Andrew Ivins

317 NW 35 Street Boca Raton, Florida 33431 407-741-3256 andrewrivins@gmail.com Twitter: andrewrivins

Experience
South Florida Sun Sentinel -- August 2012 - Present
Editorial Assistant - Cover high school athletics in the South Florida area, assisting with features, advances and game coverage in all seasonal
sports. - Work the copy desk talking with high school coaches throughout the area, while developing content and stories for the sports section. - Assist with local recruiting coverage for football and basketball, ranking prospects and tracking their contact with schools. - Help with the daily high school sports agate, uploading online content and working with the copy desk.

247Sports Network - InsidetheU and Knights247 -- February 2013 - Present

Staff Writer
- Responsible for recruiting coverage of the University of Miami and the University of Central Floridas football and basketball teams. Worked with high school prospects and sources to develop breaking news and provide year-round recruiting coverage. - Covered football and baseball teams, writing game stories and features on the Hurricanes and Knights. - Traveled to recruiting combines, camps and games to evaluate high school prospects and rank them. Incorporated pictures and videos as content which was then edited and uploaded online.

FauOwlsNest.com - Florida Atlantic Sports Independent Website -- May 2010 - Present

Staff Writer
- Covered FAU football, basketball and baseball for three seasons writing: previews, game stories, features and analysis. - Managed social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, while running an in-game discussion on the websites forum. - Took video and pictures which was then edited and uploaded to a WordPress platform. - Developed an Up Close series which highlighted a behind the scenes look at every player individually on the teams depth chart. - Became the go-to individual for FAU football recruiting breaking numerous commitments in the 2013 signing class.

Skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office on Windows 98 through XP and Mac OS8 through OS8 - Working knowledge of: AP Style, Adobe Audition, Photoshop, HTML, WordPress, GIF creation - Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Vine

Education
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; Fall 2009 - Present
- Major: Multimedia Journalism, Minor: History - GPA: 3.0; December 2013 Graduate - Eagle Scout

References
- Dieter Kurtenbach, Sun Sentinel Sports Columnist and Reporter Phone:708-557-3240 Email: dkurtenbach@tribune.com - Robyn Sortal, Sun Sentinel Local Sports Editor Phone: 954-356-4654 Email: rsortal@sun-sentinel.com - Camron Ghorbi, University of Miami Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Phone: 305-284-3230 Email: c.ghorbi@miami.edu