Liz Covart lizcovart@gmail com • Williamsburg, VA lizcovart.com
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Experienced communications and marketing professional with extensive experience in content marketing, digital media production, and research. Excellent at collaborating, managing multiple projects, and meeting deadlines. Knowledge of nonprofit management, fundraising, and social innovation. Seeking a challenging leadership role where I can have and create an impact.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA
Founding Director, Colonial Williamsburg Innovation Studios
January 2023- February 2025
● Oversee the creation of digital content and digital content strategy for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
● Manage departmental budget
● Manage a team of 6-10 people
● Engage in fundraising for the Foundation
● Create and edit digital audio content
● Assist with brand management
Omohundro Institute, Williamsburg, VA
Public Historian and Podcast Executive Producer
May 2017 - December 2022
● Award-winning creator, host, and executive producer Ben Franklin’s World
● Built Top 3 percent podcast with over 10 million downloads
● Managed a team of 3-5 people
● Created and edited digital audio content
● Initiated and assisted with fundraising
● Assisted with brand management
● Developed marketing plans and mixes
Ben Franklin’s World, Boston, MA
Creator, Host, Executive Producer
August 2014 – May 2017
● Researched podcasts and digital media production
● Created and launched a Top 100 history podcast
● Built Top 5 percent podcast with over 2 million downloads
● Translated and communicated the latest historical scholarship for non-historians
● Created and managed social media content
● Built listener community on Facebook and through email
EDUCATION
● Ph.D., History, University of California, Davis, 2011
● M.A., History, University of California, Davis, 2006
● B.A., History, Pennsylvania State University, 2003 with Honors and Distinction
DEGREE IN PROGRESS
● M.S., Nonprofit Management, Northeastern University, 2022-Present
CERTIFICATES
● History Leadership Institute, American Association of State and Local History (formerly Seminar on Historical Administration), 2022
● Podcast Engineering, Podcast Engineering School, 2020
COURSE WORK
● Financial Structures and Strategy, American Association of State and Local History
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
● “Rethinking Time, Money, Access, & Community,” Changing Material Conditions of Scholarly Production Forum, Journal of the American Republic, Winter 2023
● “History Podcasts: An Overview of the Field,” Journal of American History, Vol. 109, No. 1, June 2022
● “Popular and Public History,” 25th Anniversary Issue, Journal of Early Modern History, Vol. 25, No. 6, December 2021
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
● Adobe Audition, 9 years
● Izotope RX9, 5 years
● Proficient in social media management software such as Buffer and Sprout
Social
● Linguistic skills in Dutch and French
● Book and multimedia project in progress: America’s Forgotten Constitution: The Articles of Confederation and the American Union