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CALEB PHILIPS

Gurnee,IL

Summary

Dedicated communications professional with a history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Athletic Communications

Plattsburgh State
08.2023 - Current
  • In charge of all day-to-day operations for the Athletic Communications office, managing an Athletic Communications Assistant and a staff of over 35 students.
  • Main contact for Men’s and Women’s Soccer, Women’s Tennis, Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field, Softball, and Baseball.
  • Primary manager of @plattsathletics social media accounts on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Post consistent content including but not limited to, game day graphics, final score graphics, individual awards, game highlights, news, etc.
  • Perform statistical duties for men’s and women’s soccer, basketball, and ice hockey using NCAA LiveStats and assist with statistical duties for women’s volleyball, men’s lacrosse, and women’s lacrosse. Perform statistical duties for baseball and softball using PrestoStats.
  • Provide accurate statistical box scores, results, and press releases to various and local regional news outlets and gocardinalsports.com
  • Manage gocardinalsports.com through Sidearm posting stories (game recaps, awards, etc.), updating schedules and rosters, and other website maintenance.
  • Assist with managing broadcasts through the sunyacsportsnetwork.com, powered by Hudl TV, and Production Truck.
  • Oversaw the change to HudlTV and Production Truck, updating our equipment and elevating our broadcasts to include new score bugs, replay, and the ability to play content during games.
  • Use PrestoSports to update the SUNYAC statistics and website.
  • Help prepare gameday programs for home events using Adobe InDesign. Created covers for Senior Day events for each sport to pair with game programs.
  • Oversee hiring of student staff, approve time records, oversee sign-up of games for students, and manage the staff at all home events.
  • Use the Adobe Suite, mostly in Photoshop and InDesign, to create graphics for social media, game programs, and other promotional content.
  • Assists with the preparation of annual Athletic Hall of Fame and Spring Awards Ceremonies.
  • Selected to the inaugural NCAA Athletic Communicators Emerging Elite Program at the NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis.

Athletic Communications Assistant

Plattsburgh State
03.2022 - 08.2023
  • Assisted with day-to-day operations for the Assistant Director of Athletics for Communications at Plattsburgh.
  • Main contact for Men’s and Women’s Soccer, Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Softball, and Baseball.
  • Primary manager of @plattsathletics social media accounts on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Post consistent content including but not limited to, game day graphics, final score graphics, individual awards, game highlights, news, etc.
  • Oversaw the @plattsathletics Instagram account to a 16% increase in followers from April 2022 to April 2023, the largest increase in followers since the creation of the account.
  • Performed statistical duties for men’s and women’s soccer and basketball using NCAA LiveStats and assisted with statistical duties for women’s volleyball, men’s ice hockey, women’s ice hockey, men’s lacrosse, and women’s lacrosse. Perform statistical duties for baseball and softball using PrestoStats.
  • Assist with managing gocardinalsports.com through Sidearm by posting stories (game recaps, awards, etc.), updating schedules and rosters, and other website maintenance.
  • Assist with managing broadcasts through BoxCast, where all game streams are pushed onto our website.
  • Use PrestoSports to update the SUNYAC statistics and website.
  • Help prepare gameday programs for home events using Adobe InDesign. Created covers for Senior Day events for each sport to pair with game programs.
  • Oversee student staff at each home event, managing the students during games.
  • Used the Adobe Suite, mostly in Photoshop and InDesign, to create graphics for social media.

Athletic Communications Intern

Susquehanna University
08.2021 - 03.2022
  • Assisted with day-to-day operations for the Director of Athletic Communications at Susquehanna.
  • Performed all duties as Interim Director for the first month on duty, until a director was hired, leading all game management, statistical duties, social media, and website management.
  • Managed student workers assisting with game day operations over the first month at Susquehanna.
  • Main contact for Men’s and Women’s Soccer, Field Hockey, Men’s and Women’s Golf, Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving, Baseball, and Softball.
  • Performed statistical duties for Men’s and Women’s Soccer and Field Hockey through Presto stats. Performed statistical duties for Men’s and Women’s Basketball using NCAA Live Stats.
  • Helped manage social media posts and created a social media strategy for game promotion and coverage. Post consistent content including game day graphics, game updates, and final score graphics.
  • Managed suriverhawks.com through Sidearm, posting stories (game recaps, awards, etc.).
  • Used the PrestoSports website to update Landmark Conference statistics and the website.
  • Helped prepare game day programs for all home events through a template created by the Director on InDesign.
  • Oversaw the work of over 15 students working in the office and game operations. Directly oversaw four students who completed their practicums in the Athletic Communications office.
  • Regularly used Adobe Suite to produce content for social media and suriverhawks.com, mostly in Photoshop and InDesign.

Education

Master of Arts - Professional Communication

Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH

Bachelor of Arts - Communication, Integrated Marketing Concentration, Minors: Business and Writing

Houghton College
Houghton, NY

Skills

  • Proficient in the Adobe Suite: Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere
  • Website Maintenance
  • Project Management
  • Social Media Management & Oversight
  • Project Management
  • Event Coordination
  • Marketing
  • Media Relations
  • Press Release Writing

Accomplishments

    Named to the Inaugural Division III Athletic Communications Emerging Elite Program

Timeline

Director of Athletic Communications

Plattsburgh State
08.2023 - Current

Athletic Communications Assistant

Plattsburgh State
03.2022 - 08.2023

Athletic Communications Intern

Susquehanna University
08.2021 - 03.2022

Bachelor of Arts - Communication, Integrated Marketing Concentration, Minors: Business and Writing

Houghton College

Master of Arts - Professional Communication

Youngstown State University