Preston Wittwer Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, Nc

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Led proposal development from release of request (RFP, RFQ, RFLOI, etc.) through final submittal; managed the entire internal process, including all content, design, editing, production, quality assurance, and delivery• Produced high-quality proposals on Adobe InDesign optimized for client compliance• Collaboratively created various professional communications: award applications, press releases, newsletters, reports, meeting minutes, and office announcements• Prepared project teams for client interviews by assembling presentation materials and coaching individuals through talking points

Raleigh, Nc

• Drafted marketing and editorial materials for NC Rural Center, Golden Leaf Foundation, Thread Capital, Mountain BizWorks, BEFCOR, and others• Conducted interviews with business owners for the North Carolina COVID-19 Rapid Recovery for Small Businesses program

Raleigh, North Carolina

• Assisted with editorial and marketing missions of Philanthropy Journal, a global publication covering philanthropy and nonprofit work, housed in the NC State Institute of Nonprofits• Served as producer and editor on 3-person team behind The Nonprofit Experience podcast, which required coordinating, scripting, recording, editing, and mastering over a dozen 30-minute episodes• Coordinated submitted content, drafted feature articles, and wrote weekly newsletters• Managed company inbox to produce weekly state, national, and international nonprofit news digests

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Individually oversaw multiple sections of "ENG 322: Communication for Business and Management"• Helped students produce high-quality professional proposals, research reports, and group presentations• Designed course around modern case studies and up-to-date standards for new professionals

• Served as assistant editor for "Adapting Frankenstein" (Oxford University Press), "Pulses of Abstraction" (University Press of Minnesota), and "Routledge Companion to Adaptation" (Routledge)• Oversaw revisions, indexing, and copy editing for solo works and edited volumes with multiple authors • Created regular, detailed reports on archival research, image cataloging, and copyright standards

Provo, Utah Area

• Taught individual courses in rhetoric, applied English, and first-year writing• Consistently rated by students as one of the more efficient writing instructors, historically rated 22% more effective than the average department instructor rating• Promoted to program assistant, responsible for training and managing dozens of graduate student instructors who looked to me for assistance as first-time teachers

Provo, Utah Area

• Drafted hundreds of professional press releases covering arts news, communicating in part for a private university with 35,000 students and a $1.7 billion endowment • Curated and managed press list, distributing releases to 20+ outlets viewed online by an average of 15,000 unique visitors a month

Provo, Utah Area

• Tutored fellow undergraduate students on their essays for Russian literature courses• Promoted to senior fellow, responsible for managing small team of tutors and representing group to organization leadership

Lehi, Utah

• Managed social media channels for a (then) tech startup (Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, etc.)• Oversaw content and curation of company blog, complete with marketing, design, and tech verticals• Produced videos, blog posts, press releases, articles, white papers, and other tech marketing materials

Orem, Utah

• Implemented marketing and SEO strategy to write website copy for hundreds of contracted clients in various business verticals including medicine, law, retail, and others• Assisted in training copywriting team on comprehensive social media strategies for Reddit and Twitter

Phd Student, Crdm Program (Communications, Rhetoric And Digital Media)

Master Of Arts, English (Rhetoric)

Bachelor Of Arts, Communications (Public Relations)