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• Developing selected deal pages for important crowdfunding campaigns
• Writing articles for company site for upcoming major themes and deals
• Writing deal marketing campaign emails
• Researching investor networks for monthly briefings

• Co-founder and co-host of popular podcast (500k+ downloads/month) focused on conspiracy theories in the wellness industry
• Performs all audio production of the podcast
• Researches and writes podcast episodes
• Co-author of the podcast's book, Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat (PublicAffairs / Random House Canada, June 2023)

• Veteran reporter, photographer, and columnist for over 40 publications, including Time, Boston Globe, Mother Jones, Teen Vogue, Rolling Stone, National Geographic
• Author of numerous books, including Conspirituality: How How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat, Whole Motion: Training Your Brain and Body for Optimal Health, and Global Beat Fusion: The History of the.
• Experience managing teams at every stage of print and online content
• Well-versed managing social media, newsletters, and other editorial and content needs

• Building out content program for an AI‑powered platform for autonomous manufacturing for short-term SEO sprint
• Creating email drip campaigns exploring AI, nanotechnology, and semiconductors
• Reworking existing collateral into articles, social media posts, and marketing material

• Staff Writer for Freethink's nonprofit partner, Stand Together
• Covering nonprofit organizations aiming to lift people out of poverty
• Reporting and writing for Freethink's other properties, Freethink and Big Think

• SEO writer and editor for fintech company
• Creates editorial calendar for all SEO writers and content
• Oversees team of writers
• Creates social media collateral based on all blog content
• Position went from full-time to contract in January 2023

• Developed editorial vision and content strategy for fintech company
• Edited internal and external company communications across departments
• Edited all in-app content
• Produced and launched the company newsletter and wrote and edited company emails
• Provided editorial oversight on all social media platforms
• Implemented content analytics framework and reported on reach and engagement goals

• Wrote, edited, and produced all content for Centered’s productivity app
• Managed Centered’s social media and marketing teams
• Licensed and managed musician relations for Centered’s 100+ hours of Flow Music
• Produced and hosted the podcast, Wednesdays Get Centered
• Strategized on social media and marketing campaigns

• Wrote four columns per week covering neuroscience, health, science studies, and other topics
• Produced column in CMS, sourcing photos and preparing SEO
• Conducted interviews with authors, neuroscientists, academics, and other public figures

• Wrote marketing copy for courses, bundles, and programs
• Clients included Digg, Salon, NY Post, Ranker, Gadget Hacks, Financial Post, Popular Science, VentureBeat, ZDNet, Big Think, and Autoblog

• Produced monthly playlist corresponding with the club's theme
• Reported on a variety of health and fitness related topics

Los Angeles, CA

• Created national group fitness program, Flow Play
• Trained over 150 Equinox instructors regarding yoga, music, and neuroscience
• Developed continuing curriculum on a monthly basis for two years
• Teaches five weekly yoga / kettlebell / ViPR classes in Los Angeles
• Lead 200-hour yoga teacher training certification programs
• ACE (American Council on Exercise) and AFAA (Aerobics & Fitness Association of America) certified group fitness instructor; Schwinn and Kettlebell Athletics certified

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Wrote business development plans and other documentation for expansion of blockchain platform
• Wrote plans for the development of a blockchain-based music streaming platform
• Interacted with portfolio companies on application development
• Wrote and edited posts for RChain’s blog and newsletters, overseeing a team of writers
• Managed social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Telegram, Discord
• Hosted and produced RCast, a podcast covering blockchain

• Oversaw all content from the academic David Rubin for digital archiving
• Prepared fiction and non-fiction works for digital and print platforms
• Designed and maintained davidrubinsindia.com, as well as all graphic design for his books
• Managed the production of 28 titles, from manuscript to finished digital and print formats

• Helped create programming and media for a large-scale yoga festival
• Responsible for all aspects of online and print media surrounding the festival
• Helped create and maintain the festival website
• Designed, wrote, and edited weekly newsletter to 25,000 subscribers
• Managed social media initiatives and all marketing collateral

New York, NY

• Served as Managing Editor for nation's largest international music magazine
• Oversaw a team of 25+ writers for reviews section and features
• Sourced all photos in magazine, working with a team of photographers around the world
• Designed and managed the first website for the magazine