Sydney Kessler Email & Phone Number

- Develop and implement communication strategies that support BCD Travel in achieving its blueprint goals.- Focus on fostering teamwork and maintaining open lines of communication across various teams to ensure a smooth workflow and enhance project outcomes.- Leverage insights from former travel agent experience to inform and improve collaboration across the company.- Utilize a background in local TV news to convey the brand narrative effectively and drive engagement in the travel… Show more - Develop and implement communication strategies that support BCD Travel in achieving its blueprint goals.- Focus on fostering teamwork and maintaining open lines of communication across various teams to ensure a smooth workflow and enhance project outcomes.- Leverage insights from former travel agent experience to inform and improve collaboration across the company.- Utilize a background in local TV news to convey the brand narrative effectively and drive engagement in the travel industry.- Work on strategies that promote BCD Travel’s mission and values, ensuring consistency in communication throughout all channels. Show less

- Manage 15 - 30 international and domestic travel reservations daily, including, but not limited to, flights, hotels, ground transportation, and rail. - Research travel policies and options to provide the lowest cost and best route.- Maintain communication with travelers to ensure the trip is successful during high-stress situations- Member of the Accredited Hotels NORAM Agent Group - Meets quarterly to discuss and review courses of action that can be taken to improve… Show more - Manage 15 - 30 international and domestic travel reservations daily, including, but not limited to, flights, hotels, ground transportation, and rail. - Research travel policies and options to provide the lowest cost and best route.- Maintain communication with travelers to ensure the trip is successful during high-stress situations- Member of the Accredited Hotels NORAM Agent Group - Meets quarterly to discuss and review courses of action that can be taken to improve the hotel experience for travelers and BCD Travel. Show less

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States

• Anchor 2-2.5 hour-long morning broadcast, hour-long noon broadcast, and occasionally the hour-long 10 AM broadcast• Produce, edit and anchor adventure hiking segment Trail Team 11• Manage, schedule and anchor daily live noon interviews• Shoot and report breaking news• Report and anchor all breaking and current news during newscasts• Shoot, write and edit daily stories• Produce content for web

Lubbock, Texas Area

· Produce and anchor the hour-long Saturday and Sunday morning show· Run solo live shots through LiveU backpack · Shoot, edit and write stories at least 3 times a week· Manage select investigation driven reports

Carterville, Il

· Managed content for the newscast including weekend reporter schedules· Managed the website and ran graphics during the newscast· Wrote and/or rewrote 30-50 scripts per day

Carbondale, Il

· Edited videos · Ran video operating system during the newscast· Shot video during breaking news

Carbondale, Il

- Anchor, 01/16 - 05/17- Reporter, 01/16 - 05/16 - Producer, 08/15 – 12/15- Sports Director, 01/15 – 06/15 - Sports Co-Producer 08/14 – 12/14- Sports Reporter/Writer 08/13 - 05/14

Carbondale, Il

Responsibilities include seeing that all important sporting events were covered and that the sports anchors and writers were prepared for each broadcast. Focused on special interest sports stories as well as reported on-air.

Carbondale, Il

This was my first job working in a newsroom and the position that I learned the most in. I covered all of my first sporting events and made my first package and first live, on air appearance. With this position I learned how to write stories, edit better, work the news cameras, and conduct successful interviews.

Chicago, Il

· Shadowed various reporters and videographers· Researched possible stories and breaking news· Answered phones and reported to Assignment Editors· Assisted with LiveU Backpack coverage

Bachelor'S Degree, Mass Communication/Media Studies, 3.7

Activities and Societies: Minors in Political Science and Communication Studies Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Bachelor’S Degree, Radio, Television, And Digital Communication, Specializing Broadcast Journalism, Minor Policial Science & Communication Studies, Junior

Activities and Societies: Mass Communications and Media Arts Peer Ambassador Academic All Honors Since my freshman year I have constantly.

Graduated