John Wright Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Cincinnati, OH

• Led multi-million dollar project to design, develop and launch a new company intranet for The Kroger Co., serving as both the business lead and product owner.
• Collaborated with stakeholders across organization to understand use cases that can be supported by enhancing our digital applications
• Led strategy and vision for internal communication channels with a user base exceeding 450,000 associates
• Community manager for internal social network of over 120,000 users
• Participated in a variety of technology project work, including writing user stories, prioritizing backlog and completing user acceptance testing
• Writing and translating business requirements for IT teams

• Product Owner for division intranet solution and text alerts program
• Analyzed and determined critical inefficiencies in communication framework and revamped processes to streamline key messages to our store teams.
• Prioritized change requests from multiple business partners to enhance the digital communication channels utilized in our division.
• Partnered with IT services to implement updates to communication tools.
• Developed associate recognition program with multiple business units where rewards could be “purchased” from an online portal. Success of program led to adoption in other divisions.

Cincinnati

- Co-managed No.1 sales volume store in the company, staffed by over 400 associates - Spearheaded store communications including a newsletter and leadership blog - Improved sales results through excellent teamwork and positive leadership

· Led staff of 30 students; restructured individual responsibilities to maximize efficiency · Recreated product image through design and content changes · Developed new strategies for targeting advertisers; resulted in increased ad revenue by 50 % from previous year

· Created new strategies to increase readership; resulted in 33 % more issues distributed quarterly· Led a team of four senior editors, ensuring deadlines were met and stories were ready for print

· Created and managed the 2007-2008 web-site for Compass Magazine · Led a team of three web designers; organized meetings and assigned duties for the development of the web-site

· Proposed potential story topics for each issue, including ways to improve and gear articles to a younger readership · Reported for various sections within the publication and fact-checked all details of each article

· Met daily deadlines while juggling multiple tasks including reporting, editing, writing and archiving · Utilized my creative talents to present articles in a fresh, non-traditional style of journalism

Associate In Insurance (Ains)

Bachelor Of Arts; Bachelor Of Arts, Journalism; English Literature

Editor-in-Chief, MQ Magazine Content Editor, Recensio Editorial Intern, Oxford Press

Computer Science

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