University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Director of Rivals Publisher Network  -  Rivals.com at Yahoo

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Overseeing <a href="http://Rivals.com">Rivals.com</a> publisher network covering all high school, college and expert platforms. In addition, manage all editorial, social and product leads and related strategic partnerships. <a href="http://Rivals.com">Rivals.com</a> is a consortium of 160+ properties and separate digital experiences made up of 300+ full and part time property partners (publishers) and site operators in addition to 20+ full time employees. Lead on strategy for Customer Relationship Management, overseeing all customer service strategy for retention and acquisition, which touches millions of users daily through our support channels.

Verizon Media

Director of Rivals Publisher Network  -  Rivals.com

Head of the site producer team and CRM manager for <a href="http://Rivals.com">Rivals.com</a>, a consortium of 160 plus websites across the country covering college and high school basketball, football and recruiting. Actively manage <a href="http://Rivals.com">Rivals.com</a> site producer team, customer relationship management, product and subscription growth strategy for the network.Lead marketing strategy integrated by the <a href="http://Rivals.com">Rivals.com</a> producer team to acquire and win-back valued users.Event management lead: Oversaw on-site execution and management of 20 Rivals Camp Series events over 3 seasons, including support for six national events including the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge and Rivals250 Underclassmen Challenge. Reshaped and executed network communication strategy between <a href="http://Rivals.com">Rivals.com</a> senior management and site publishers – offering strategy for our site publishers to grow their subscriber base and their online communities.

Yahoo

Senior Manager of Content Production  -  Rivals.com

Weekly columnist for Huskers Illustrated Magazine

Huskers Illustrated Magazine

Columnist

Co-published the Nebraska affiliated site for <a href="http://Rivals.com">Rivals.com</a>. Oversaw digital content production surrounding football recruiting coverage, content programming, social media integration, photo editing and online (forum) community building/moderation. The affiliated site was the fifth fastest growing website at <a href="http://Rivals.com">Rivals.com</a> in 2007.

Rivals.com Publisher  -  HuskersIllustrated.com  -  HuskerOnline.com

Worked in conjunction with <a href="http://Rivals.com">Rivals.com</a> affiliated site publishers in the Midlands region and in the state of Texas as it related to recruiting news and player evaluation. This included prospect ranking, nationally syndicated columns on recruiting in the Southwest region, and working with our copy desk team to formulate content plans and strategy.

Rivals.com

Assistant Recruiting Editor  -  Rivals.com

Wrote daily updates on Nebraska football recruiting and assisted in other editorial content as it related to Husker athletics.

John Talman