Ben Strauss Email & Phone Number

Part-time role during the fall. Responsibilities include recording games and manually entering player data from NCAA and NFL games, creating preview packets for broadcast teams.

Lansing, Michigan, United States (Laid-off)

• Wrote, edited, and fact-checked editorial profiles across the site in categories including solar energy, home security, extended auto warranties, and home warranties
• Created process for adding sentiment analysis from consumer reviews to editorial profiles to increase quality of pages for readers and brand authority for our site
• Deployed AI technology and recruited freelance writers and editors to aggressively scale content production

Seattle, Washington, United States (Laid-off)

• Managed all aspects of content production for AffordableCollegesOnline.org
• Managed internal team of copyeditors, editors, and writers, as well as a freelance network of copyeditors and writers
• Ensured quality of all content published and that it matches user intent
• Collaborated with SEO team to determine which existing pages need refresh and at what cadence
• Worked closely with senior management, SEO, outreach, and the rest of the content team on various content and design projects.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Managed team of in-house content managers, which creates high-quality content specifications that are produced by a remote team of freelance writers
• Drove improvements to content production process, including a structural reorganization and developing documentation for new processes
• Doubled team size in a year and greatly increased the efficiency of content production

Seattle, Washington, United States

NOTE: HigherEducation.com was purchased by Red Ventures in April 2019

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Created high-quality specifications for writing assignments, which were sent out to our large network of freelance writers
• Provided editorial feedback to remote writers to help them improve their future work and conform to our in-house style guide
• Project management for the Online Education Trends Report 2019 on BestColleges
• Various other content-related tasks as needed

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Edited a wide variety of content for several education-related websites, including U.S. News & World Report and BestColleges
• Provided feedback to team of remote writers to improve content quality over time
• Edited over 750,000 words in total

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Proactively managed online communities on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn daily
• Wrote and sourced social copy for those same online communities
• Assisted with reporting, blog content creation, and numerous other tasks as requested

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Created and executed social media campaigns and communication strategies for brands and special one-off projects
• Created, edited, and posted content on several WordPress websites and social media channels
• Kept up with SEO and social media best practices to help create highly optimized content

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

• Maintained and wrote content for 2 WordPress websites; conceptualized and wrote content for both WordPress websites
• Launched private staff-only website
• Complied, edited, and digitized existing materials from employee handbook

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

• Met with clients in a collaborative, one-on-one environment and provided constructive feedback and editing of their writing and multimedia projects
• Facilitated workshops on various writing-related topics, including the writing process, citations, Copyright and Fair Use, and creating digital video projects
• Represented The Writing Center @ MSU to an external audience through outreach events and at several conference presentations

Bachelor'S Degree, Professional Writing

Activities and Societies: The Writing Center @ MSU

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Writing

Certificate, Creative Writing