Ryan Bernsten Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, MO, US

• Created and implemented editorial strategy and managed a full-time and contributing writing team
• Led editorial program, optimized SEO, and increased cadence of posts; sourced new writers and diverse voices
• Developed Webby Award-winning productions Learn with Love and Sharing Space with Daniel Radcliffe
• Increased social media engagement and following by 40K in 4 months, created messaging for corporate partners
• Created content which grew fundraising by $2M for Pride and $1.6M for end of year campaign from 2021 to 2022

• Reviewed over 30 restaurants, wrote “The Guide to Kansas City Restaurants” for international publication in
• Worked with editors to curate a balanced list of local Kansas City establishments for first-time visitors

• Awarded King’s Hall Grant, Brasenose College Grant for non-fiction account of travels through all 50 states
• Coordinated, fundraised, and organized travel for an Oxford grant-sponsored 5-month trip through all 50 states
• Scheduled interviews with mayors, governors, state legislators, and community leaders; lectured at universities
• Created “50 States of Mind” podcast, featured in Condé Nast Traveler, produced through the Demcast Network
• Organized social media and press for the project and appeared on television news and radio programs nationwide

• Spearheaded new lesson strategies to top-performing students and implemented existing SAT curriculum
• Earned 4.0/4.0 student ratings and awarded quarterly bonuses

Remote

• Refreshed brand voice and tone for AdRoll, implemented in official AdRoll Brand Guidelines, created voice and tone guides for content creators
• Worked with product managers and VPs to refresh copy on high-traffic webpages to increase signups 10%
• Wrote scripts for external videos (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram reels) and internal Sales Kickoff media
• Created an internal survey across AdRoll for employees to express pain points and suggest messaging updates

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

• Reached millions of customers with crisp, brand-optimized, and relevant copy in error-free AP style
• Spearheaded merger copy rebrand for SMS and email correspondence for migrating Sprint/T-Mobile customers
• Created marketing presentations for new campaigns for Small Town Rural strategy and customer migration
• Collaborated with creative, business, legal, and brand teams to create emails, flyers, and social media for T-Mobile for Business and Government iPhone and Samsung campaigns, increased unique email opens 150%
• Developed scripts for national TV, radio, and digital commercials, increasing sales during the COVID crisis
• Launched social media campaigns, developed letters and public statements for company leadership

Sioux City, Iowa; West Palm Beach Florida

• Led a team of 12 as office captain for a top-performing region in Florida and coordinated 50 volunteers
• Created neighborhood strategies for high-priority turf, organized events with surrogates, spearheaded African American and Caribbean American outreach, built relationships with Florida party leaders

Greater Los Angeles Area

Worked directly with national police departments and sheriff’s offices on episode development, wrote case file narratives and pitched to executive producers

Coordinated tapings with guests and management; green room supervision; security desk duties, supervised desks for producers, daily assistant to the director

Research and writing assistant to ONN writing team: completed daily research assignments, organized Google Docs and Wikipedia pages, transcribed weekly writer’s meetings, and pitched headlines.

Master'S Degree, Creative Writing

Bachelor'S Degree, Theatre/Theater, 2014

Activities and Societies: The Waa-Mu Show, Titanic Players, Freshman Urban Program, Sigma Chi FraternityGraduated Cum Laude ‘14 B.A. in.

Creative Writing