Trévon (Trey) Mathews

Cincinnati, OH

Education


B.A. English: Rhetoric and Professional Writing

University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH

Digital and Technical Communications

Miami University | Oxford, OH

Experience

2016–2021


Assignment Editor

Sinclair Broadcasting (WKRC) | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

  • Technical writing

  • Copywriting

  • Microcopy

  • Copy editing

Class of 2024

October 2023–Present

  • Sought new stories from emergency scanners, social media, press releases, and community engagement.

  • Pitched local story ideas to producers and reporters for upcoming broadcasts and news articles.

  • Updated and contributed to a digital bank of newsworthy content for producers and reporters.

  • Organized and deployed reporters and production crews to news assignments in the Cincinnati Metropolitan Area.

User Experience Content Designer

H&R Block | Kansas City, Missouri, USA (Remote)

October 2021–January 2023

  • Edited and updated content across H&R Block products in accordance with the company style guide.

  • Collaborated with designers, developers, and product managers to design parts of a new end-to-end user flow.

  • Partnered with product managers to strategize content solutions for user issues currently in production.

  • Simplified complex tax language and topics to improve usability and comprehension.

User Experience & Writing Intern

KCW London | London, England, UK

June–July 2021

  • Developed a comprehensive list of recommendations for improving the usability of KCW London’s website.

  • Conducted quantitative and qualitative UX research using industry-standard analysis tools.

  • Penned an essay on American identity for the September 2021 edition of the publication.

  • Worked collaboratively with the website manager to develop specific improvements for the site.

User Experience Intern

Miami University | Oxford, Ohio, USA

March–June 2021

  • Employed industry-standard analysis tools to find the strengths and weaknesses of service catalog pages.

  • Conducted qualitative and quantitative user experience research.

  • Developed recommendation reports to improve the pages based on the collected data.

  • Presented findings and recommendations to involved parties during service reviews.

Skills


  • Figma

  • iNews

  • Azure DevOps

  • Adobe Experience Manager

  • UX research

  • Search engine optimization

  • HTML5, CSS, & JS

  • Microsoft 365