
Douglas A. Van Sant Jr.
2950 Van Ness Street NW, Apt. 207
Washington, DC 20008
Cell Phone: 614-282-6672
E-mail: dougvansant@gmail.com
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- EXPERIENCE
July 2005 - Jan. 2007: Interactive Sports Producer / ANG Newspapers (MediaNews) - Insidebayarea.com
- Developed a comprehensive and converged online sports section for ANG Newspapers.
- Developed an Oakland Raiders section ranked #1 by Sports Illustrated for local NFL coverage.
- Research, development and production of complete web site redesign and re-launch.
- Developed a blog style multimedia page, beat writer and fan blogs and interactive content.
- Researched and implemented a new dynamic sports newsletter and marketing campaign.
- Directly responsible for increased web traffic on all sports pages.
Oct. 2002 - June 2005: Sports, Weather & Nightlife Producer / Media General - TBO.com and Journalnow.com
TBO.com / Tampa Tribune / NBC News Channel 8
- Daily production of sports, weather and nightlife content for TBO.com.
- Managed sports pages for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Lightning and Devil Rays.
- Wrote, edited and posted breaking news and game stories.
- Created multimedia projects including editing and posting video and audio with select stories.
- Produced photo galleries, flash presentations and special reports on select topics.
- Developed a nightlife section on TBO.com and wrote a weekly music column for print and web.
- Wrote a bi-weekly bar and club profile for the Tampa Tribune insert Friday Extra.
- Developed a comprehensive collection of galleries, audio interviews and video from area nightlife.
Journalnow.com / Lapbylap.com / Winston-Salem Journal
- Directly managed sports and business channels as well as posted breaking news.
- Developed and managed local dining guide.
- Developed special sections for the ACC Tournament, PGA and Sr. PGA Tour and Wake Forest.
- Earned two Media General editors awards for online content.
June 2000 - July 2002: Director of Online Sports / Account Manager / News & Record - News-record.com
- Produce all sports content on news-record.com, thedepot.com and racingextra.com.
- Developed a complete prep sports section that included scores, standings, schedules and stats.
- Developed a breaking news special section for the local PGA tour event.
- Increased revenues through banner ads, custom sites, hosting and direct marketing.
Nov. 1999 - May 2000: Web Editor / Total Sports (Company was acquired by Quokka Sports, Oct. 2000)
- Managed content for NCAA sites, including Duke, Tennessee, Cincinnati, Temple, and DePaul.
- Interacted daily with sports information offices to build online content and interactives.
- Posted breaking news throughout all sites using wires and locally written content.
- Worked directly with college AD's to design and launch dynamic athletic web sites.
- Managed all content on finalfour.net.
June 1999 - Nov. 1999: Sports Information Assistant / Youngstown State University
Duties included head media contact for women's soccer, swimming and volleyball, as well as editor of the YSU athletic web page. Responsible for developing media guides, updating web site, writing press releases, contacting local media, writing feature stories, and writing a weekly conference report.
May 1998 - May 1999: Sports Photographer / WMDT-TV 47
Duties included covering local high school, college and pro athletic events, such as Ravens Football and Maryland basketball. Also responsible for writing and producing a Friday night feature on all local high school sports.
- EDUCATION
B.S. Mass Communications, Shenandoah University, 1997
Black & White Photography, Laney College, 2006
- SKILLS & TRAINING
- Adobe Photoshop CS2 - 8 years of personal and professional use.
- Macromedia Homesite - 8 years of personal and professional use.
- Adobe Dreamweaver - 3 years of professional training and use.
- Adobe Premiere - 3 years of professional training and use.
- IPSWITCH: WS_FTP - 8 years of personal and professional use.
- Real Producer - 3 years of professional training and use.
- HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML and Flash - 8 years of personal and professional use.
- Skills also include Microsoft Office, Firefox, Blogger, Wordpress, Podcasting, and Flash.
- INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES
- Amateur urban, architectural and nightlife photographer featured on several peer-reviewed web sites
- Designed and maintain personal photography web site, dougvansant.com
- Founding member and Co-Chair for Emerge Tampa… January 2004
- Named one of the Piedmont Triad "40 Leaders Under 40"… February 2003
- Founder of the Winston-Salem Sports & Social Club… June 2003
- Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership… November 2002 - August 2003
- Downtown Arts District Association… November 2002 - August 2003
- Piedmont Triad Internet Council… April 2001 - August 2003
- Programming Director, Greensboro Young Professionals… 2001 - 2003
- Volunteer and "Get Down! Town" coordinator, Action Greensboro… 2001 - 2003
- Downtown Greensboro Incorporated… 2001 - 2003
- Greensboro Sports & Social Club… 2001 - 2003
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