Oversee all editorial and content strategy aspects of the Club + Resort Chef brand including content strategy, writing, editing, web strategy, design, development and more. Develop and deploy weekly food-and-beverage newsletters. Record, edit, post and promote bimonthly podcast interviews. Manage team of chef bloggers as well as freelance writers. Manage C+RC's website while developing editorial calendar and posting schedule. Coordinate with social team to promote content and campaigns across all social channels. Monitor web traffic, open rates and other related data. I also oversee and execute the marketing schedule for C+RC's annual Chef to Chef Conference, including website development, email campaigns, social campaigns and more. During the event, I help emcee and develop content including video interviews, photography, podcasts and more.

Based in Cleveland, Ohio, J.N. Promotions is a promotional marketing and promotional staffing agency delivering experiential marketing initiatives for dozens of brands and companies in and around the Cleveland/Akron area.Provide management, development, implementation and post-analysis of planned promotional programs in conjunction with company and client personnel. Focus on delivering measurable results to the clients and their brands through superior program management. Responsible for bringing new and innovative ideas targeted at building strong consumer interest. Responsible for recruiting and training new talent.

Contribute editorial packages, complete with stories and photos on an as needed basis.

Coordinate with editorial staff to determine editorial content, generate leads and contacts, develop layouts, graphic elements and contacts within readership. Identify and develop strong story ideas. Craft stories that resonate with readers from conception to print. Regularly contribute more than seven monthly departments. Generate coverlines, headlines, and decks. Research and report leads for browsing pages and news departments. Generate graphic elements to compliment layouts. Work closely with Chief Editor, Executive Editor, Artist and Production Manager to maintain the production process, coordinate meetings, update tracking documents and ensure smooth and constant communication. Help to manage the acquisition and storage of images. Consult with and advertising staff on specific projects and general operations as appropriate. Develop ideas for FM's website, forum and other digital channels. Manage online forum. Share in some artistic and layout responsibilities as required.

Freelance writer and graphic designer for Club & Resort Business and Convenience Store Decisions magazines.

Contribute food and operations focused feature stories, packaged with photos and other relevant content as requested by Editor.

Contribute new reviews as well as update older restaurant reviews for online lifestyle and entertainment guide with over four million monthly page views and 800,000 unique visitors each month. Write vacation/travel features.

Club & Resort Business provides ideas for Private, Semi-Private, Resort and Upscale Daily Fee Golf Clubs (Municipal golf facilities), City/Dining Clubs, Yacht Clubs, and Management Companies through coverage of topics such as design and renovation, food and beverage, course and grounds, technology, recreation and fitness, marketing and membership, golf operations as well as issues and events that affect the Club and Resort industry.As Managing Editor of C&RB, I researched, wrote, edited, and posted editorial content for both the print and the web versions of C&RB. I contributed at least one full-on feature as well as three department features on a monthly basis. I determined story assignments for the remainder of the magazine and I worked with our team of freelancers to move these pages through production. I edited all features and generated many photographic elements for the design process. I also designed layouts for both the editorial and advertising side of the magazine as needed (on average, I laid out around 20 pages per issue).I was responsible for the Editorial Calendar thus ensuring that all art, editorial and production deliverables moved through along the workflow process on schedule.I wrote, produced and sent daily eNewsletters on a variety of industry subjects. I was responsible for a complete digital redesign and ongoing updates to C&RB's website. I uploaded, tagged and managed all online content as well as our social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. I worked with our web designer to send custom enewsletters as needed. I was also responsible for helping to drive traffic to our website.I communicated and coordinated with staff to host the annual Chef to Chef Conference as well as our Design & Renovation Insights Workshops. This included generating session topics, finding speakers, developing and designing promotional and marketing materials, and working with a web designer to develop and update each of the conference websites.