Jim Seip Email & Phone Number

Harrisburg, Pa

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Multimedia specialist in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives communications office.* Enhance the public profile, improve mass communications and increase the public reach for multiple state representatives across all media platforms, including social media, online postings and print materials.* Report, write and disseminate releases in rapid-fire succession for multiple offices.* Synchronize and sharpen messaging for multiple offices before press conferences, and plan every detail of press conferences – from coordinating news coverage, ordering signage, notifying our visual teams to reserving locations.* Produce under tight deadlines for all communication needs.* Increase participation at events through multi-layered communications – using social media, releases, mass emails, speeches, coordination of online graphics and mailers to notify the public of upcoming events.

Enhanced digital-first communications through real-time reporting, video production and social media posts for multiple organizations in the USA Today network.* Earned national and state recognition from multiple organizations for storytelling, including features (APSE, Keystone Awards), columns (Keystone Awards), beat coverage (Keystone Awards), creation of online project (Keystone Awards) and video (APSE).* Grew our organization’s audience by teaching myself to shoot, edit and produce video and use DSLR cameras.* Led social media campaigns for GameTimePA, creating original videos and polls — producing some of most viewed content in the organization.* Oversaw development of young writers through copy editing and training for statistical accuracy.* On daily basis, posted breaking news updates and social media content for multiple news organizations.* Updated and scheduled posts on social media platforms, including GameTimePA Facebook and multiple newspaper organization's official Twitter accounts. (Have experience using HootSuite, Tweetdeck and USA Today's in-house social media scheduling platform as well as coordinating coverage with Slack.)* Reported, wrote and published stories online and in print.* Shot and uploaded photo galleries.* Edited all types of copy.* Updated YDR.com on a regular basis.* Covered morning cops and breaking news when needed, mostly on Saturdays.* Covered various beats, including A1 coverage of 2005-07 downtown stadium construction, A1 breaking news, sports and trends.* Recorded and uploaded podcasts for YDR's Penn State football coverage.* Spearheaded the sports department's creation of statistical records, including regional and state playoff archives for the sports department dating back to the 1890s -- ultimately used by the PIAA in postseason publications.

Earned national recognition (APSE) as one member of a team reporting on Baltimore Orioles baseball from the player, media and behind-the-scenes perspective. * Improved column writing and long-form narrative storytelling under editor Greg Bowers, who would go on to work in journalism department at the University of Missouri.* Backup reporter/columnist for PSU football.

Glens Falls, New York, United States

Served as a reporter/copy editor/page designer.* Earned national and state recognition by various organizations for my work.* Majority of shifts included writing, reporting and covering various beats.* Designed at least one sports section a week, which included writing headlines, editing stories and laying out pages.* Designed graphics for my coverage area, which included covering an NCAA Division I basketball team and a professional baseball team.* Edited other reporter's stories.* Tabulated statistics for more than 20 high school sports teams in more than one sport.* Updated the company's website.

Woodbridge, Virginia, United States

Served as a reporter/copy editor/page designer.* Earned recognition at the state level for multiple stories.* Covered several beats, wrote stories, published numerous articles on future Olympic silver medalist Sheena Johnson.* Regularly reported, wrote, edited and designed pages during the same shift.* Spearheaded long-form narrative project on the lives of men playing for a national champion semi-pro football team.* Every week I designed the Sunday sports section, the largest edition of the week.* Developed relationships with the outdoor columnists, editing copy and designing their Sunday coverage. .* Edited other reporter's stories.* Responsible for tabulating statistics for more than 20 high schools and designing an entire broadsheet to highlight top performers in the region, including multiple future MLB players.Please note: The Potomac News stopped publishing in 2012. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_%26_Messenger

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Coordinate youth sports coverage and stories for multiple publications in the Gazette Newspapers chain of properties.Youth sports editor/reporter/designer.* Developed contacts throughout suburban D.C. communities and enhanced youth sports coverage.* Collected youth sports results, reorganized information and designed mulitiple youth sports pages for numerous communities for multiple editions in suburban D.C. communities, including Montgomery County Maryland.* Created relationships with freelance writers, coaches and parents to publicize events/results.* Wrote features and game stories.Please note: This newspaper chain folded in 2015.https://www.capitalgazette.com/maryland/bowie/ph-ac-bb-gazette-folds-0613-20150612-story.html