Resume

Randy Mishler

A production-oriented marketing and communications professional whose work in online projects, social media and print has attracted audiences and clients, helped implement change, generated social engagement, earned national awards and added new revenue opportunities.

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Skills

  • Imaginative creator of engaging content including videos, social media, illustrations and branding materials

  • Builds cutting-edge presentations that allow award-winning storytelling to reach more people and have more impact

  • Launches and supports products -- including email newsletters, informational databases, alternative revenue projects and video and audio productions -- resulting in more subscribers as well as increases in unique and returning users

  • Organized, collaborative team member who believes in a clear roadmap and open communications while taking assignments from inception to distribution

  • Designated superuser for software training and staff transitions

  • Creative tools include: Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, Acrobat, etc.), Canva, Shorthand, Wordpress, code

  • Organizational tools include: Word, Outlook, Excel, Sharepoint, Slack, Trello


Work History

Portland State University • Portland, Oregon

April 2019 to present

Marketing and Communications Coordinator for the Campus Events & Student Union office. Digital marketing to students, staff, higher-ed and B2B (office also supports event venues and retail sales on campus).

  • Works with event clients, academic departments and student groups.

  • Creates online and social media content, quarterly financial reports, slide decks for stakeholders and administration.

  • Deals with print, marketing and swag vendors.

  • Updates and monitors enterprise web sites and promotional pages on other B2B sites.

  • Develops promotional events, signage and interactions such as giveaways, tenting, tabling and sometimes just talking.

  • University representative for coordinating with film, television and media production companies that hope to use campus locations.


The Oregonian OregonLive • Portland, Oregon

August 2006 - December 2018

Digital content producer and supervisor who has been an online project manager, special projects coordinator and designer, website manager, social media administrator, photo team manager, new products team manager, office manager, copy editor, page designer and graphic artist

  • Produced award-winning online storytelling such as Toxic Armories, The Loneliest Polar Bear and Benefit of the Doubt. This reporting reached readers nationwide — and led to improvements in health and education policies.

  • Managed teams that created online content to successfully increase user engagement and reach a broader audience

  • Designed and produced additional revenue products such as "Oregon's Natural Treasures" coffee-table book. (Sorry. It is sold out.)

  • Superuser for training in organizational and production tools such as Merlin, WhatCounts, Shorthand, Arc, Citrix, Photoshop, InDesign, video and audio production

  • Copy editor and award-winning print designer.


The Bulletin • Bend, Oregon

January 2005 - August 2006

Assistant sports editor, managing production of daily Sports section

  • Supervised design staff and helped coordinate reporting coverage of news and events

  • Collaborative editor, working with reporters, designers and supervisors to improve daily workload

  • Worked with other departments to maintain brand of publications and products in design and editing.


The Daily News • Longview, Washington

July 1999 - December 2004

Presentation editor, supervising copy editing and page design staff

  • Redesigned publication and built presentation staff for transition from PM to AM publication; redesign was well-regarded by community and resulted in no drop of circulation

  • Created award-winning page design, illustrations and informational graphics

  • Recruited staff and developed a team whose members moved on to larger markets such as Seattle, Portland, Detroit and Los Angeles.


Education

Bachelor of arts in journalism with a minor in graphics design, Indiana University

Professional development: American Marketing Association, Human Resources Management training, social media seminar attendance, web development skills.