BRAD GOLDER │ bradgolder.com

ABOUT

Experienced media and communications professional with interest and background in business, politics and sports seeking outstanding career development opportunities.

SKILLS

• Leadership and personnel

management

• Storytelling and creative writing

• Detail-oriented writing

• Public speaking

• Media and public relations

• News and sports anchoring/

reporting

• Sports play-by-play broadcasting

• Advertising: writing, production

and placement strategies

• Customer and client services

• Project management

• Social media, podcasting and other

new media

• Audio/video production and

editing

• Voice-over talent

EDUCATION

Vanderbilt University │ Nashville, TN

• Bachelor of Arts (2003)

• Major: Political Science

CONTACT

WORK EXPERIENCE

Prudential Financial Advisors │ 2015-16

• Embarked upon a new career as a financial advisor

• Trained for and acquired life and health insurance state license, variable products state license and series 6 and 63 federal securities licenses

• Solicited and counseled clients on insurance, investing and retirement solutions.

Great Lakes Loons / ESPN 100.9-FM │ 2007-2015

• Lead play-by-play broadcaster for Great Lakes Loons minor league broadcasts for all games, host of pre/post-game shows, daily update features & responsible for all content of team’s radio broadcast

• Lead play-by-play broadcaster for Saginaw Valley State basketball broadcasts

• Lead play-by-play broadcaster for high school football & basketball broadcasts

• Hosted daily sports talk show & responsible for show content including booking of guest, driving phone calls, show topics & internet & social media content.

• Hosted TV show on local CBS affiliate & hosted pre-game show on stadium video board.

• Play-by-play broadcaster for Midwest League All-Star Game television broadcast

• Helped launch the region’s first all-sports radio station, led the station’s programming & communications

• Established team’s media relations & communications departments during team’s inaugural season

• Spoke, emceed & participated in community events on behalf of team, foundation & radio station.

• Wrote game preview & recap stories, press releases, media notes & feature stories for team, radio station & non-profit foundation

• Communicated regularly with local & national media, pitching story ideas & coordinating interviews

• Wrote, edited and posted stories & features for website, Facebook & Twitter

• Hosted and produced daily radio content.

• Worked with radio clients on executing campaigns, integrating their objectives into station programming

• Wrote & produced commercials

Atlanta Braves Radio Network / Clear Channel Radio │ 2005-06

• Operations manager, executive producer & on-air contributor

• Responsible for execution & programming for largest radio network (affiliates) in MLB

• Produced & engineered Braves games on-site & in-studio, led production meetings, created broadcast formats, produced highlight packages, assisted sales staff on advertising campaigns & managed staff of part-time employees

• Sports anchor & reporter for WGST-AM & Georgia News Network

Additional Broadcast Assignments

• Radio play-by-play for University of Michigan women’s basketball │ 2016 • Play-by-play for United Shore Professional Baseball League │ 2016- • TV play-by-play for Oakland University women’s basketball, baseball, women’s soccer and

softball, ESPN3 │ 2015- • Radio play-by-play for Saginaw Valley State University men’s and women’s basketball,

football and volleyball │ 2008- • TV play-by-play for Central Michigan University men’s basketball, ESPN3 │ 2014 • TV play-by-play for USTA / Dow Corning Tennis Classic │ 2013-15 • Fill-in network sports radio talk show host, The Huge Show │ 2008-15 • TV host for LA Dodgers’ Route of Champions, Fox Sports West │ 2009-10 • TV host for Loons Weekly, WNEM-TV │ 2007-08 • Radio studio host & anchor, Detroit Lions Radio Network & WXYT │ 2007 • Radio reporter & studio host, Atlanta Braves Radio Network & WGST │ 2005-06 • Radio sports anchor & reporter, WGST & Georgia News Network │ 2005-06 • Radio baseball play-by-play, Nashville Sounds │ 2002-04 • Radio baseball play-by-play, West Tenn Diamond Jaxx │ 2002 • Radio sports anchor & reporter, WWTN-FM (Cumulus, Nashville) │ 2003-05 • Radio sports talk show host, WWTN-FM (Cumulus, Nashville) │ 2003-05 • Radio baseball play-by-play, Vanderbilt University │ 2001-05 • Radio football sideline reporter, Vanderbilt University │ 2001

PHONE 989-941-9191

EMAIL brad@bradgolder.com

WEB bradgolder.com

@BGold19

MAIL 492 Baldwin Ave. Rochester, MI 48307