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• Monitored and reported-out data analytics to business stakeholders, offering recommendations for improving results and efficiencies• Product owner, utilizing Scaled Agile Framework and Scrum methodologies, for internal social network (Microsoft Yammer), email analytics (Politemail) and company intranet (IBM Portal)

•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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