I've been working in design and marketing since graduating Edinboro University in 2007. My first position was at WJET-TV, FOX 66, and YourErie.com. Following that, I was employed by Clover Technologies, overseeing many of their different brands including FundingFactory. From 2016 to 2022, I had the pleasure of serving as the Managing Editor of the Erie Reader before starting at Great Lakes Institute of Technology as their Director of Marketing in October of 2022 to June of 2025. After a brief stint at Leader Graphics' print shop, I began my tenure with Eriez Manufacturing Co. as the Marking Communications Specialist for Eriez Corporate.
In addition to my proven track record in the fields of writing, marketing, and graphic design, I have professional experience in photography, music performance, and illustration. Copywriting, asset generation, and other ground-up aspects of content creation can be incorporated and expanded. From hand-drawn illustrations, to film and video editing, to improvised storytelling, I'm comfortable wearing a lot of hats.
The Great Lakes are my home. I was raised in Edinboro and moved to Erie proper in 2006. Throughout most of my professional experience, one unifying theme has been present: A desire to uplift my hometown of Erie, PA, and the surrounding area. Since my days working with a local television news affiliate, to my time at the helm of our county's only local source for news, arts, and culture, to overseeing communications for a $200 million+ corporation, I've always strived to be a champion for our community.
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Location: 26th and State
Electrical engineer Wendell Wilford King has the credit of starting the first radio station in Erie. Located on the northeast corner of 12th and State, WEDH was a station of the Erie-Dispatch-Herald.
As a student at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., King helped make the first college broadcast of a musical concert by wireless telephone in 1920. After studying under Charles Proteus Steinmetz, King began work at Schenectady’s General Electric Plant.
There, his practice as a Black machinist caused the plant workers to go on strike, though GE refused to draw the color line.
King also served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps near the end of WWI, and later worked at what is now Bliley Technologies for 30 years, living on Bird Drive with his wife Gwendolyn.
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