Stephen Merrill Email & Phone Number

Morganton, NC, US

Morganton, North Carolina, United States

Natchitoches, Louisiana

Multi-faceted radio producer and on-air talent that handled commercial copy, editing, on-air hosting, voiceover and high school sports play-by-play and analysis.

Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States

Co-founder of Fat Tony's Pizzeria, an independent pizza shop in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Responsibilities in this role included managing the store, a small team of employees and building all assets of the business (marketing materials, social channels, menus) from the ground up.

Alexandria, Louisiana Area

Taught communications and media production courses in the department of Journalism and New Media. This included video production, news broadcasting, radio production, intro to communications. Served as an advisor to 91.7 KNWD. Taught students best practices in production, content creation for social media and produced content for the department at large.

Bowling Green, Ohio

• Advisor to the student radio operations of 88.1 WBGU-FM, WFAL Falcon Radio, BGRSO. I worked with my students to excel in radio broadcast fundamentals, produce multi-platform content and learn the principles of sound.
• TCOM 2620 Interactive Radio Production
• TCOM 3680 Intermediate radio performance and Production
• TCOM 4620 Radio Programming and Audiences
• TCOM 4690 College Radio Philosophies and Fundamentals
• TCOM 4900 Independent Study (advanced production)

· Working with high school students in Lorain County on college applications, visits, financial aid and other facets of the college process. Other responsibilities include producing and directing the web video series "Just in Time" for the CSP YouTube channel.

Developing comprehensive advertising solutions for our local customers. This includes Radio, Television, Internet Marketing and Print publications.

· Prospecting new clients, designing multi-platform campaigns for advertisers and promoting the offerings and benefits of digital media advertising.

Duties have included Web Design, tutoring students, assisting research and leading software workshops.

Responsible for media editing and educational outreach. Proficiencies in Final Cut, Adobe CC, Microsoft Office.

Host of community affairs and jazz programming.

Responsible for on-air programming, overseeing the production of materials for broadcast and online distribution. Responsibilities also included training new personnel in on-air production and programming..

Secured new revenue and established relationships with community clients.

University radio station with a very large contingency of volunteer staff. Special interest areas of Broadcasting, Event Planning, Web Media, promotions and developing strong community relations.

· Working with the development department to analyze successful factors for pledge drives and working on the local music performance series "Coffee Amici" as a line producer, assisting performers and referencing episode set lists in the ASCAP and BMI databases.

Responsibilities included booking voice talents, researching historical locations, script writing, recording, editing and mastering the “Driving tour of Wood County” CD.

Responsibilities included working field events, remote broadcasts and general promotions for the six stations in the cluster.

· booking voice talents, researching historical locations, script writing, recording, editing and mastering the "Driving Tour of Wood County" CD.

Masters Of Arts, Communication Studies

Activities and Societies: WBGU-FM, WBGU-PBS, Graduate Communication AssociationWorked for WBGU-PBS on the live music show "Coffee Amici."

Bachelors Of Arts, Telecommunications

Activities and Societies: WBGU-FM, Ski Team, Musicians GuildJazz DJ at University Radio Station, producer of nationally recognized public.

Media Sales

Professional media sales training institute provided by NABEF.