Matthew Mauney

404-538-3719 mattmauney27@gmail.com

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OBJECTIVE
To transfer the social media expertise and web management skills gained during five years in the media industry to a new role in marketing, media and/or public relations.

WORK EXPERIENCE
The Paper of Hoschton, Braselton, Chateau Elan and Jefferson Hoschton, GA Sports Editor/Digital Content Director 05/2010 - Present Co-developed and implemented the first website in the newspapers history, ClickThePaper.com, including implementing social sharing buttons, formatting the site for the best user-friendly style and syncing posts with Facebook and Twitter feeds to increase exposure and news coverage. Responsible for all additions, maintenance and management of the site, including uploading articles, photo slideshows and videos. Developed and maintain social media profiles to provide community with breaking news and photos when they are not timely for the print edition Cover high school and college sports as well as various motorsports in northeast Georgia Southern University Write features, columns and game stories for high schools and other regional sports for The Paper, ClickThePaper.com, The Times of Gainesville and GainesvilleTimes.com Savannah Morning News/Effingham Now Savannah, GA Sports reporter/contributor 11/2008 - 05/2010 Covered high school sports in Effingham County and the greater Savannah area Wrote in-depth feature stories on local high school athletes for print and SavannahNow.com, providing exclusive online content Worked under strict deadlines to produce quality copy for print and online Georgia Southern Student Media/Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA Multiple roles and positions 09/2006 - 05/2010 Held positions as a writer, editor, designer and several management level positions Worked as chief webmaster for GADaily.com as the Editor-in-Chief of that website Covered all 14 Division I sports at Georgia Southern University as an extension of the GSU athletic media relations department, writing game stories, features and producing and editing video interviews. Managed a staff of seven (7) sports reporters Produced copy and content for GADaily.com as well as managed a staff of five (5) online writers EDUCATION Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA 2005 - 2010 B.S. in Journalism; double minor in Broadcasting and Public Relations GPA: 3.2 SKILLS Various audio and video editing software (Adobe Audition, Final Cut Pro, etc.), social media technologies (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Foursquare, various blogging websites, etc.), analytics software (Google Analytics), content management systems (Joomla, WordPress, etc.), Microsoft Office, Adobe Design Suite, basic HTML experience