Mitch Smith Email & Phone Number

United States

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Des Moines, Iowa Area

• Plan, develop and execute Wellmark's annual internal communications strategy in partnership with the VP of Corporate Communications, Chief Human Resources Officer, and other key internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with VP of Corporate Communications and Chief Human Resources Officer to plan, ghostwrite, and distribute company-wide employee messages from the CEO and other Senior Leadership on a bi-monthly basis.
• Lead communications contact for organization’s return to office planning efforts and implementation of new hybrid work environment.
• Primary internal communications contact on the Crisis Planning Team that successfully moved 98 percent of employees to a remote work setting during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Partnered with VP of Marketing and Senior Leadership Team to develop and execute a communications campaign launching Wellmark's new “Making Health Care Better” multi-year strategic framework to inspire and educate the.
• Serve as the Workforce Engagement Chair of Wellmark's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council, a cross-functional group of employees selected by the CEO and Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion who serve as role.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

• Wrote clear, concise copy for a variety of internal communication mediums, including being the primary content creator and editor for the employee intranet, weekly and monthly email newsletters, building posters and.
• Lead the overarching creative delivery of assigned projects, ensuring collaboration and brand alignment among copy, design, and digital experience components.
• Served as a strategic business partner with Human Resources to engage employees on benefits, health and wellness programming and other internal offerings.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to recommend and execute communication tactics based on approved strategies and business needs.
• Coordinated the execution and timely delivery of assigned work tasks, following documented workflow, production cycles and approval processes.
• Identified and tracked appropriate performance indicators to measure success of communication strategies and provide to senior team members and stakeholders for reporting.

Des Moines, IA

Wrote "Where are they now" feature series about former University of Iowa athletes for HawkeyeNation.com, an Iowa sports site with about 100,000 unique visitors each month.https://www.hawkeyenation.com/contributors/mitch-smith

Des Moines, Iowa Area

• Review credit applications, credit reports, income documents, asset statements, applicable ratios, and other supporting documentation to ensure all loan documents are accurate, complete, and compliant with state.
• Successfully managed a daily pipeline of loans in a highly regulated industry
• Evaluate applicant risk and communicate sound and thorough decisions on each loan file.
• Overall team leader in underwriting production in 2013
• Member of division's recognition committee

Des Moines, Iowa Area

• Responsible for processing refinance loans across the U.S. through the Home Affordability Refinance Program (HARP).
• Trained new employees on company procedures and specific job tasks
• Reviewed other team members' work for accuracy as a certified insurance subject matter expert.
• Team leader in production in seven of 12 months on job
• Attained third-highest funded loan per hours worked ratio among 145 new hires in 2011.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

• Wrote game stories and community-oriented press releases on deadline
• Organized efforts to increase community support, including school assemblies, official golf outings, and other non-gameday events.
• Provided expert analysis for Kernels home games as radio and television personality
• Successfully solicited community businesses for donations and sponsorship opportunities

Naperville, Illinois, United States

• Helped successfully run youth baseball tournaments throughout the Midwest in a fast-paced working environment.
• Worked in tandem with the Tournament Director to solve problems and scheduling issues.
• Responsible for promoting and selling various company products

Iowa City, IA

• Produced daily Iowa Hawkeyes content for Iowa blog
• Articles featured on FoxSports.com, LostLettermen.com, and YardBarker.com
• Promoted website and blog posts through social media such as Twitter and Facebook

Iowa City, Iowa Area

• Wrote features, previews, recaps, columns and enterprise stories in a fast-paced, deadline-driven working environment
• Beat reporter for Iowa Hawkeye football team (2010)
• Spearheaded the creation of Twitter account devoted solely to Daily Iowan football content
• Covered other collegiate beats such as men's basketball, softball and swimming
• Shot and produced video packages to supplement stories
• Promoted content to and interacted with readers through social networking

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Summer intern for afternoon sports talk radio show
• Reported during two on-air segments live from Wrigley Field
• Transcribed on-air interviews for ESPNChicago.com
• Cut and edited game highlights, press conferences and interviews for on-air use
• Utilized social media to interact with listeners
• Aided in the assembly of podcasts using Adobe Audition

B.A., Journalism & Mass Communications

Activities and Societies: The Daily Iowan, Phi Delta Theta, Dance Marathon Minors in English and Sports Studies

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