Timothy Akimoff

Public Affairs Specialist - Social Media and Audio @Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

I lead social media strategy for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and its divisions and programs. I provide media and social media training for more than 200 biologists and field staff.• Won and manage a grant to create a team of 15 social media influencers carefully selected from around the state.• Managed a social media marketing campaign to increase awareness of our Access and Habitat Program’s annual raffle ticket sales, which saw the largest-ever increase in the sale of smaller packages.• I built strategic communication partnerships with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create a campaign to tell the story of how the Pacific Flyway is cooperatively managed.• I was the first person at a state fish and wildlife agency to use Facebook Live to stream real-time hunting and fishing experiences. Our first-ever live-streamed duck hunt reached more than half a million people across the United States.• I edited and posted a video on wolf awareness that has reached 18-million views on YouTube. • I developed the agency’s Leave Young Wildlife Wild campaign, coordinating and approving graphic design and distributing the products to partners within Oregon and state and federal fish and wildlife agencies around the country. • I directed all social media outreach for the launch of a new website (MyODFW.com) and a new electronic licensing system and app. • I collaborate with the agency’s diversity committee to develop outreach plans to expand recruiting efforts for a diverse workplace. I work with ODFW biologists to promote and lead birding, hunting and fishing workshops for People of Color and LGBTQ groups. • I produced and hosted the agency’s award-winning Beaver State Podcast.Key skills: Writing, social media management, editing, photography, video editing, Photoshop, analytics analysis, research, digital strategy design and multi-platform storytelling.