• Lead the team that plans and executes content and art for a three-tier media company, including a biweekly print publication, its online platform and a national wire service• Supervise staff, including an assistant editor and a designer, and a pool of 20-plus freelance writers, illustrators and photographers• Engage and grow our digital audience by establishing a fresh, contemporary voice and identity for a 30-year-old publication through a more thoughtful, strategic approach to storytelling • Diversify our content to include more intersectional representation, with a dedicated effort to elevate BIPOC, transgender, disabled and gender-nonconforming voices, resulting in the company’s first-ever NLGJA award• Implement a deadline-driven editorial process that prioritizes efficiency in production and accuracy in copywriting through meticulous developmental editing, backfielding and copy editing• Generate thoughtful, engaging story ideas daily on a variety of trending and newsworthy topics related to LGBTQ+ minorities, including pop culture, local and national politics, health and wellness, travel, history, religion and law• Utilize CMS system to format and publish stories with special attention paid to headlines to maximum SEO results• Manage a small-business budget effectively for maximum impact by using financial resources to build a team of quality freelancers and internal staff• Utilize my wide network of journalists, publicists and creators to help skillfully produce last-minute projects• Became an on-camera journalist after launching the company’s YouTube channel during the pandemic• Contributed significantly to the overall presentation of the publication’s online and print products with a deliberately thoughtful approach to content aesthetics • Boosted online engagement under my leadership: 32% increase in page views, 51% increase in overall users, 55% increase in new users; readers spent 9% longer on each article they read

• Contribute film reviews to the Culture desk regularly for publication in the Arts section • Pitch personal essays and timely features to assigning editors on pop culture topics• Work closely with multiple editors on ensuring copy is edited to NYT standards

• Spearheaded Q Syndicate’s restructuring under new owners with a business model that included the addition of exclusive celebrity content for subscriber base of over 25 outlets• Secured and conducted exclusive, high-profile interviews, including with Dolly Parton, Meryl Streep, Beyoncé, Cher and Britney Spears• Produced content with frequent viral reach and mainstream crossover that extended to some of the biggest media outlets, including Vanity Fair, Billboard, BuzzFeed, E!, Us Weekly, Huffington Post, MTV, Gawker and USA Today

• Wrote breaking entertainment news content (Q&A, narrative and listicle) on tight deadlines • Accessed company's CMS system to publish articles with a focus on maximizing SEO and increasing click-throughs and impressions