Gavin Nevill

About

With a Master's in Sports Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Elizabethtown College, this individual has a strong educational background. Their professional experience includes roles such as Strategic Project Manager and Associate Director of Athletic Communications at Vanderbilt University, where they played a key role in managing communication strategies for the athletic department. They also served as the Social and Digital Media Coordinator for the City of Franklin, Tennessee, and held media relations positions at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Tennessee State University. Their expertise includes social media management, media relations, and project management. With a proven track record of increasing followers and successfully pitching stories to local and national media, they have demonstrated their ability to drive organizational growth and success.

Experience

• Strategic Project Manager · Vanderbilt University10-01-2023

  Responsible for leading and executing strategic projects to drive organizational growth and success.

• Associate Director - Athletic Communications · Vanderbilt University07-01-2021 – 10-01-2023

  Played a key role in managing and enhancing the communication strategies for the athletic department.

• Social and Digital Media Coordinator · City of Franklin Tennessee09-01-2019 – 06-01-2021

  Successfully navigated the process of getting the City of Franklin verified on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

• Assistant Media Relations Director · University of Hawaii at Manoa11-01-2018 – 05-01-2019

  Media contact for baseball, water polo and track and field. Increased followers for @HawaiiBSB on Instagram by 187 percent over a five-month period. Managed and oversaw social media efforts for athletic departments main accounts (@HawaiiAthletics). Helped create social media content calendar. Ran social media accounts for sports teams. Media relations services for baseball, water polo, and track and field game notes, media interviews, game recaps. Created graphics, videos, and motion graphics to promote teams on social media.

• Athletic Media Relations Coordinator · Tennessee State University08-01-2015 – 11-01-2018

  Media contact for men's basketball and track and field. Secondary contact for football. Ran social media accounts for TSU mens basketball and track and field. Created graphics, videos, and motion graphics to promote teams on social media. Successfully pitched stories to local and national media including USA Today.

Education

• Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityMaster's, Sports Administration
• Elizabethtown CollegeBachelor of Arts, Communications
• University of Hawaii at Manoa

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