Austin Arceo
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About
I am a digital communications professional who currently serves as content strategist, webmaster, social media coordinator and chief writer for a student engagement center at a small liberal arts college. I have incorporated communications outreach methods and strategy to educate students of our opportunities available to prepare them for life after graduation. I also manage a team of work-study students to accomplish the communication goals of the Hubbard Center, which in 2015-16 engaged 78 percent of all students at DePauw.
My professional experience includes web editing, writing and editing, publication production, photography, design, event planning, project management and student advising.
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Education
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M.S. Ed. Higher Education & Student Affairs; GPA: 3.9Indiana University/IUPUI2011 - 2013• Learned about many challenges facing universities and students, including greater student debt, decreasing appropriations to universities and greater calls for accountability
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B.A History (Major); Spanish (Minor); GPA: 3.4DePauw University2002 - 2006• Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship, 2002 - 2006
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Experience
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Coordinator of Communications and Special ProjectsGreencastle, INDec 2013 - Present (12 years 6 months)• Serve as media content strategist, chief writer/editor, social media coordinator and webmaster for center that includes career services, off-campus study, fellowships and grad school preparation
• Manage communications team that designed and edited more than 20 resources guides for professional preparation, off-campus study and graduate school, with more than 2,000 copies printed at launch
• Creator and editor of multiple communications outlets to students, including blog, web pages and e-newsletters
• Write periodical reports to major governing boards, including grant update to Lilly Endowment and annual reports to DePauw’s board of trustees
• Collaborate with staff members on student outreach to increase awareness and engagement in Hubbard Center programming, such as Sophomore Institute (which reached capacity in 2014 and 2015 with students waitlisted)
• Advise students on resumes, cover letters, job searches and off-campus study
• Manage social media accounts, take photos and conduct video interviews on Hubbard Center’s YouTube channel -
Assistant Director of Media RelationsTerre Haute, INSep 2010 - Nov 2013 (3 years 2 months)• Write news releases and articles promoting ISU with emphasis on Scott College of Business, Bayh College of Education, and Center for Global Engagement
• Conduct interviews, write scripts for video stories
• Serve as coordinator, editor and chief writer of Portfolio, the Scott College of Business annual magazine
• Compile daily university faculty and staff e-newsletter several times a week
• Edit news releases, publications by colleagues in office
• Manage university’s news Twitter feed
• Organized college visit of students from La Plaza in Indianapolis
• Coordinated university’s activity and presence at Fiesta Indianapolis (2013)
• Served as co-producer and editor for College of Technology viewbook (2013) -
ReporterTerre Haute, INMay 2006 - Mar 2008 (1 year 10 months)• Reported on the city government beat while filling in on other beats as needed
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ReporterTerre Haute, INMay 2006 - Mar 2008 (1 year 10 months)• Reported on the city government beat while filling in on other beats as needed
• Cultivated relationships with people from a wide range of backgrounds and interests
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Awards
2013 - Portfolio received Merit award from Service Industry Advertising Awards in
2006-01-01 - 1st Place for Non-deadline News Reporting by Society of Professional Journalists -
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@austinarceo, member since 2015
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