Jonathan Owens Email & Phone Number

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Lead communications for a 50,000-member association, including all social media efforts, printed newsletters and materials, media relations, member relations and website. • Manage department budget of $200k and a staff of four.• Manage grassroots digital advocacy efforts using Voter Voice and Quorum.• Write news releases, op-ed columns, letters to the editor, feature stories and other articles for in state and national print publications in support of the association’s priorities. • Serve as media liaison and spokesman for the association with local, state and national press.• Design and edit all print and online publications and graphics including a print newsletter, weekly e-newsletters, marketing collateral, applications, convention program, political mailings and special legislative publications. • Produce SEANC’s annual 800-plus delegate convention, including writing speeches and a four-day run-of-show, setting an agenda, creating visuals and managing A/V crew.

Sanford, Nc

• Second-in-command at the paper, leading the news desk when the editor-in-chief is absent. Helped guide The Herald to its first-ever ‘first place’ in General Excellence in the NC Press Association’s annual awards contest.• Ran the daily operations of the newsroom, including the supervision of three reporters, two clerks and a photographer.• Laid out 6-12 pages daily, including a lifestyles section and the front section, using Adobe InDesign.• Started as the paper’s sports reporter after college, and worked my way through every beat in the newsroom, including business, government and education, before spending my last three years there in editorial positions.• Wrote editorials and served on the paper’s editorial board.• Wrote stories, columns and features nightly.• Updated the paper’s website nightly.

Ba, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Daily Tar Heel

Diploma, General Studies