John Steckroth

About John Steckroth

Take a look at my portfolio: https://johnsteckroth.com/Marketing professional and brand strategist with a background in journalism, design, and web development. For the last few years I\'ve been providing blog and editorial strategy for Microsoft Teams while overseeing multiple official Microsoft social channels. In this time, I\'ve created digital marketing campaigns, amplified product news, engaged with users, hosted virtual events, produced webinars, generated analytics reports, and managed the editorial calendar.

Experience

1. Community Marketing Manager (Indigo Slate) - Microsoft Teams

   Microsoft

   Aug 2020 — Present

   Functioning as lead copywriter for official Microsoft Teams blogs, orchestrating content strategy across the Microsoft Tech Community, moderating forums, promoting conversation spaces, and spearheading influential “AMA” events. • Curated engaging articles earning millions of views and created content in sync with roadmap releases. • Established the most engaging and viewed forum space on the Microsoft Tech Community.• Directed messaging during COVID-19 and the narrative surrounding both remote work and learning.• Produced webinars with thousands of live attendees, engaging with internal and external stakeholders.• Responsible for the development of public-facing communications in coordination with marketing and engineering teams to share product announcements at both in-person and virtual events, producing webinars, and managing content strategy in relation to roadmap releases. • Designing brand guidelines and toolkits for internal and external agency partner use and creating brand awareness campaigns to reach targeted audiences.

Education

• University of Michigan-Dearborn

  Bachelor's Degree, Journalism

  2015