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• Edited and managed freelance and in-house articles, focused on improving engagement and SEO
• Researched and wrote articles on investing, personal finance, brokerages, estate planning, IRA and wealth management for Bankrate.com informed by SEO
• Represented Bankrate on TV, radio and print media (live and taped) discussing stocks, investing and behavioral finance
• Domain expertise includes personal finance, investing, portfolio and wealth management, behavioral finance, mutual funds, ETFs, asset allocation, stock analysis, and brokerages

Greater New York City Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Researched and wrote articles on investing for NerdWallet’s site as well as The Associated Press and other partners.
• Optimized and audited articles for SEO, based on data from Google Analytics, Tableau, SEMrush, Clicktale, and other analytics tools
• Domain expertise includes personal finance, portfolio management, behavioral finance, mutual funds, ETFs, asset allocation, stock analysis and selection, and brokerages
• Articles: https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/author/jroyalnerdwallet-com/

Alexandria, VA

• Led the investing team at Special Ops to find outperforming special-situations investments, including spinoffs, demutualizations, recapitalizations, et al.
• Developed valuation methodologies for analyzing special situations and made trading decisions in a real-money portfolio, advising subscribers when to buy and sell
• Researched and wrote articles for publication, including weekly commentaries detailing state of the market and portfolio reviews
• Built stronger website community through customer interactions on message boards, creating engagement in order to lead to greater customer retention

Alexandria, VA

• Researched and prospected for great stocks at Special Ops, the company’s premium newsletter focused on special-situations investing
• Researched, edited, and wrote articles for publication at Special Ops, including weekly commentaries detailing state of the market and portfolio reviews
• Built stronger website community through customer interactions on message boards, creating engagement in order to lead to greater customer retention
• Participated in, researched, and wrote for the Rising Stars Program, a real-money portfolio

Alexandria, VA

• Managed pool of contract and in-house writers, assigning news stories and analysis for publication on fool.com based on SEO and coverage needs
• Researched, edited, and wrote financial articles for daily publication on the company’s website
• Selected for the company’s Analyst Development Program, a year-long curriculum articulating the principles of good investing
• Researched and composed revenue-generating copy for the premium newsletter business, resulting in sales of thousands of newsletter subscriptions

Gainesville, Florida

• Drafted and edited technical documents, proposals, and articles for the College of Engineering and the Department of Chemistry
• Responsible for editing lengthy (100+ pages), multi-million-dollar proposals to federal agencies, with quick turn-around

Gainesville, FL

• Drafted and edited technical documentation for Sage products, including the company’s flagship software suite for the healthcare industry, Intergy
• Converted 500-page documentation manual from Microsoft Word to Adobe Framemaker

Cologne, Germany

• Editor at Ford of Europe's headquarters in Cologne
• Researched, wrote, and edited pan-European in-house communications for Ford of Europe, including magazines, video-news scripts, and intranet sites
• Extended responsibilities to include video-script and news writing, interviewing executives, reporting on-site, and translation
• Researched, wrote and edited monthly pan-European internet newsletter for the Communications Vice President

Phd, English

Activities and Societies: • Math Tutor, University of Florida’s Teaching Center, 2008 • Mentor, University Writing Program, 2007 – 2008 •.

Ma, English

Activities and Societies: • Graduate Assistants United Representative for the Dept of English, 1999 - 2000• Concentration in 20th-century.

Bs, Management, German, Economics

Activities and Societies: • Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society• President’s List for 4.0 in overall business coursework, 1994 -- 1996.