MATT EISENBERG
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Experience

ESPN
Associate Editor (espnW/Colleges): June 2015–Present
--Oversee women’s college soccer, volleyball, softball and recruiting sections, as well as "Cool Jobs in Sports" series
--Edit and write stories for espnW’s four verticals, one longform and one Mag piece
--Help grow Instagram following by 800%, Twitter following 149% and Facebook following 74%
--Produce designs, quote tiles and infographics for social media

SportsNet New York
News Desk Editor: May 2015–July 2019
--Wrote and edited news articles and columns about New York sports
--Monitored home page, team indexes and social media accounts
--Updated website during transition from WordPress to HomeBase CMS
--Created interactive charts and maps relating to NFL draft

Comcast SportsNet New England
Editorial Intern: May 2013–Aug. 2013
--Mapped content to homepage and updated website using Drupal
--Tracked web analytics and social media trends
--Increased Facebook following 20 percent

The Quinnipiac Chronicle
Senior Managing Editor: April 2013–May 2014
--Oversaw all editorial facets of the newspaper
--Planned page distribution in weekly budget meetings
--Co-created first commencement special magazine
--Designed more than 15 of 28 covers
--Trained staff in writing, reporting, editing, photography, design and ideation

Managing Editor: April 2012–April 2013
--Led weekly budget meetings to organize entire issue
--Managed staff of 30 including editorial board
--Edited news, opinion, arts & life and sports articles each week
--Published issues during Hurricane Sandy and Superstorm Nemo
--Shot, edited and captioned photos for print and web

Sports Editor: Dec. 2011–April 2012
--Developed sports section to include more profiles and previews
--Jointly started sports blog to cover teams more thoroughly
--Shot and edited photos for print issue and online photo galleries

Worcester Hydra
Communications Intern: May 2012–Aug. 2012
--Monitored team's social media accounts and website
--Photographed and wrote articles for each game

The Summit Yearbook
Athletics Editor: Aug. 2011–May 2013
--Created section by writing articles, taking photos and designing pages
--Advertised and marketed yearbooks to seniors

Also published in: CNN, Deadspin, Bleacher Report, Business Insider, New York Daily News, The Cauldron, Arizona Republic, USCHO.com, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, New England Baseball Journal, Valley News, Erie Times-News, Five-Star Basketball

Honors and Awards

CNN
Top 75 Sports Moments (2014)

Pro Football Hall of Fame Photo Contest
Honorable Mention/Feature Photography (2014)

Society of Professional Journalists: Mark of Excellence
National Finalist/Feature Photography (Small Schools) (2013)
Region I Winner/Feature Photography (Small Schools) (2013)

College Media Association: Best of Collegiate Design
First Place Pinnacle Award: Newspaper Feature Page/Spread (2013-14)

New England Society of Newspaper Editors
College Newspaper of the Year (2012, 2013)

Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists: College Contest
First Place/News Photo (2014)
First Place/Feature Photo (2013, 2014)
First Place/Sports News Story (2013)
First Place/Layout Page 1 (2013, 2014)

Second Place/General Reporting (2013)
Second Place/General Column (2013)
Second Place/Sports Photo (2012, 2013)
Second Place/Feature Photo (2013)

Third Place/Sports Photo (2014)
Third Place/Feature Photo (2014)
Third Place/Sports News Story (2012)

Honorable Mention/Sports Photo (2013)
Honorable Mention/Sports News Story (2011)
Honorable Mention/Layout Non-Page 1 (2011)

Who's Who Among Students
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (2014)

Quinnipiac University
Journalism Visual Literacy Award (2014)
Fraternity & Sorority Life Cornerstone Class (2014)
Outstanding Sophomore Award (2012)
Dean's List (four times)
Kershner Scholar (six times)
Download Matt's resume here

Education

Quinnipiac University
B.A.,
cum laude, Journalism, Minor in Sports Studies, 2014
Lambda Pi Eta National Communication Association’s Honor Society
3.61 GPA

Skills

Design and Analytics
Adobe Bridge, InDesign, Photoshop, Google Analytics, Chartbeat

Social Media
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Hootsuite, Tweetdeck, LinkedIn, Flickr, CrowdTangle, Shareablee, Spredfast, SocialFlow

Web Production
AP Style, SEO, HTML, CMS, WordPress, Scribe, HomeBase, Drupal, Google Drive, Microsoft Office, Data Visualization, Smartsheets

Additional
Photography, Editing
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