I'm a multi-media personality, host, producer, and consultant in entertainment, gaming, and media.

Co-hosted a gaming and news show called The Download on the new 24/7 gaming and entertainment network called VENN.

- Co-host Cheddar's daily esports/gaming show called Cheddar Esports- Coordinate and secure guest bookings for each week, including celebrities like Snoop Dogg, Jerry Ferrara, NBA player Josh Hart and more.- Produce guest segments: Develop questions, coordinate VODs, make lower thirds and locator, etc.- Assist with producing esports news hits throughout the day for Cheddar.In addition to Cheddar, I've previously hosted the NBA2KLeague's Twitch show called The Post Up

Freelance Journalist and Media Director covering music, sports and entertainment assignments in both print and digital media for The Shadow League, The Smoking Section, Kentucky Sports Report, Scout.com, Jockington.com; Black Sports Online, Hip Hop Since 1987 and Aphillyated. - Granted official credentials to cover top sporting and music events like: McDonalds All-American Games, NBA All-Star Weekend, NCAA March Madness and Hot 97 Summer Jam Music Fest, successfully producing journalistic content, articles, videos, photography, tweets, and social media posts- Defined content, marketing and brand strategies which consistently improved key performance indicators like page views, unique visitors, likes, follows, most read, session duration, top pages, traffic source & subscription services by 35-50% across music, sports and entertainment genres in print, digital & social media platforms including websites, Blogs, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Vine and YouTube- Developed content crossovers between gaming and culture that have sparked discussions causing people like Megan thee Stallion, Lupe Fiasco and Meek Mill to respond.- Social media content host for AT&T in esports and gaming- Sponsored by Turtle Beach and Roccat

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Conceptualized, produced, pitched, acquired talent, interviewed, edited and published an original non-scripted content series “Inner Circle” at Cycle Media. Project distributed across multiple social media platforms reaching over 10.5 Million views in just five interview sessions Collaborated with partnership outreach, account management, creative teams and production working to deliver winning digital content on schedule.Worked with management for the development of original non-scripted series, including Inner Circle.Assisted, reviewed and edited Junior staff’s editorial social content write-ups on pop culture and sports.Utilized personally resources and relationships with major record labels, Professional athletes and more to bring talent in for non-scripted series.Worked closely with the VP of Development to further conceptualize short and long form original content series.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to launching REVOLT.TV content on digital and social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, accelerating existing social media strategies, monitoring social media best practices and monitoring day-to-day social media conversations. Social Media Producer will help to envision and execute campaigns across our suite of social properties for various departments including news programming, consumer marketing, sales and linear shows. The Social Media Producer will also create original content with our pool of videographers and editors to publish on the network. The individual will work closely with the Social Media team, Editorial News Director, Sr. News Director, Social Media Manager and SVP of Content.Manage crucial media relationships with top digital platforms that help extend the social outreach influence of curated original and non-scripted content for Revolt TV.Researched, pitched and published articles that attained Top stories of the Day with most retweets, shares, likes and favorites.Achieved a 125% higher retweet rate than Revolts’ Twitter norm for “Professor Timothy Welbeck, Temple University” an originally developed & curated content social video clip Devised ingenious social media plan and produced successful live streaming of rapper Gucci's homecoming concert titled "Gucci & Friends." Coined the top trending Twitter social hashtag #GucciHomecoming in Atlanta for the event!Collaborated with social media team devised a plan to leverage more multimedia and photo-journalistic content on REVOLT TV's Twitter, resulting in a significant increase of 15% on Instagram and 21% on Twitter for new followers per week for 2016.Produced a Cardi B digital feature that successfully received a 70% completion rate following our Facebook Advertisement campaign.

Sports Digital Internship converted to Freelancer at The Wall Street Journal's sports section, the most circulated newspaper globally. Produced excellent journalistic content, strategic social media plans and thorough analysis of social media reports using Social flow.Researched, pitched and published articles that attained Top Ten stories with most retweets, shares, likes and favorites in October, Michael Vick story, Michael Vick is Extremely well-Liked - on Facebook, That Is, was posted on Vick's Facebook page and received over 15,125 likes and 207 shares on Facebook.Successfully helped cover the Mets, New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles: A Look at the Mets' Fantasy-Football Draft, Victor Cruz Tears Patellar Tendon in Loss to Eagles and helped interview Manny Pacquiao: Pacquiao on Mayweather, Upcoming Bout With Algieri Produced weekly and monthly social media reports with data generated by Social Flow to follow the progress of WSJ Sports Twitter account.Created social media guideline standards document to aid WSJ Sports journalists increase their social media fan base.Devised a plan to leverage more multimedia and photo- journalistic content on WSJSports' blog, The Daily Fix, and in Twitter tweets resulting in an increase by 1,718 in less than 60 days.

Assistant Project Manager for The High End Agency, a New York City based marketing and branding firm specializing in talent management, branding and event management in the youth, urban and lifestyle space. THE has played an instrumental role in the careers of many, including but not limited to Peter Rosenberg, Action Bronson, Nemo Achida and more.

NABJ offers an expenses-paid fellowship to outstanding journalism students to cover its Annual Convention and Career Fair, and local stories in the convention host city. For one week, students work with professional journalists and educators to produce daily television newscasts and newspapers, as well as create and manage a full convention website, http://nabjmonitor.com/2014/.

Define a new internet vision and brand strategy with the goal of improving the blogs visibility and placement amongst sports enthusiasts. Develop authentic diction, creative news segments, expressive feature stories, insightful write-ups and visually stunning multimedia interfaces with video content that drives the growth of internet traffic Jockington.com. Work closely with owners Sydney Smith and Benson Mensah-Bonsu on media projects, marketing strategy, every day website functions and more.

Contributing writer for BlackSportsOnline, the No. 1 independently owned African-American online sports media source in the country that is currently partnered with Yarbarker.com and Fox Sports.Granted official credentials and access to cover Hot 97 Summer Jam Music Fest and ESPN Sportscenter new set debut media conference call.

Senior Journalism Internship at Kentucky’s largest regional print media newspaper, The Lexington Herald-Leader. Produced superb journalistic content that progressively contributed to strategic objectives improving performance analytics on both print & digital platforms www.kentucky.comResearched, pitched and published regional Lexington Herald-Leader articles, videos and photographs that attained front-page selection, most viewed feature, most viewed video and “The Top Ten Stories” performance metricsSuccessfully covered the 2014 Kentucky Derby, achieving top editorial performances for: Green Bay Packers QB Interview with Aaron Rodgers; the Kentucky Derby’s Hottest Outfits video and the NBA’s Nerlen Noel Talks About UK feature achieving the highest viewed video, most unique views for video content and top celebrity interview accolades on Lexington Herald-Leader online Produced a variety of topical content in Business, Entertainment, Feature Stories, Sports, Community and Metro sections of Lexington Herald-Leader regional newspaper. Produced exclusive interviews & coverage of sensitive murder, suicide & police brutality cases in Lexington/Fayette County by garnering trust and respect of key sources

Contributing writer for HipHopSince1987. Create video, new music and news posts for mainstream hip-hop. Locate new talent to contribute to the Philadelphia based hip hop website.

Document events, activities and concerts created by the SHHO (Student Hip Hop Organization). Create photoshop photos for marketing purposes. Maintain the Twitter for the organization.

As a Sports Journalism Intern at KSR, produce authentic internet news segments, original feature stories, photo-journalism, video production and editing for sports journalism, new media with a focus on college athletics in general and University of Kentucky Sports specifically.

Collaborated with Chief Executive Officer Mr. Lex Fenwick as Cool-Works Think Tank member to incubate ingenious marketing, digital media, communications and strategic planning ideas that drive internet traffic to the Wall Street Journal website while publishing insightful relatable content that readily captures and retains the young consumer demographic ages 18-24+. My session's ad project was selected as a national ad to market The Wall Street Journal to college students.

Define a new internet vision and brand strategy with the goal of improving the blogs visibility and placement amongst sports enthusiasts and consumers of hip urban apparel. Develop authentic diction, creative news segments, expressive feature stories, insightful write-ups and visually stunning multimedia interfaces with video content that drives the growth of internet traffic for this Philadelphia-based clothing company Aphillyated upward.The clever content redesign and search engine optimization will consistently draw people into the blog. Its respectable Philadelphia-centric narrative will emphasize crafty stories, display edgy styles and report information about Aphillyated-- a brand that’s witty, sporty, growing and positively evolving!

Freelance marketing assistant who effectively provided hands-on support for the successful event planning, sports marketing and product deployment at four major product launch parties for the top commercial brands: Red Bull, Converse Sneakers and Skull Candy - Using superb leadership, planning, inter-personal and sports management skillsets, worked well with production team and interacted with celebrity endorsers to successfully launch new Red Bull, Converse Sneaker and Skull Candy product releases at: The Red Bull -1-on-1 Revolution Tour in New York City, The Converse Block Party and The Red Bull Midnight Run in Washington, DC and Skull Candy Crushers Product Launch at the NBA All-Star Weekend in Houston, Texas.

Entrepreneur & Chief Editor of popular digital media publishing company Box of Mess Media LLC and its associated websites www.boxofmess.com & www.hubsm.com. Designed, developed and implemented the strategic & tactical plans for content management, user interface design, marketing, business development, social media, technological and SEO functions- Managed a group of 25+ staff members in the innovative production of digital music, entertainment, sports and style journalism. Given exclusive coverage of events like the McDonald’s All-American Games, University of Kentucky Basketball, NCAA March Madness, Philly 618 Music Fest, NHL, NFL and MLB; Hip Hop music concerts, AAU & High School Sports as our content consistently attracted a large following of loyal young consumers ages 13-21+ - Achieved exemplary industry performance metrics for digital pop culture platforms earning 1,500,000+ YouTube video views and more than 1 million unique visitors at BoxofMess. In less than 3 months, earned 15,000+ views per month, page loads at 1.2 seconds & average session durations of 2.5-3.0 minutes per page at the HUBSM due to efficient implementation of clearly defined journalistic processes, procedures and guidelines in the Writer’s Style Guide- Gained national recognition for interviews, breaking news and journalistic coverage. Identified as a top female sports journalist in Dime Magazine and Top College Entrepreneur at Empowered Media. Built solid social media fan base with nearly 4000+ Twitter, 2,000+ Facebook, and 600+ Instagram followers with consistent social interaction- Established key mentorship, collaborative & networking relationships with industry titans at ESPN, FoxSports1, CBSSports, Bleacher Report, Scout.com, USA Today, McDonalds Corporation through the use of my effective communication skills, ability to connect on a personal level, and the time spent establishing solid knowledge of the industries.

Assist Executive Associate Athletics Director as a Student-athlete Intern, planned, produced and published perceptive, captivating news segments, in-depth sports stories, photojournalism, video production & editorial initiatives for print, digital media and broadcast television platforms. - Co-hosted live broadcast of Q&A Session and fan interactions with 1,500 University of Kentucky audience members, Head Coach John Calipari and the 2012 Men’s Basketball National Champions on a special practice session broadcast to over 3-million television viewers on ESPNU and later posted on the digital website www.espnu.com - Wrote one of the most shared articles “Bond Between Davis, Kidd-Gilchrist Driving Wildcats Success” for UK Athletics blog, Cat Scratches, www.ukathletics.com/blog

As a CoolWorks Think Tank journalism Intern, incubate innovative ideas; define and develop numerous cutting edge social media products and subscription services for implementation in various lines of business at Dow Jones/News Corporation in a manner that readily captures and retains the young consumer demographic ages 18-24+Assess, evaluate and recommend User Interface, Function, Form and Feature enhancements for digital, traditional and print media to improve the production and distribution of programming, related consumer products; broadcasting; the publication of newspapers, books, magazines; marketing services; educational products and Internet servicesCollaborate directly with the Chief Executive Officer Mr. Lex Fenwick in the exchange of innovative ideas, the review and evaluation of the corporate publishing portfolio of products and services, the introduction of eye-catching advertising, creative product enhancements, improvements as well as the implementation of technological advancements in social media to broaden the consumer base and capture a larger market share of the young consumer audience.- Successfully researched, developed and incubated three key business development initiatives that were selected and greenlit by the CEO as viable projects for deployment across the digital portfolio of publishing services- Conduct market segment & competitive analysis, frame insightful customer acquisition needs and identify new organic market growth opportunities by implementing solid strategic business plans and initiatives - Deliver optimized branding, advertising and cooperative promotional marketing programs. Created highly successful targeted advertising campaign published in 2012 which significantly increased subscriptions rates of young consumers by 15% to the Wall Street Journal

Founder, Entrepreneur and Editor-in-Chief of the popular social media website www.boxofmess.com (BOM) At the age of 16, as a high school student, designed, developed and produced an innovative blog concept and published a journalism platform for budding creative writers to have a voice and venue to converse about all things pop culture. Launched as a modern version of Pandora’s Box went live and Box of M.E.S.S began producing interesting stories, featurettes, video vignettes, exclusive interviews, and social media content about Music, Entertainment, Sports and Style!• Earned more than 1.5 million YouTube video views and more than 1 million unique visitors.

Develop recruiting profiles, videography, media kits and journalism stories for top AAU East Coast teams. Developed creative recruiting player profile brochures, highlight films, and original background stories for publication in sports journalism sites and blogs.

One of only 20 seniors selected for State of New Jersey to participate in Peer Council. Received extensive training to become an effective Peer Counselor/sexual health educator across schools in my community and county. Received over 150 hours of training in human sexuality, presentation skills, group facilitation, communication and negotiation skills, and interactive educational techniques. for teens to young adults.