Natalie Andrews Wardel

Current

• Marketing coordinator at Metropolitan Transit System
• Marketing strategist at Resilient Solutions, Inc

Past

• Reporter at San Diego Daily Transcript
• Reporter at Daily Herald
• Reporter intern for KSL 5 Eyewitness News in Salt Lake City at NBC

• Reporter at Utah Statesman
• Public Relations Liason and Event Programmer at ASUSU
• Reporter Intern at Deseret News

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Education

• Utah State University
• Viewmont High School

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Connections

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Natalie Andrews Wardel’s Summary

As a person who is experienced working with and for the media, I see from both sides of the press.

Natalie Andrews Wardel’s Specialties:

Writing, developing professional relationships, knowledge of consumer affairs; event planning and programming

Natalie Andrews Wardel’s Experience

• Marketing coordinator

  Metropolitan Transit System

  (Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

  September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

  -- Social Media and Web administrator for marketing department, currently redesigning site to make it more rider oriented and more easy to use. Started @sdmts on twitter.com and working to build support and correct information on yelp.com.
  
  -- Plan press conferences and events, write and distribute news releases and media kits
  
  -- Write company newsletter that has a circulation of 30,000 and is distributed on all Trolleys and buses
  
  -- Coordinate parades, laptop scholarship program with area high schools, partnership with Coca Cola, semester pass programs at SDSU, USD, UCSD and community colleges where students can buy passes at a discount.
  
  -- Handle information requests from conventions, community centers, libraries and the general public.

• Marketing strategist

  Resilient Solutions, Inc

  (Mental Health Care industry)

  February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

  Designed company web site and ad campaigns using resources that clients use -- SEO, social networking, paper publications and newsletters

• Reporter

  San Diego Daily Transcript

  (Newspapers industry)

  October 2007 — September 2008 (1 year )

  Covered California's construction and real estate market in a time of record foreclosures and a building slump; produced a daily broadcast with stocks and stories as well as a weekly video segment on a local CEO through a partnership with California State University San Marcos

• Reporter

  Daily Herald

  (Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

  April 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 5 months)

  One of two crime reporters in county of 500,000 people.
  
  Covered 4th District court system daily
  
  Wrote 1-4 stories daily, published information online and in print. Also grabbed video for applicable stories and edited them for the web and cable channel.

• Reporter intern for KSL 5 Eyewitness News in Salt Lake City

  NBC

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Broadcast Media industry)

  January 2006 — April 2006 (4 months)

• Reporter

  Utah Statesman

  (Newspapers industry)

  August 2004 — January 2006 (1 year 6 months)

• Public Relations Liason and Event Programmer

  ASUSU

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  August 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 6 months)

• Reporter Intern

  Deseret News

  (Newspapers industry)

  May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)

Natalie Andrews Wardel’s Education

• Utah State University

  Bachelor's , Communications -- Print & Broadcast Journalistm , 2003 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  English minor, Mortar Board, Associated Students of Utah State University, Honors program, Utah Statesman newspaper, Society of Professional Journalists, Aggie Television

• Viewmont High School

  2000 — 2003

Additional Information

Natalie Andrews Wardel’s Interests:

Traveling, writing, the beach, finding a great deal on something, cooking and baking

Natalie Andrews Wardel’s Groups:

Society of Professional Journalists, Public Relations Society of America, BlogHer, Center for Community Solutions San Diego

•    BlogHer
•    San Diego Business
•    Utah State University Alumni, USU
•    San Diego Marketing Professionals
•    Public Relations Society of America, San Diego Chapter
•    #journchat

Natalie Andrews Wardel’s Honors:

San Diego Press Club October 2008 First Place Media Integration
Wilton cake decorator , March 2008
SPJ reporting awards 2007, second place consumer affairs and second place criminal justice
Student of the Year, Journalism Department, Utah State University, 2006
Mortar Board, Sr. Honor Society, 2006
Top Five Women of the Year, Robin’s Awards at Utah State University, 2005
Jay Glasman, of the Standard Examiner, Scholarship recipient, April 2005
Taught English at a community center in Recife, Brazil, Summer 2004

Natalie Andrews Wardel’s Contact Settings

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• job inquiries
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