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Will Muckian

Will Muckian

Chicago,IL

Summary

I love using language to convey emotions, experiences, and concepts. I've traditionally used that to create engaging long-form journalism pieces but I also used my abilities in marketing communications for small businesses and customer-facing roles.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

FOOTWEAR BUYER

FLEET FEET CHICAGO
08.2023 - 01.2024
  • Oversaw the entirety of footwear purchasing for Fleet Feet Chicago's eight stores and distribution center
  • Worked on footwear redistribution to better align store products with store strengths
  • Worked with marketing team to align copy and marketing direction with product life cycles and sales needs.

INVENTORY MANAGER

FLEET FEET SEATTLE
09.2021 - 07.2023
  • Handled receiving, monthly cycle and year-end cycle counts for the Capitol Hill location of Fleet Feet Seattle
  • After losing our RXM in February 2023, I also absorbed some of the personnel & store management responsibilities
  • Worked the retail floor as well, leading employees across both Seattle locations in sales.

SALES/MARKETING

DICK POND ATHLETICS
06.2019 - 07.2021
  • Handled e-mail marketing for the company
  • Compiled and created content for newsletters (MailChimp)
  • Used email to arrange events in-store
  • Created social content (pictures/copy/ideas) for Instagram
  • Built databases for customer outreach programs
  • Customer-facing role with lots of customer service opportunities, which I enjoyed and thrived in.

FREELANCE JOURNALIST

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
06.2019 - 02.2020
  • Covered high school sports for local newspaper, working on 90-min deadlines to produce 600-word pieces
  • Interviewed student athletes as well as coaches
  • Also used social media to advance real-time coverage of these events
  • COVID resulted in suspension of position.

Education

News Journalism (Politics min.) -

Drake University
Des Moines, IA
05.2019

Skills

  • Adobe Creative Cloud (PS, iD, Audacity, Premier Pro)
  • Microsoft Office/Google Drive
  • SEO/HTML (functionally familiar)
  • Copy-editing/AP style
  • Storytelling
  • Copywriting
  • Interviewing skills
  • Social media management
  • MailChimp
  • Customer service
  • RICS

Timeline

FOOTWEAR BUYER

FLEET FEET CHICAGO
08.2023 - 01.2024

INVENTORY MANAGER

FLEET FEET SEATTLE
09.2021 - 07.2023

SALES/MARKETING

DICK POND ATHLETICS
06.2019 - 07.2021

FREELANCE JOURNALIST

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
06.2019 - 02.2020

News Journalism (Politics min.) -

Drake University

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