Dwayne McBean
New York,NY
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Community Relations Coordinator (Contract)
Recycle for Education, LLC.
Queens, NY
06.2023 - Current
- Write, edit, format, and publish featured articles, relevant to the non-profit, and its promise to serve the southside Jamaica Queens communities.
- Plan and conduct educational events, workshops and forums to educate community members on community health, recycling, assistance, and educational opportunities.
- Manage and keep track of non-profit donations using GivingGrid platform. Draft thank-you notes.
- Participate in organization-wide events, campaigns, and initiatives as appropriate.
- Work alongside CEO, and board leadership to identify opportunities to build community relationships, partner with residents, local agencies, and elected officials.
- Take photos and videos to update website/social-media.
- Collaborate with the director of finance to write draft recaps, scholarship recipient notices, grant requests, & other financial disclosure items as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Photojournalist
Sinclair Broadcast Group ABC - KTUL
Tulsa, OK
10.2022 - 06.2023
- Covered breaking stories, including crime scenes, politics, and weather emergencies in Market #65.
- Responsible for editing the days content for 11AM morning show, Good Day Tulsa.
- Operated live and satellite trucks for onsite broadcast assignments and utilized broadband technology to optimize remote acquisition, management and distribution of live video.
- Planned and set up equipment for on-site photography sessions during interviews.
- Produced complete news and journalism packages for broadcasts on television.
- Optimized content for social media, Youtube, and station website usage.
- Wrote, and edited articles for KTUL's homepage, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and brevity.
- Created & edited compelling content for station reporters to use on their social media pages.
- Communicated with executive producers to coordinate production schedules, determine production needs and facilitate interviews.
- Captured high-quality video, B-roll, audio and interviews to develop video and natural sound packages.
- Other duties as assigned.
NCAA Project Management Postgrad Intern
Warner Bros. Discovery
Atlanta, GA
08.2022 - 11.2022
- Managed project editorial calendar, including both internal and external deliverables to meet deadlines.
- Conducted market research and competitive analysis reports for senior management and key stakeholders.
- Utilized Figma, Jira, Excel, Asana, & Google Docs to work collaboratively and timely with UX Design teams, Senior PMs.
- Utilized CHARLES HTTP Proxy to implement bug fixes and changes to software.
- Performed functional, system integration, regression, user acceptance testing.
- Provided feedback on usability and suggested improvements to the product design teams.
- Assisted other members of the QA team in identifying areas for improvement in processes and procedures.
- Attended daily Scrum meetings and reported project progress.
Broadcast Associate
CBS Television
New York, NY
09.2021 - 06.2022
- Gathered, edited, and redistributed footage to CBS affiliates nationwide for packages on their broadcast.
- Monitored breaking news nationally and internationally across various areas, including but not limited to; news, weather, sports, medicine, health reports, and business & consumer news.
- Regularly sourced our contracted partners (Alamy, Reuters, Getty, Newspath, CBS Archives) for video and worked closely with the legality team to ensure guidelines for outsourcing were followed.
- Quickly & accurately write short copy for videos (including fact-checking, transcribing, and brief summarizing) before posting content to Newspath for distribution to our partners.
- Organized and prepared audio files for broadcast in a timely manner.
- Coordinated with producers and directors on all aspects of sound production for broadcasts.
Executive Assistant
CBS Television Network
New York, NY
03.2021 - 09.2021
- Maintained confidential records and files related to executive operations.
- Prepared reports, presentations, agendas, minutes, and other documents as needed by the executive staff.
- Coordinated with internal departments on a regular basis to ensure efficient functioning of day-to-day operations.
- Provided administrative support in preparing contracts, invoices, purchase orders, and other documentation required for daily business activities.
- Acted as a liaison between the executives and internal and external stakeholders to facilitate communication flow.
- Performed data entry tasks into various software programs including MS Excel spreadsheets.
- Coordinated meeting and work schedules for staff teams and executives.
- Assisted in organizing conferences, seminars and other events as directed by the executives.
- Organized and managed complex calendar of appointments, meetings, and travel arrangements for executive team.
News Associate - Freelance
CBS Television Network
New York, NY
10.2020 - 03.2021
- Worked closely with producers, editors, & reporters to ensure that time is allocated for interviews, b-roll, and travel arrangements for guests.
- Worked with editors to ensure sourced and licensed images and videos are available for proper usage for post-production on schedule.
- Tracked approvals and proactively monitored progress to achieve deadlines for final post-production edits.
- Used Google Excel to organize every episode in the programs 40+ year history by order of airing date, topic, & guest from 1979 to the present titled '40+ years of 'CBS Sunday Morning'.
- Coordinated with senior producers to resolve issues impacting project timelines.
- Ensured script materials are prepared prior to delivery to editors.
- Administrative tasks as needed.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism & Media Production
CUNY York College
06.2021
Skills
- Proficient in Google Suite (Gmail, Docs, Drive, Sheets, Slides, Forms and Hangout Meets)
- Data Management
- Effective Multitasking
- Schedule Coordination
- Data Analysis and Reporting
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Communication Strategy Development
- Media Communications
- Adobe Systems Creative Cloud
- Public Speaking
- Press Kits
- Copywriting
- Google Analytics
- Survey Creation
- Social Media Platforms
- Fundraising
- Community Engagement
- Media Relations
- Photography
- Community Relationship Building
Affiliations
- NASM Certified Personal Trainer & Nutritionist.
- Event Photographer/Videographer.
- C++ Programmer - Novice.
Languages
Spanish
Professional
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Community Relations Coordinator (Contract)
Recycle for Education, LLC.
06.2023 - Current
Photojournalist
Sinclair Broadcast Group ABC - KTUL
10.2022 - 06.2023
NCAA Project Management Postgrad Intern
Warner Bros. Discovery
08.2022 - 11.2022
Broadcast Associate
CBS Television
09.2021 - 06.2022
Executive Assistant
CBS Television Network
03.2021 - 09.2021
News Associate - Freelance
CBS Television Network
10.2020 - 03.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism & Media Production
CUNY York College
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