Brad Staman
630 P Street
Gering, NE 69341
Website: bradstaman.com
Email: bradstaman@yahoo.com Phone: 308-641-7092
Experience
Eastern Wyoming College
May 2022 – Present
Media Relations
-Oversee the marketing and public relations of the college.
-Responsible for creating and maintaining the social media channels for the college.
-Started a YouTube channel and worked with students to create videos. Also oversaw the creation of brand video.
-Sustain positive relationships with community members, faculty and staff, current students, and students exploring their college options.
-Created an E-magazine to highlight the students, faculty, staff, and programs at the college to the community, alumni, parents, and government officials.
-Redesigned the college’s outdated website.
-Expanded the college’s use of new media to tell the Eastern Wyoming College’s story and help increase enrollment and keep current students moving toward graduation.
-Part of the college’s Leadership Committee, Scholarship Committee, and Technology Committee.
Star-Herald
April 2017 – March 2022
Editor
-Responsible for the editorial team of the daily newspaper, the weekly TMC,
and manage the editorial teams of two weekly newspapers (the Gering Courier and the Hemingford Ledger)
-Led the team to winning the state’s Sweepstakes award three of the last four years for the print product and the last three years for the digital product -Hire, train and manage a staff of 11 reporters and designers
Gering Courier
February 2013 – April 2017
Editor/Publisher
-Responsible for the management of the weekly newspaper
-Managed the paper’s social media sites
-Worked with budgets and the advertising team
-Hire, train and manage a staff of four reporters
-Re-established the paper as one of the top three weeklies in the state and was named Nebraska’s Best Weekly Newspaper three years in a row
The Daily Grind Coffeehouse
July 2003 – October 2017
Co-owner
-Opened a coffee shop in Gering with my wife, Linda
Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska
July 2008 – February 2013
Director of Development and Community Relations
-Established a strong brand name for a non-profit who had just changed their name from Panhandle Community Services
-Wrote press releases, designed advertisements, planned press conferences and stayed in
close contact with local media
-Organized fundraisers and wrote grants
-Created videos, PowerPoints and a monthly newsletter
-Built and maintained the agency’s website and other social media sites
Christian Media Inc.
July 2006 – June 2008
General Manager
-Responsible for the management of a Christian radio station and a monthly newspaper (CrossTimes).
-Brought station up to code with Federal Communication Commission.
-Established a budget for the ministry and updated equipment. -Managed a staff of 12 people
Gering Courier
February 2000 – June 2006
Editor/Publisher
-Responsible for the editorial content, advertising, design, layout and budget for a weekly newspaper
-Took the paper from losing over $60,000 the year before I arrived into the black in three years -Worked with budgets and advertising team
-Established the paper as one of the top three weeklies in the state within two years and was named Nebraska’s Best Weekly Newspaper in 2004 and 2005.
The Business Farmer
May 1996 – January 2000
Editor/Publisher
-Responsible for the layout and editorial content of the weekly farm newspaper serving agricultural producers in western Nebraska, eastern Wyoming and northeastern Colorado -Worked with budgets and advertising team
Education
Trinity Bible College
August 1989 – May 1991
Ellendale, North Dakota
Bachelors of Arts in Biblical Studies
-Worked for the marketing director
University of Nebraska
August 1982 – May 1986
Lincoln, Nebraska
Bachelors of Arts in Journalism
-Worked for The Daily Nebraskan, the college newspaper
Colorado Institute of Art
August 1981 – August 1982
Denver, Colorado
Studied photograph
Western Nebraska Community College
August 1980 – May 1981
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
General Studies
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