Wayne Rowe

Experience

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  U.S. Army Reserve

  Apr 1984 - Dec 1996

  Staff Sergeant

  Public Affairs Specialist– 368th Public Affairs Detachment - Blacklick, Ohio/OverseasServed as a platoon leader and worked as print journalist to produce regional magazine and national coverage of Reserve missions overseasWater Purification Specialist – 79th Quartermaster Company, Marion, Ohio/Overseas/U.S. duty stationsGulf War Veteran – 1st COSCOM, Southwest AsiaCargo Documentation Specialist – 251st Transportation Co., Marion, Ohio

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  WOSU Public Media

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1992

  Intern

  Record daily statehouse feed, other administrative duties

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  The Marion Star/MarionStar.com

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1994

  Advertising Account Executive

  Worked with over 200 of Marion’s largest companies to produce year long advertising/marketing plan and budgetLaunched several new projects to increase newspapers revenues

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  WYNT-FM

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1994

  Radio Announcer

  Night and weekend shift, play music, read AP news feed, intro songs, load shows, such as Dick Barkley's rock and remember.

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  Kingston Healthcare

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1996

  Director of Public Relations

  Direct marketing/sales experience working with older adults and their children to market a full-service retirement community in Marion and other regional locations. Marketing & public relations efforts resulted in progress from 75% census upon arrival to 100% census and a two-year waiting list for apartments Trained new public relations directors in Santa Fe, NM and Hickory, NC

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  Alterra/Sterling House

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

  Regional Director of Public Relations

  Lead marketing of new facilities throughout northern OhioBroke company census records in Barberton and Bowling Green properties

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  Karrington Communities

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  Director of Public Relations

  Direct marketing/sales experience working with older adults and their children Mirrored success previous marketing/sales success increasing resident census exponentially during tenure in a new luxury retirement community venture

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  Kingston Healthcare

  Dec 1998 - Oct 2000

  Director of Public Relations

  Direct marketing/sales experience working with older adults and their children to market a full-service retirement community in Marion and other regional locations. Marketing & public relations efforts resulted in progress from 75% census upon arrival to 100% census and a two-year waiting list for apartments Trained new public relations directors in Santa Fe, NM and Hickory, NC

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  Smith Clinic

  Nov 2000 - Jun 2002

  Director of Public Relations

  Led all public relations and marketing activities for the second largest physician group practice in the state of Ohio, as well as marketing the Marion area’s largest outpatient surgery center. Initiated marketing for new Women’s Imaging Center and new advanced MRI

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  The Ohio State University at Marion

  Jun 2002 - now

  Director of Communications and Marketing

  Direct all internal and external communications and marketing for The Ohio State University at Marion and manage an office staff of professional graphic artists and a web content manager.