Jonathan Hevron

Experience

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  Rochester College

  Dec 2011 - May 2012

  Assistant Sports Information Director

  Created social media accounts for Rochester Athletics as well as served as the game day manager and sports information director for basketball, softball and baseball. Traveled with men’s and women’s basketball and baseball to the USCAA National Championships. Created a weekly highlight show using Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere. • Encouraged online views by updating athletic website with news stories, graphics, and video• Operated and organized game day responsibilities and personnel • Created and managed social media accounts for the athletic department to reach a broader audience• Designed game day materials such as programs to provide to fans at home basketball and baseball games• Researched and proposed the addition of women’s cross country to the athletic department in order to stay within Title IX compliance • Served as SID at both the USCAA Nationals for men’s and women’s basketball, along with the USCAA Small College World Series for baseball Show less

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  Detroit Lions

  May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Marketing Assistant for Youth Football

  Interned with the youth football department, marketing summer camps and aiding at the camps as a coach. Marketed camps via social media, getting out in the community and working with local schools. Specialized in multimedia for the department, making videos and graphics. • Created additional revenue by producing trading cards, DVDs and photographs• Exceeded registration goals by implementing various marketing strategies, selling out all assigned camps • Composed video productions, graphics and radio commercials for marketing Show less

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  Central Michigan University

  Aug 2012 - Jun 2013

  Sports Information Director Assistant

  Given a full-time intern position as I finished my undergraduate degree working softball and men’s basketball. Covered the Chippewa softball team as they won the Mid-American Conference and went on to the NCAA Regional in Ann Arbor, Mich. Worked on stat crew for a variety of sports including basketball, baseball, soccer, field hockey, softball and football. • Created game notes for softball and media flip cards for home basketball and softball contests• Aided at Little Caesars Pizza Bowl by recording game notes and assisting in post-game interviews and posts• Assisted multimedia department with weekly show covering softball by arranging for players and coaches and conducting the interviews Show less

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  West Virginia University

  Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  Graduate Assistant in Athletic Communications

  Was primarily responsible for covering wrestling, rowing and tennis. Assisted with interviews, scoring and notes for women’s soccer program that has made 15-consecutive NCAA Tournaments. Aided at football games and practices as well as at home basketball games. • Designed the layout for the 2013 cross country and tennis media guides• Managed social media accounts, highlighted by taking new wrestling account from 0 followers on Twitter to over 1,100• Built preview and award graphics for the women’s soccer team that was shared via social media, monitors across campus and local billboards Show less

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  U.S. Coast Guard

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  Seaman Recruit

  After spending a year at West Virginia University, I enlisted in the United State Coast Guard with the career aspirations of attending OCS. After attending basic training in Cape May for several weeks, I was medically discharged from the service due to an allergy to shellfish. • Entered the Coast Guard with a 91 ASVAB as an E3 pay rate• Served as a company Petty Officer and member of Color Guard in basic training• Honorably discharged for medical disqualification (allergy to Shellfish) Show less

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  The University of Alabama at Birmingham

  Sept 2014 - Jan 2015

  Media Relations Assistant

  Acted as the primary contact for women’s soccer, cross country, softball and track & field, while also assisting heavily at home football and basketball games. Became the department’s graphic designer, creating content for both the football program, UABsports.com and the basketball game day program. • Created content for the football program, laid out the basketball game day program sold at contests and created the infographic page on UABsports.com• Assisted with the successful All-America campaign for return specialist J.J. Nelson by creating flyers and graphics sent out to fellow football SIDs and disseminated through social media• Served as the football program’s graphic designer, building mailers and social media content for the Blazers’ recruiting efforts Show less

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  Radford University

  Jan 2015 - Jul 2015

  Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

  While serving as the primary contact for men’s soccer, cross country, softball and track & field, I created and disseminated note packets, press releases and maintained social media channels. Toward the end of my time at Radford, I took over the role of covering men’s basketball as well as assisting with baseball. • Grew softball’s Twitter presence with creating 611.4K new impressions using graphics and videos• Maintained accurate statistics at home and away events via StatCrew• Shot and edited video interviews for Facebook and Twitter to further cover softball• Designed and built the Fan Zone on RadfordAthletics.com to engage more visitors to the webpage• Managed and mentored a group of eight student interns in communications office to benefit the department and students Show less

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  Michigan State University

  Aug 2015 - Apr 2017

  I started with Michigan State as a communications staff assistant, serving as the primary media relations contact for several sports, acting as the secondary contact for the 2016 Big Ten Championship men’s basketball team, and as the department’s graphic designer. After 11 months in the position, I transitioned into the full-time graphic designer with the title of Digital Media Specialist. My primary duties included laying out and designing media guides, producing social media graphics for 23 varsity sports, creating graphics for facilities and other projects as assigned. • Won six CoSIDA Publication and Design Awards, including three best covers for Football, Women’s Basketball and the At-Large Category (Men’s Ice Hockey) and two best media guides for Men’s Basketball and At-Large • Redesigned Signing Day Central on MSUSpartans.com, branded NSD 17 with #SpartansEl17E and created the still and motion graphic content for MSU’s national signing day efforts for football • Designed and produced the media guide covers and inside layout for men’s and women’s basketball, hockey and football, which was voted by several media outlets as the top design for football media guide covers in 2016 • Developed and managed the visual brand via social media through the creation on marketing and informative materials • Acted as the solo full-time graphic designer in the athletic department, overseeing two student interns • Built and utilized motion graphics for social media for in-game promotions on fan engagement • Worked with the marketing department and SpartanVision to activate sponsors via graphic productions • Created posters and signage for the football facility, women’s basketball offices and men’s basketball offices Show less My duties while a communications staff assistant at MSU was serving as the primary contact for women’s tennis, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s swimming & diving, and men’s and women’s track & field, in addition to acting as the secondary contact for the 2016 Big Ten Tournament Champion men’s basketball program. Within a few weeks of arriving in East Lansing, I took over the responsibility of graphic designer for several sports, including football and men’s basketball. • Created several graphic templates for the department’s use in Olympic sports, in addition to several designs for men’s basketball, women’s basketball and football• Designed and laid out several sections of the 2015-16 men’s basketball media guide, while assisting with the production of the entire guide• Coded and managed Summer Tour 2015: Italy blog for the men’s basketball training trip to Italy to engage fans in the U.S.A.• Designed the template for the 2015-16 women’s basketball media guide• Have created several graphics that have reached more than 1 million impressions across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter• Implemented the use of GIF animated graphics, making Michigan State one of the first users of GIFs during football and basketball contests on Twitter• Created signage for the renovated men’s basketball offices that were later utilized by the Spartan Sports Network as posters to increase program sales Show less

  • Digital Media Specialist

    Jun 2016 - Apr 2017

  • Athletic Communications Staff Assistant

    Aug 2015 - Jun 2016
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  University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy

  May 2017 - Jan 2018

  Communications Manager

  After two years in East Lansing with Michigan State Athletics, I pursued an opportunity to return to my alma mater. As the communications manager, I oversaw all branding, communications and online presence of U of D Jesuit. In my role, I worked with constituents from the President’s office, Principal’s office, the Board of Directors, Athletics, Faculty and Development. • Headed the re-design of www.uofdjesuit.org to turn the site into a marketing tool to encourage increased interest in applications and enrollment • Managed major social media accounts for UDJ across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to inform the UDJ community and connect parents, students, prospective students and alumni with the school • Created the Newsroom section of www.uofdjesuit.org to serve as the one-stop location for all news dealing with the school, be it current students, athletics, alumni and more • Created recruiting materials and graphic elements to promote the school and athletic department • Orchestrated photo shoots and constructed athletic posters to advertise UDJ programs and disseminate schedules • Shot, edited and rendered videos, telling a variety of stories - be it interviews, event recaps, promos or athletic hype Show less

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  Lawrence Technological University

  Jan 2018 - Mar 2019

  Football SID

  After freelancing for LTU's football program as a graphic designer for recruiting pieces, the Blue Devils brought me on full time as the SID, while maintaining graphic design duties. Additionally, I started Inside LTU Football web series, manage LTU Football's social media presence and have worked with the university in setting up the program's infrastructure for its first season since 1946.

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  Yellow Flag Productions

  Jan 2018 - Mar 2019

  Director Of Graphic Design

  Along with working for LTU, I was the Director of Graphic Design for a production company that LTU has partnered with. For Yellow Flag, I built graphics for its shows, including State Champs!, RoboZone, eSports & more. I co-produced and built graphics for the LTU Sports Report that aired on Fox Sports Detroit and Fox Sports Midwest.

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  Washington State University

  Apr 2019 - Jan 2020

  Manager of Digital Media for Football

  In the fast-paced world of college athletics I was part of the football recruiting staff at Washington State University under head coach Mike Leach. In my role, I created several weekly, personalized graphics for our recruit board, along with filming and editing at least two creative videos per week to appeal not just to our targeted recruits, but fans of Cougar Football. I revamped our on-campus visit photoshoots and also created content for the coaching staff to assist in all aspects of the visual identity of the program. Show less

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  Detroit City Football Club

  Mar 2020 - Apr 2021

  Media Director

  In my role as Media Director with DCFC, I was responsible for all digital content creation and dissemination, as well as working with local media to grow and create relationships to expand the Club’s coverage.- Managed all social media channels - averaging more than 2 million impressions per month- Created the visual identity for all DCFC properties - including the youth affiliate system, men’s pro team, women’s semi-pro team, City Clubhouse restaurant and City Fieldhouse- Developed the Club’s messaging each week for social media- From shooting to editing, created videos and graphics on a daily basis to engage the Club’s fan base on digital media and grow the Club's reach- Assisted with the creation, assets and marketing for the $1.8 million investment campaign this year - the largest of the type investment campaign in sports in the U.S. - Worked as the primary editor and shooter on a 30-minute pre-season kickoff show to air throughout Michigan - Aided in the design of seasonal merchandise, kits, scarves and ticketing materials - Acted as a liaison between sponsors and the Club to ensure the fulfillment of contracts and deliverables Show less

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  National Independent Soccer Association

  Jun 2021 - Nov 2021

  Graphic & Media Specialist

  NISA is the third-division professional soccer league in the United States. As Graphic & Media Specialist, I am tasked with the visual identity and content creation for the league and its entities - including NISA Nation - a fourth-division amateur league. The type of design ranges from social media content, motion graphics, print, stadium assets and video. - Primary shooter and editor on NISA's Spotlight series which was started to take an in-depth look at the stories behind the league's Clubs and players- Create graphics for social media around league results, stats and promos to engage fans with their favorite club- Assist in the managing of the league's branding while creating the visual identity for each season Show less

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  Detroit City Football Club

  Nov 2021 - Jul 2022

  Director of Creative Content

  With Detroit City FC moving into U.S. Soccer's Second Division, I oversaw the Club’s communications and creative content (graphic design & video) efforts. In addition, I managed the internship program along with the social media and design full-time staff. As the team’s primary videographer, I traveled to all matches with the first-team. I built out special projects such as matchday posters, new signing videos and graphics, a preseason show that aired locally on linear TV, charity kits and scarves. I developed weekly match note packets to track records and trends while aiding media in coverage and telling the story of the Club. I wrote and disseminated press releases to maximize the Club's reach in local, national and international markets while cultivating relationships with local and national media, aiding in interview setups and credentialing. Show less

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  Michigan State University

  Jul 2022 - now

  Director of Art & Design

  As Director of Art & Design I am responsible for the visual brand and development of the creative strategy for Michigan State Athletics through the creation of individual sport and departmental design projects, including, but not limited to, graphics for social media and video boards, marketing collateral, publications, and print pieces. In addition to my primary duties, I assisted with our football and women’s basketball recruiting and national signing day efforts, along with aiding several video shoots by creating motion graphics for LED backdrops as well as set design. Show less