Creative Agencies

I have over 20 years of public relations experience, including web and social media.

•	Designed daily lesson plans for five classes with 120 students
•	Assessed student abilities and differentiated instruction based on students’ aptitude, IEP goals and needs
•	Provide individual assistance to students as needed
•	Daily contact with parents, administrators, counselors, colleagues
•	Coached/Advised :  9th grade boys basketball, street hockey club,  girls powder puff football, 9th grade exec council

Teacher

•	Shaped league, university and athletic program messages with oversight of editing, production and design for a wide variety of publications – including media guides, college magazines, and game programs– usually on tight deadline restrictions
•	Managed and maintained a variety of websites (and site redesigns), creating unique content as well as a distinctive look through assigned images from a number of photographers
•	Conferred with league commissioner, deans, athletic directors and coaches to ensure that the overall message (in print, online and in any other outlet) met with the mission and goals of the league, university and the specific teams
•	Worked to identify and address all potential audiences – as well as establish new ones – for the programs and teams
Media Relations
•	Served as the primary media contact for high-profile athletic teams, which included traveling with team as its public liaison to a wide variety of audiences (including media, alumni, recruits, parents and university officials)
•	Procured placement of feature stories in a variety of outlets, including those of national distribution like USA Today, the New York Times and ESPN CollegeDay
•	Coordinated requests from local, national and international print and electronic media as on-field media contact for football and basketball media days

Patriot League

•	Planned and organized league football and basketball media days for 80 people, including 25 media
•	Managed Division I-AA football office for head football coach and 9 assistant coaches
•	Assisted in creation and review of annual football budget totaling $700,000, league budget totaling $35,000
•	Assisted in planning and organizing annual golf outing for approximately 120 people
•	Managed preseason football camp for 110 players, 10 coaches and 10 support staff members; road travel arrangements for 60 players, 10 coaches and 15 support staff members; Managed official recruiting visits to campus; Managed annual post-season awards banquet for 400 people
•	Oversaw entire hiring process of potential student work-study and manager candidates
•	Scheduled, managed and delegated work to office, game day and work-study staff of 20 students

University of Pennsylvania

•	Shaped university and athletic program messages with oversight of editing, production and design for a wide variety of publications – including media guides, college magazines, and game programs– usually on tight deadline restrictions
•	Managed and maintained a variety of websites (and site redesigns), creating unique content as well as a distinctive look through assigned images from a number of photographers
•	Conferred with league commissioner, deans, athletic directors and coaches to ensure that the overall message (in print, online and in any other outlet) met with the mission and goals of the league, university and the specific teams
•	Worked to identify and address all potential audiences – as well as establish new ones – for the programs and teams
•	Served as the primary media contact for high-profile athletic teams, which included traveling with team as its public liaison to a wide variety of audiences (including media, alumni, recruits, parents and university officials)
•	Procured placement of feature stories in a variety of outlets, including those of national distribution like USA Today, the New York Times and ESPN CollegeDay
•	Coordinated requests from local, national and international print and electronic media as on-field media contact for one of the nation’s largest sporting events – the Penn Relay Carnival
•	Oversaw entire hiring process of potential student work-study candidates
•	Scheduled, managed and delegated work to office, game day and work-study staff of 20 students

Find out detailed information about Rich Schepis,  in Harleysville, PA

Rich Schepis: in Harleysville, PA

Rich Schepis

Cabrini College