John Schwarb Email & Phone Number

Remote -- Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

Create, write, edit and plan content around the university and its academic units. Publicize work of faculty and researchers. Led re-energizing effort around The Conversation, a platform where academics write for the general public, lifting IU to become the platform's top publisher. Earned letter of commendation from IU Bloomington provost for leading communications during COVID-19 testing for on-campus residential students in fall 2020.

Led content strategy for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, including the #SpeedRead blog, designed to enhance readers' relationships with the Speedway and its unique place in American history, and featured content on IMS.com, where tickets to the Indianapolis 500 and other Speedway events are sold, and where content about the fan experience enhances marketing efforts. Developed and executed content plans in conjunction with web master and social media strategist. Also served as copy editor for Indianapolis Motor Speedway communications and products and wrote, edited and distributed press releases.

St. Augustine, Florida

Served as golf blogger for the nation's largest state tourism website, reviewing courses, posting news and managing social media presence for @VFGolfInsider. Also conducted radio interviews and helped with video production.

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Edited content and managed website for pgatour.com during its tenure as the most popular website in golf. Responsible for pgatour.com during some of golf's biggest events: the Players Championship, the Tour Championship, the Masters Tournament and the Presidents Cup. Wrote stories and headlines and selected photos. Coordinated coverage for Champions Tour events. Part of PGA Tour's social media team, updating Facebook and Twitter during tournaments.

Indianapolis

Reporter for world's largest sports website, covering NASCAR, IndyCar and NHRA. Wrote three stories weekly, including driver profiles, breaking news, blogs and live race coverage.

Indianapolis

Built relationships with publishing clients that became repeat clients, including Trends International, for which I researched and wrote smart, clever trivia for page-a-day calendars published by Sports Illustrated, the PGA Tour, the NBA and the National Hockey League. Other clients included FOXsports.com, Indianapolis Monthly, Southwest Airlines Spirit magazine, Airtran Airways Go magazine, Charleston Magazine, The Indianapolis Star, the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times), Newsday and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, among others.

St. Petersburg, Florida