Stephanie Smith

Social Media and Design Coordinator College of Business University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Address: HLH 311D
Lincoln, NE 68588-0405
Phone: 402-472-5265 On-campus 2-5265
Email: ssmith152@unl.edu
Social Media

Stephanie Smith (she/her/hers) is the social media and design coordinator for the Nebraska College of Business Communications, Marketing and External Relations team. She enjoys telling the stories of great things the students, faculty, staff and programs do to innovate and improve business and society. She creates and manages content for the College of Business social media accounts as well as leads a social media team of interns, writes articles, designs marketing and communications materials, collaborates with university partners and manages content displaying on the college's 50+ digital signs.

Before joining Nebraska Business in 2017, she worked in newspaper editing, writing and page design, nonprofit communications and marketing, and in website and social media content management for news organizations around the world. Her employers included the Lincoln Journal Star in Nebraska, Rapid City Journal Media Group in South Dakota, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers in Florida, and Stars and Stripes in Washington, D.C., Germany and Japan.

Raised in an Air Force family, she lived all over the United States and in Europe as a child. She graduated from Papillion LaVista High School in Papillion, Nebraska. She first studied at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, S.D., then transferred to South Dakota State University, where she was the first in her family to earn a bachelor's degree: a B.A. in journalism with minors in German and sociology. All these changes ultimately prepared Stephanie for a career in the ever-changing area of social media.

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Education

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

Areas of Expertise

Social Media Content
News Writing
Graphic Design

Appointments

Social Media and Design Coordinator, 2017

CliftonStrengths ®

Developer
Maximizer
Individualization
Empathy
Relator

Scholarship

Selected Stories Written

"Westenbroek Stretches Her Strengths to Graduate as a Chancellor's Scholar," Nebraska College of Business, December 2024
"Nebraska Business Honors Outstanding Alumni and Leaders," Nebraska College of Business, April 2024
"Karrels Studies Language, Culture and Economies in East Africa," Nebraska College of Business, September 2023
"Alumni Revisit Nebraska at Oxford Program 33 Years Later," Nebraska College of Business, October 2022
"Business Learning Communities Provide Early Support System," Nebraska College of Business, August 2022
"Arias Wins History Channel's 'Forged in Fire' Twice," Nebraska College of Business and Nebraska Today, January-February 2022
"Roger and Jeri Smith Invest in Students," Nebraska Ledger, May 2021
"Rempe Confronts Addiction To Make It Matter," Nebraska College of Business, January 2021 and Nebraska Today, February 2021
"Nine Remote Learning Tips From Online Graduate Students," Nebraska College of Business, April 2020

Selected College-Wide Presentations

"Digital Signage 101," University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"Twitter 101: A Beginner's Guide," University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"Twitter 201: Engaging with Others," University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"Instagram 101 and 201," University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Service

Internal Service

University of Nebraska System Digital Sign Committee, 2023-present

College of Business Student of Month Committee, 2022-present

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Visual Communicators Network, 2017-present

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Social Media Partner, 2017-present

External Service

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Circle of Excellence Awards Judge in design categories for print design, publications and specialty projects, 2020, 2022, 2023

Noteworthy

Individual Awards

Dean's Coin, 2020, 2021

Team Awards

CASE District VI Gold Award, Best Uses of Social Media, 2020, 2019
American Marketing Association-Lincoln Chapter, Prism Awards: Nonprofit Marketing and In-Person Event Nonprofit Marketing, 2023