Daniel Garas

Digital Content Creation
Coordinates media requests and inquiries
Works to communicate strategic communications objective in alignment with Army policy.
Develops and maintained relationships with various media outlets and community leaders.
Created professional designs, graphics, photos, videos and media products to support Army public affairs
Advises senior leaders in crisis-communications, media planning and strategic communications
Coordinates international military partnerships and media communications
Acts as an ambassador and spokesperson for the Michigan Army National Guard

As a Web Content Manager for the Communication and Outreach Division, I broadcast the messages and themes of the United States Navy and its rich history to a global audience.

•I manage several social media properties that entertain, educate and inform service members and the public of Navy's history and strong heritage.
•I create postings, blogs, graphics, movies, and other visual products, optimized for social media that entertain, educate and inform targeted audiences.
•I utilize my communication skills to breakdown complex historical and technical information to a global audience.
•I research, analyze and develop various communication strategies, across multiple platforms to predict trends and reach the widest audiences possible.
•I utilize interpersonal skills to develop and maintain relationships with multiple enterprises and key leaders to access audiences to achieve NHHC's goals.

Coordinates and participates in meetings, conferences, panels, and other outreach activities in support of NBAF
• Develops and proposes outreach plans in cooperation with ARS, APHIS, and USDA.
• Attends conferences and speaking engagements to facilitate outreach activities and events.
• Tracks and maintains monthly Community Contact Reports, weekly engagement reports to regional offices.
• Uses Adobe Creative Suite to design and produce, graphics, posters, and other various visual aids for presentations.
• Responsible for the design and production of graphics, Illustrations, print publications, social media content, and
other artwork for electronic and print publications and visual presentations or equivalent.
• Coordinates with different in-house agencies to unify messaging into the public as one, unified facility.
• Takes complex scientific and medical information and distills it into easily digestible information, graphics,
presentations, and talking points for the public to understand.
• Conducts audits, assessments, and onsite reviews of outreach projects and initiatives to ensure the objectives of
outreach are met.
• Coordinates and hosts scheduled visitors to the Visitors Center at NBAF and presents a virtual demonstration of the
facility and the NBAF mission.
• Develops materials, communications, presentations, and other strategic materials that explain and defend NBAF
programs and objectives.
• Manages website communications, social media, and print communications
• Manages and creates eye-catching content and messaging for NBAF social media properties.
• Monitors and maintains social media by analyzing metrics, engagement, interactions, and designing campaigns to
attract new followers.

•Expertly created high-quality designs and original graphic artwork in support of the public affairs mission that resulted in better visual communication.
•Proactively wrote and produced print and broadcast journalism news and feature stories for newspaper publications, magazines, television and radio broadcast stations.
•Actively recorded professional still photography and video of high-risk military operations.
•Worked on the team to redesign the unit’s logo and brand identity.
•Filmed, edited and rendered professional quality videos and performed DVD-authoring.

-I use freehand drawings, artwork and Adobe Create Suite to create a variety of visual designs, storyboards, graphics and other aids for the U.S. Navy production team.
-I develop a variety of professional graphics for All Hands Magazine, official magazine of the U.S. Navy and for the U.S. Navy's official website, www.navy.mil
-I work with coordinate with photographers and videographers to detail desired outcomes for photography and videography.
-I translate broad concepts or spoken or written descriptions of items, processes, and issues, into visual designs that communicate, create appeal, or evoke an emotional response in a defined target audiences.
-Manages the design, production, printing and distribution of various products and generates guidelines for designers to ensure adherence to professional standards and local guidelines.

•Expertly created high-quality designs and original graphic artwork in support of the public affairs mission that resulted in better visual communication.
•Proactively wrote and produced print and broadcast journalism news and feature stories for newspaper publications, magazines, television and radio broadcast stations.
•Actively recorded professional still photography and video of high-risk military operations.
•Worked on the team to redesign the unit’s logo and brand identity.
•Filmed, edited and rendered professional quality videos and performed DVD-authoring.

-Proactively generates multiple news articles for both internal and external publications.
-Monitors and controls social media engagements with the public.
-Researches and prepares social media reports.
-Designs individual graphics to accompany and support news stories.
-Utilizes Adobe Creative Suite resources such as InDesign and Photoshop to design, various layouts and graphics for DLA's official magazine, Loglines.
-Fluent in both Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office.

•Designed and created all professional media and artistic content for the units social media sites, web page and various media publications, including technological diagrams and technical documents for use within the company.
•Effectively organized, directed and executed several media events, while proactively generating news stories about the unit and its operations.
•Expanded unit’s social media audience to reach over 30,000 people on a daily basis.
•Utilized current design trends, practices and developments to create professional grade graphics, posters, banners and brochures.
•Published in over 20 news articles proactively engaging audiences and increasing public awareness to unit operations.
•Personally invited to submit graphics and news content for Department of Defense briefings.
•Regularly featured on the front page of the Department of Defense website.