Ty Bowers Email & Phone Number

Richmond, Va, Us

Richmond, Virginia Area

I'm in a supervisory role on the award-winning public relations team at VRS, which provides retirement security for more than 800,000 Virginia public sector employees, retirees and beneficiaries. I produce a monthly B2B newsletter that reaches more than 6,000 subscribers at VRS-participating employers, providing them with relevant policy and administrative updates about VRS pension plans and other post-employment benefits. My recent video production work includes mini-documentaries spotlighting VRS members' commitment to public service and news features about VRS investment strategies.

Richmond, Virginia Area

Managed company's social media and online branding activities; created and distributed online videos (for marketing and training purposes); produced editorial and marketing content for company's publications and website(s); provided marketing research and strategy support for company branding initiatives.

Tucson, Arizona Area

Authored proposals that secured federal stimulus funding to preserve staffing levels and corporate backing from the Bank of America for arts programming. I also edited National Endowment for the Arts-funded book on the public art program in Oro Valley, Arizona.

I served on newsroom staffs of weekly and daily newspapers in Fauquier, Virginia, and Tucson, Arizona. As a reporter I covered municipal and state government, education, criminal justice, science and the arts, winning multiple awards from the Arizona and Virginia Press Associations along the way.