Kevin Connell Email & Phone Number

Washington, D.C.

• Create pages and incorporate full range of program features and assets for Staying Sharp and AARP.org, including copy, videos, images, tables and user interactions within AEM• Work across teams within Staying Sharp and AARP.org to streamline and enhance content and creation and publication workflow• Optimize content following SEO best practices while staying within OGC’s legal standards • Implement tracking codes across all content for measurement within website analytics• Assist in user experience enhancements and user interface design solutions• Collaborate on end-to-end projects while managing outside vendors

Washington, D.C.

Arlington, Virginia

• Produced and edited a variety of Washington, D.C.-area news stories, including politics, crime and sports• Managed news station's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts, following set social media strategies• Started Facebook Live and Twitter/Periscope livestreams of both local and national events• Sent out text and mobile app alerts through Marketron and Sinclair Storyline, notably for breaking news• Cut and uploaded video via Avid MediaCentral onto website and YouTube• Stayed up to date on the latest and newest digital trends

• Edited and published submitted content on college football from a team of contributors• Produced and aggregated content on college football with a focus on the SEC and Alabama• Helped manage Gridiron Now social media accounts, utilizing Buffer and Tweetdeck platforms

Bethesda, Maryland

• Produced and edited content on Washington, D.C. and Baltimore sports teams• Managed social media accounts (Facebook and Twitter) with Buffer, Tweetdeck and Hootsuite• Sent out email and mobile app alerts through PostUp and Urban Airship• Cut and uploaded video onto website via Final Cut Pro and SnappyTV

Leesburg, Virginia

• Freelanced from May 2014-August 2014, May 2015-August 2015, March 2016-May 2016 and March 2017• Covered high school sports in Loudoun County, Virginia, including VHSL state championship games• Covered Team USA softball and Washington Spirit games

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Covered University of Alabama athletics, writing 5-10 stories weekly with a focus on football and men’s basketball during the seasons• Served as a sideline reporter for radio broadcasts of 2015 Tuscaloosa County HS football games• Helped manage all of the station’s social media accounts• Took videos and photos for online publication• Analyzed Alabama football on camera in YouTube videos• Helped increase station's Facebook “likes” by 39.84% (1,097 to 1,534), Twitter followers by 170.03% (1,505 to 4,064) and YouTube subscribers by 4688.89% (9 to 431) during the 2014 calendar year• Helped increase viewership of second-year station to top-10 ranking for all Townsquare Media properties, the third-largest owner of radio stations in the U.S., in fall 2014

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Covered weekly high school football games in the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, area during the 2013 and 2014 seasons on tight deadline

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Served as the Alabama women’s basketball beat writer for 2013-14 season, writing game recaps, previews and features on deadline• Provided coverage of several other UA sports, including basketball, golf, tennis, swimming, track and field

The University Of Alabama

• Developed and wrote 2-3 Alabama football stories weekly, including for Gameday, the paper’s weekly Alabama football preview magazine• Served as the Alabama baseball beat writer for 2013 and 2014 seasons, writing game recaps, previews and features on deadline• Provided coverage of several other UA sports, including basketball, golf, tennis, swimming, track and field

Telecommute

• Write weekly stories on University of Alabama athletics

B.A. In Communication And Information Sciences, Journalism And Communication Studies, (Magna Cum Laude)

Activities and Societies: Associated Press Sports Editors, Society of Professional Journalists, Phi Sigma Theta National Freshman Honor.

Advanced Studies Diploma, (Summa Cum Laude)

Activities and Societies: Boy Scouts of America (Eagle Scout), Varsity Soccer, German National Honor Society, National Honor Society.

Advanced Studies Diploma, (Summa Cum Laude)

Activities and Societies: Boy Scouts of America (Eagle Scout), Safe School Ambassadors, Junior Varsity Soccer, Travel Soccer, German.