Joshua Echt Email & Phone Number

Ostrander, Ohio, United States

• Wrote internal client-facing material related to executive search functions (position specifications, job descriptions, advertisements, e-mail blasts).
• Collaborated with administrative team to create social media posts for LinkedIn and related outlets.
• Updated WordPress-based website and maintained relevant content.
• Maintained and updated social media calendar on Outlook.
• Wrote technical training manual for Encore MAX database recruiting system.
• Performed outbound calls to name-source Encore MAX database for potential clients.

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

• Worked with editorial team and management to create social media posts, web content and editorial calendar updates for regional health system. Developed knowledge of Zoho project management systems.
• Assisted in the creation, development and execution of content marketing and social media marketing strategies.
• Created and deployed social media content for Facebook/Instagram.
• Maintained and developed social media calendar.
• Analyzed social media platform and Google Analytics to better inform content and social media strategies and tactics.
• Sourced and wrote patient testimonials.

Greater Columbus Area

• Verified borrower employment by making multiple outbound calls daily to employers.
• Verified annual income amounts, types (self-employed, W-2), and start dates.
• Inputted verification information into PDF documents.
• Uploaded PDF documents into Encompass/Ellie Mae database and sent confirmation emails to all related parties (loan officers, loan processors, underwriters and quality control specialists).
• Created training materials for employment verification specialists and data quality analysts, including workflows on how to access verification tools.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Verified property and taxation information through auditor websites.
• Reviewed and proofread contracts prior to closing.
• Generated disclosures to be sent to all relevant parties.
• Communicated with loan officers and loan processors.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Helped engineer HR-based project for tracking project resources, including the use of Java backend, SpringBoot, Angular/React frontend, MySQL database management, Jenkins automation servers, and Docker pipelines.
• Developed skills in project management.
• Served as temporary project manager for a several-week span.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Gained knowledge of full-stack software development skills over 11-week session:
• Java
• JavaScript
• HTML5/CSS3
• MySQL
• Git/Github

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Proofread student- and industry-related textbooks for punctuation, spelling and grammar.
• Developed organizational management of textbooks, study guides and scientific journals.
• Conducted client outreach with regard to photo/fair use copyright research.
• Collated books for publication and maintained editorial calendar.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Conducted provider outreach to ensure providers complied with federal tax regulations.
• Recorded call reporting and metrics for management team.
• Reviewed workflows and generated improvements to processes.
• Improved customer access to their online healthcare accounts.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Created content in various mediums.
• Researched unusual story angles to provide value to readers.

Chardon, Ohio

• Worked as general assignment news reporter for regional Cleveland newspaper chain.
• Produced approximately 1,500 stories in various formats from 2006 to 2014.
• Won Ohio School Boards Association awards in 2009 and 2013 for local school board reporting.
• Averaged 2,000 to 5,000 impressions per story, based on 2014 Google Analytics data.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Covered faith-based stories including general and community news, human-interest and diocesan/high school sports.
• Produced roughly 90 stories in various formats from 2010 to 2014.

Kent, Ohio

• Covered Portage County and City of Kent governmental institutions as part of government affairs beat.
• Covered murder trial of quadruple homicide in October 2005.

Youngstown, Ohio Area

• Covered several beats during a Newspaper Guild strike that lasted from November 2004 to August 2005.
• Performed general newsroom duties.
• Assisted copy editors with copyediting.