ABOUT

In addition to focusing on his writing and on-air career, Spencer dove into the world of digital media in Fall 2014. While still in school at Akron, he began working as a digital content intern at FOX Sports Ohio. Although the program only lasted from October to December of that year, it was intstrumental in building relationships and opening up other opportunities for him over the next year.

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Less than a year after the internship concluded, FOX Sports Ohio contacted Spencer and offered him a digital production assistant position, a job he's since held with the organization. The duties of the job are similar to those of the internship, but more expansive and detailed. Such responsibilities include: 

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-Working assigned games for FSO and STO affiliated teams: Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Indians, Columbus Blue Jackets, Cincinnati Reds

-Managing all social media platforms during shifts: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, MPX

-Managing the FOXSportsOhio.com website using the content management systems Adobe CQ5 & WordPress

-Retreiving video from broadcasts with AVerMedia and SnappyTV.com

-Editing, cutting and optimizing video for social media using Adobe Premeire and AVID

-Creating graphics shared on social media using Adobe Photoshop

-Composing blogs on various popular topics and noteworthy moments, in-game and social media-related

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Notable accomplishments as a DPA:

-Coordinated FOX Sports Ohio's first Facebook Live broadcast using the Matrox Monarch HD to stream, a video that reached over 1 million people and generated 144+ thousand views.

-Tweeted a screengrab that earned over 448 thousand impressions, engaged 49,635 users on Twitter and increased FOX Sports Ohio viewership by 3 percent.

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Spencer also shoots and edits his own videos as well for his professional Twitter page. A post on LeBron James and his thoughts on the 2016 Coach of the Year earned 43,991 impressions and engaged over 4.9 thousand users on Twitter.

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