Horace Bryan Ives IV

Current Address 1915 Maple Avenue #105 Evanston, IL 60201 Contact Information hbives@gmail.com Cell 704-953-3830

EDUCATION

Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University (Expected Dec 2013) Candidate, Master of Science in Journalism University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (May 2010) B.A., History and Political Science

Evanston, IL Chapel Hill, NC

Carolina Business Institute (Summer 2010) Chapel Hill, NC Kenan-Flagler Business School Intensive study of theory and skills of marketing, organizational behavior, accounting, operations, and finance Participated in marketing and business management scenarios

EXPERIENCE

Thrown Away to Worthy (July 2011 - Present) Charlotte, NC Established www.thrownawaytoworthy.com as an authoritative source for information and commentary about sports in Charlotte and the state of North Carolina Read in over ten countries and winner of CBS Charlottes Most Valuable Blogger Award Inside Carolina (February 2012 December 2012) Chapel Hill, NC Covered basketball, football and baseball for The Independent Voice of UNC Sports Interviewed players, coaches and pulled quotes from press conferences Wrote features, sidebars and profiles Work cited by ESPN.com, CBSSports.com, USA Today and The Sporting News Sports Media Challenge (February 2012 December 2012) Charlotte, NC Consulted teams, universities and athletes to enhance and promote brands via Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook and Storify Monitored discussion of sports brands using BuzzMgr tool in order to provide actionable business intelligence Worked with University of Michigan, Liberty University and the Charlotte Hounds among others Edward Jones Investments (August 2010 January 2012) St. Louis, MO and Gastonia, NC St. Louis, MO Managed between $50M and $100M in assets from headquarters in St. Louis, MO Assumed the responsibility of the Financial Advisor when branches went into transition Received hands on sales training in order to increase business Gastonia, NC Worked as Financial Advisor for $10M in assets Provided clients with personal service required to help achieve financial goals Attained an understanding of the financial services industry by interacting with clients and vendors on a daily basis North Carolina General Assembly (Summer 2009) Raleigh, NC Interned for Representatives Carolyn H. Justice and Bonner Stiller Researched information on constituent issues as well as bills under consideration Corresponded with constituents and communicated their concerns to the representatives

SKILLS

Computer Literacy Proficient in Windows, Macintosh, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Audition, HTML Social Media Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Skype, Soundcloud, Storify