Andy Townsend

Background

About Andy Townsend

I am a huge people-person who thrives in a team-oriented environment. Currently, I am a Manager, Marketing & Production at ROOT SPORTS. One of my biggest career accomplishments is winning an Emmy as Production Manager in this role. Before this, I was the Production Manager & prior to that the Marketing Specialist here at ROOT SPORTS. I previously worked at Google as a Visual Data Specialist II, previously Visual Data Specialist I. Prior to my data analysis work at Google, I first found my passion for marketing and communications as a Marketing Specialist Intern at Sports 1 Marketing. In all of my roles, I have been given the opportunity to learn all about the sports industry and marketing, along with live television and the broadcast world, which I have completely fallen in love with. I have been able to apply my outgoing personality and creative problem-solving to the creation of assets for various businesses, customers, and sports teams. This has helped me tremendously in my current role as Production Manager at ROOT SPORTS and previously Marketing Specialist. I love working in sports and most of all the broadcast & marketing industries. I am passionate about people and working together as a team and creating a positive work environmnet for all. Additionally, I have my BA in Media and Communication Studies from the University of Washington. Skills-Creative problem solver -Exceptional communication skills -Team-oriented and driven Project Manager -Emmy Nominated Production Manager in Live Sports Television broadcast at professional level -Capable of creating stories/assets for any marketing campaign -Willing to roll up sleeves and get the job done, even when tasks are outside scope of job position -Aptitude for Training/Managing employees -Thrives in team structured environment -Successful project management -Extremely quick and efficient learner -Shines in leadership roles -Abundantly positive attitude in everything I do -Background in marketing, data analysis, sales, and project/production management Technical Skills: Wrike, Basecamp, Asana, MONDAY, Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Illustrator, HandBrake, Final Cut Pro, Audacity, Social Media for Business (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.), Tweetdeck, SnappyTV, Slack, Google Web-Based Tools, Google Drive Suite, Google Ubuntu/Cinnamon OS, Windows & Apple OS, Job Boards, Zoho CRM, MailChimp, WordPress, WideOrbit, ADP, Egencia, Reviewsnap, Aspera, Streamline, Xpression, Egencia, Xchange, FTP, SharePoint, Dropbox, Encompass, WideOrbit