Andrew Kauffman
Marketing/Communications Professional & Storyteller
Andrew Kauffman
Columbia, Mo.
Special Olympics Missouri
Marketing and Communications Director
Jefferson City, Mo., April 2022-Present
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Direct marketing and communications statewide for entire organization with 12,491 athletes in six regions.
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Grow social media engagement, reach and impressions, showing a 319% increase in first year in this position.
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Communicate with local media outlets and write news releases.
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Craft and execute marketing campaigns for statewide fundraising and program events.
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Manage organization website, somo.org, which had 364,000 page views last year.
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Serve on 6-person administrative council.
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Lead a 3+ person team and consistently recruit interns.
Missouri School of Journalism
Adjunct Professor
Columbia, Mo., August 2019-Present
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Create and teach journalism and strategic communications courses, which include storytelling and basics of filming and editing a multimedia story, to 15+ undergraduate and graduate students, while assigning and grading projects.
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Mentor and advise journalism students entering the journalism and strategic communications field.
KMIZ-TV
Sports Director
Columbia, Mo., March 2017-April 2022
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Manage the KMIZ/KQFX sports department
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Designated assignments, created department goals, monitored progress, managed and mentored 4+ direct reports.
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Developed, shot, wrote, voiced, and edited day-turn and enterprise sports stories and posted to abc17news.com.
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Anchored, crafted and produced nightly sportscasts and weekly half-hour sports show, SportsZone, that consistently ranked #1 in the market during my tenure.
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Gained over 10,000 subscribers on YouTube; top video garnered over 5 million views and 800+ comments.
KOMU-TV
Reporter/Anchor/Host/Producer/Sports Digital Producer
Columbia, Mo., January 2012-May 2015
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Produced, edited and anchored nightly newscasts.
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Collaborated with fellow coworker to enhance and transform weekly sports program, Opening Drive.
Education
- University of Missouri
- Missouri School of Journalism
- Bachelor of Journalism
- GPA: 3.8/4.0
- Emphasis in Television
- Minor in Business
- Minor in Psychology
- Multicultural Certificate
Work Skills
- Content Creation
- Writing
- Strategic Communication
- Editing
- Production
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Blackbaud
- Raiser's Edge
- ENPS
- iNEWS
- TriCaster
- Dejero LIVE Backpack
- LiveU Backpack & Phone App
- LAKANA IBPUBLISH
- OPYN CMS
- Final Cut Pro
- Social Media
- JVC GY-HM790U
- Sony XDCAM
- Panasonic AG-AC130
Honors & Awards
- 2022 Regional Edward R. Murrow Winner
- Mid-America Emmy Nominee (4x)
- Missouri Broadcasters Association Award Winner (3x)
- Kansas City Press Club Award Winner (2x)
- 2015 Sportscasters Talent Agency of America, All-American
Phone: 480.695.0592 | Email: andrewskauffman61@gmail.com