadcasts to retain high viewership numbers.- Anchor nightly broadcasts, delivering easy to understand and concise news to viewers in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky.- Producer and On-Air Talent, "Fugitive Files" Weekly Segment- Single handedly research, write, produce, edit, and perform award winning "Fugitive Files" segment, giving viewers the opportunity to make their neighborhoods safer.- Work closely with local law enforcement to apprehend criminals.- Interact extensively with the public on providing tips and useful information to police.- Highly skilled in use of Avid NewsCutter and Adobe Premiere computer editing systems.News Reporter- Handled national Sinclair Television Network during major news events such as the Sago Mine explosion and Virginia Tech shootings.- Developed and produced my own news stories.- Highly skilled at enterprising creative story ideas.- Wrote, edited, and performed live my own stories during nightly newscasts.- Maintained contacts with local and state officials, law enforcement, and viewers to provide award winning news reporting.

Bridgeport, Wv

- Solely responsible for content of newscast and writing scripts.- Managed news team of 10+ egomaniacal members to provide highly rated CBS network morning show.- Took full advantage of being a "local celebrity" with a lot free beer at Texas Roadhouse.- Somehow managed to talk myself out of being fired at least 12 times.

Fairmont, West Virginia, United States

- On-air disc jockey playing north central West Virginia's best classic rock. But no Rush and no Van Halen. Don't even ask.- Developed a lifetime's commitment of hating the Pittsburgh Pirates, Lanny Frattare, Steve Blass, and Bob Walk because we aired every game even though no one was listening to a game between the Pirates and Dodgers that started at 10:35PM eastern time.-As a college student balancing school and a job that barely paid for my rent, tuition, and books, I perfected the art of looking like I was working.- Said five of George Carlin's "Dirty Seven" on the air, including the F Bomb.- Produced the "Italian Hour" and learned how to swear in Italian.- Was the only person who wasn't chemically altered while on the air.- Had the time of my life and still tell stories about my time working here.

Master'S Degree, Corporate And Organizational Communication

Bachelor'S Degree, Broadcast News