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New York, New York, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York, New York

Spearheading a variety of content marketing and editorial projects, including articles, eBooks, case studies, social media and ghostwriting, for clients across multiple industries including travel and hospitality. Please view my portfolio for more examples of my work: https://contra.com/danpeltier

Greater New York City Area

-First hire for new content team within the marketing department.-Addressed the COVID crisis by making major adjustment to the content pipeline in 2020. This included delivering specific content and article designed to deal with day-to-day issues during the pandemic.-Created digital business transformation stories for clients and demonstrate effectiveness and agility as a result of startup mindset.-Wrote thought leadership articles, case studies, reports, social media stories and other content for company's Travel & Hospitality and Telecommunications, Media and Technology verticals.-Created short, snackable videos and interviews for The HOW Channel, Publicis Sapient’s streaming platform. This on-demand series focuses on the future of industries and value of digital business transformation. Recent videos include the future of airports and B2C texting.-Worked with Oscar-winning filmmaker on documentary about client digital business transformation success stories-Provided recommendations for new company website, wrote new content, and edited existing content.-Determined the top keywords for SEO.-Created content asset packs to support campaign journeys, determining the type of content best suited to tell stories.

Greater New York City Area

-Consistently wrote hard-hitting stories on global tourism trends, destination marketing, tours and activities, and travel startups.-Produced more than 2,500 exclusive articles that are closely monitored by travel industry CEOs from companies that include Airbnb, Marriott, Virtuoso, American Airlines, Trafalgar, Thomas Cook, Amadeus, and Visit Florida. These pieces accounted for 10 percent of Skift’s traffic in 2018.-Crafted more than 30 deep-dive feature articles on topics such as Puerto Rico’s tourism challenges and opportunities, 25 best tourism websites in the world, U.S. National Parks’ over-tourism problem, and UNESCO sites’ mismanagement.-Co-wrote an 8,000-word major article on Tours and Experiences: The Next Great Untapped Market in Online Travel. This piece examined the sector’s most pressing challenge and included more than three-dozen interviews with top tour operator executives.-Guest hosted the Skift Travel Podcast.-Wrote copy for and proofread Skift’s annual Megatrends Magazine.-Reported for Skift in countries that include Cuba, Columbia, Argentina, Thailand, Spain, and Singapore.Represented Skift as an industry thought leader and expert for other media outlets, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Forbes, CNBC, Cheddar, The Globe and Mail, Feature Story News, MarketWatch, The Tennessean. This was done at travel industry conferences in New York City and abroad.

South Deerfield, Ma

Edited and produced content for GoNomad.Com, one of the top travel sites specializing in showcasing alternative forms of travel and places to visit. I was also responsible for the site's social media and helped to grow GoNomad's social audiences. I traveled to Falmouth, MA and Virginia on assignments to report new openings and attractions in both destinations. I also helped to build partnerships with other travel websites to promote GoNOMAD's work. Please see examples of my work for GoNOMAD by following the link below.

Amherst, Ma

I was the travel editor of AmherstWire.Com, a start-up online magazine for UMass Amherst that re-launched in October 2013. I was responsible for generating story ideas for my section as well as promoting my section's work on social media and getting it out to the campus community of over 20,000 students.

Wrote political articles for then policymic.com on timely news topics related to LGBTQ Rights, the millennial generation, and politics.Here's a link to my page on Mic: https://www.mic.com/profile/dan-peltier-16235566

Researched LGBTQ rights. Fact-checked and wrote Reports in Review section for summer 2013 Public Eye magazine. I also blogged, researched, and carried out an independent project.

Umass Amherst

I was responsible for all UMass CESL office social media platforms and built the office's Facebook and Twitter presences from the ground up.

Wrote articles for the Billerica Minuteman, weekly newspaper for Billerica, MA

Duel Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Journalism, Political Science

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Studied abroad at John Cabot University in Rome taking classes in Italian politics, media, photojournalism and travel writing. Witnessed.

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