Jordan Smith Conroe, TX | (832) 928-1494 | [email protected] | jordansmithpxp.com | linkedin.com/in/jordan-smith-132b03211/ Skills SEO Organization Skills Internet/Digital Content Creation Email & Social Media Marketing Adobe Creative Cloud Website Creation Teamwork Microsoft Office Voice-Over Work Education BACHELOR OF ARTS MASS COMMUNICATION, MINOR OF ARTS SPORTS MEDIA Sam Houston State University - Huntsville, TX (Degree anticipated in December 2021) Awards: 9 Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Awards (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) Work Experience KSHU CABLE CHANNEL 7 NEWS | LEAD SPORTS ANCHOR - HUNTSVILLE, TX - 2021 Revitalized on-air talent for KSHU Cable Channel 7 News as lead sports anchor, copy editing of the sports block for newscasts, occasionally working producing roles for the newscast and other editor/content creation roles 101.7 KSAM-FM | BOARD-OP/BROADCAST TALENT - HUNTSVILLE, TX - 2020-PRESENT Mastered board operations during live 101.7 KSAM-FM sports broadcasts and church programming, editing, filing and naming of commercials into Wide Orbit system and broadcast talent of local high school sports on digital platforms 90.5 KSHU-FM & BEARKAT SPORTS NETWORK | PRODUCTION/ON-AIR TALENT HUNTSVILLE, TX - 2018-2021 Play-by-play, color commentator, board operations and broadcast production member for Sam Houston athletics Described Bearkat Men's and Women's basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Baseball and Softball action on 90.5 KSHU-FM, YouTube, gobearkats.com and ESPN+/ESPN3 Managed a team of over 30 broadcast talent and schedule of athletic events called on 90.5 KSHU-FM in Spring 2021 Assigned 1-on-1 training with each on-air talent to improve broadcast skills Revamped social media presence when advertising games talent called on 90.5 KSHU-FM Hosted a weekly sports talk show every Tuesday on 90.5 KSHU-FM during fall 2020 Hosted a weekly Jazz Hour show every Monday on 90.5 KSHU-HD2 during fall 2018 THE HOUSTONIAN | SPORTS WRITER, SPORTS EDITOR, DIGITAL DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY NEWS EDITOR HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS - 2018-2021 Sports Writer- Spring 2018: Penned stories for the sports section. 3-4 stories per week for print and online content Sports Editor- Fall 2018: Advised a staff of 3 writers, created layout for the sports section of the newspaper (1 print per week) Arranged social media for posting stories and in-game updates of SHSU athletics at least 2 times a week Digital Director- Fall 2019 to Spring 2021: Developed and maintained the Houstonian mobile app, newsletter and the website Community News Editor- Spring 2021: Revamped a staff of 4 writers to create 1-2 stories per week for print and online Edited stories covering news in Walker County and designed layout every other Sunday for E-Edition releases
TEXAS SPORTS RADIO NETWORK AND TEXAN LIVE | BROADCAST TALENT - HOUSTON, TX - 2017-2020 Detailed high school athletics action around the state of Texas, primarily athletics in the Cypress-Fairbanks ISD area, for 2-3 games per week Broadcasted UIL State Championships with partnership between Texan Live and NFHS in 2019 and 2020 BAYLOR LARIAT RADIO | BROADCAST TALENT/MANAGER - WACO, TX - 2016-2017 Introduced as play-by-play voice of Baylor Women's Basketball coverage during fall 2016 and spring 2017 Pioneered as first play-by-play voice of Baylor Baseball coverage on platform during spring 2017 Coordinated talent recruitment, social media content and scheduling for coverage of 3 different teams Raised listening audience by 127% with promotional tactics and social media coverage BAYLOR LARIAT | SPORTS WRITER, PAGE 3 EDITOR, SPORTS EDITOR - WACO, TEXAS - 2016-2017 Sports Writer- Fall 2016: Penned stories for the sports section. 4 stories per week minimum for print, another 2-3 for online only content Page 3 Editor- Fall 2016: Designed layout for page 3 of the newspaper (4 prints per week), mainly pulling local stories from AP Wire and laying out on page for content Sports Editor- Spring 2017: Transformed layout for the sports section of the newspaper (4 prints per week), also editing and publishing stories online throughout the week Managed social media for posting stories and in-game updates of Baylor athletics at least 2 times a week