Ryan Phillips Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

The Assembly Call is a live postgame show that begins immediately following every Indiana University basketball game. It launched in November of 2011 and has become the premier podcast covering Indiana University basketball. Assembly Call Radio is a weekly edition of The Assembly Call that began before the 2016-17 season.

Greater San Diego Area

Writer for sports and culture website which was purchased by Gannett in 2012, sold to Minute Media in 2019.Specialize in producing long-form columns and research pieces, while also contributing several news-based articles per day. Lead annual Sports Media Awards project honoring the best in sports media.

Greater San Diego Area

Co-host of The Hangover, a weekly show covering the sports world. Airs 9 to 11 am on the Mighty 1090 AM in San Diego.

Http://Rumorsandrants.Com/

Conceptualized, created and direct all aspects of a Technorati-rated Top 200 Sports Website with a Google page rank of 5, updated several times daily.Site averaged 150,000 to 250,000 hits per month with roughly 18 million hits since 2009.Rumors and Rants was highly recognized by the sports industry and editorial peers:TV Feature as ESPN SportsNation's “Website of the Day.”Listed as one of Sports Illustrated's Web's Best Blogs. Nominated as finalist for Best Sports Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards.Site was regularly featured on Sports Illustrated, Deadspin, The Big Lead and other major sports sitesThrough industry networking, forged multiple outside partnerships, which resulted in optimized SEO, significant increase in followers and industry notoriety.Manage all live blogging for Fox Sports during major events (the Final Four, NFL and NBA drafts, UFC and Boxing pay-per views). FOX Sports sees significant traffic increase from R&R live coverage. Contract renewed yearly since 2009.Created a highly successful partnership with Yardbarker as a cornerstone of their blogging efforts, including features for the 2012 Olympics which increased R&R traffic by roughly 500 percent.Managed and edited a team of contributors to ensure a steady stream of original content. Oversaw all P&L, budgets and financial decisions for site as well as managed relationships with vendors, programmers and freelancers.

Http://Fansided.Com/Author/Rphillips/

Tasked with writing several sports opinion columns a week for the front page of FanSided.

Http://Www.Midwestsportsfans.Com/

Hired to manage and edit one of the largest independent sports blogs, with over 15 million page views since 2008.Reorganized editorial department and created a content plan to drive site consistency. Changes have already resulted in increased page views and optimization of fan base.Since coming on in April of 2013, used industry contacts to forge and manage partnerships with companies like Yardbarker and FOX Sports to help drive SEO and brand awareness.Assign story ideas and content assignments to 20 writers while contributing articles on a daily basis.

Promoted from Writer to Editor within one year. Managed a national group of writers, created content plan, assigned stories and met deadlines.Managed a group of as many as 12 writers as an NFL editor. Was in close contact with senior management as well as writers to ensure quality content was created quickly and efficiently. Was also in charge of writer development and media implementation to ensure best reader experience.Responsible for guiding NFL coverage for fourth-fastest growing site in Quantcast Top 250.Edited stories from writers to ensure quality content and adherence to correct style and structure.

Worked 40 hours per week producing up to 10 articles per day for the NFL on-call team.Focused on analysis of breaking news and opinion pieces on various NFL-related topics.Proved to be a valued member of the NFL on-call team by topping 1,000 posts and 1 million article reads in first six months on the job.

Columbus, Indiana

Worked as a freelance writer, covering Indiana University and regional high school sports for a 20,000-circulation daily.Met deadlines several times per week, contributing sports features, stories, reportage and columns.Covered Indiana University’s basketball program, including in-person reporting of team's participation in the Maui Invitational Men’s College Basketball Tournament on location with daily updates and live content.

Http://Stylecaster.Com/Tag/Ryan-Phillips/

Guest Columnist on site’s “What Men Want” section, content also featured on Yahoo!’s “Shine” page.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Journalism

Activities and Societies: Indiana Daily Student

Journalism

Activities and Societies: Kappa Sigma

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