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New York, Ny, Us

• Reported stories focused on artificial intelligence, retail, restaurants, the food and beverage industries, sustainability, and marketing.• Regularly interviews and features insights from c-suite leaders at Fortune 500 companies across nearly all industries.• Published stories that featured executive commentary at Fortune's live business conferences, with a focus on leadership, emerging technologies including AI, sustainability, DEI, and generational trends in the workplace.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

• Led all external and executive communications strategic initiatives, managed new farm opening events for 100+ key stakeholder attendees, worked closely with social and people team to support amplification of communications wins that were shared externally and internally.• Generated 50+ unique earned media wins each quarter of 2022, with 60+placements for the final quarter of the year—a record at Square Roots.• Wrote branded copy for Square Roots' rebranded website to ensure consistent and clear messaging.

New Berlin, New York, Us

• Steered external media relations for Chobani, telling our story to national, consumer, trade and local media. • Serve as a key point person for executive preparation for interviews with major national, trade and local outlets and also vet inbound opportunities. Impactful and positive story placements were earned in major publications including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Associated Press, New York Times, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, CNBC, CNN, USA Today, BBC World, People Magazine, Cooking Light, Delish, Eat This, Not That, Pop Sugar, & many more.• Project managed cross-functional corporate announcements of Chobani's product-focused announcements, including launches for Chobani Coffee, Chobani Probiotic, Non-Dairy Chobani, several charity SKUs, Chobani Gimmies. Worked with the team to propel Chobani as more than a yogurt company - but a broader food maker competing in five dynamic food & beverage categories.

Norwalk, Ct, Us

• I worked with clients to help manage corporate public relations needs, mostly representing clients in the retail and restaurant space. My client roster included retailers Michaels, At Home and Party City, as well as apparel makers like Canada Goose, restaurant tech firm HotSchedules, and restaurant chain Denny's. • Collaborated with a great team to assist a mix of client needs including media interviews, pitching stories on behalf of our clients, crisis communications, developing strategies to engage with press for important business announcements, and monitoring coverage on behalf of our clients.• Helped build presentations to pitch potential new clients and assisted in securing a new, major publicly traded client within the first six months of joining ICR.

New York, Ny, Us

• I primarily report on food and beverage, retail and apparel companies. I often cover Starbucks, McDonald's, Nike, Chipotle, Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Kraft Heinz, General Mills, Campbell's Soup, Lululemon, Under Armour, Panera Bread and Kellogg.• I often write features and exclusive stories about the alcoholic beverage and toy industries. I also frequently publish small-business profiles.• My extensive appearances on camera include CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" and "Squawk Box," BBC World, ABC News, Good Morning America, and Time Inc's live shows for Fortune and Sports Illustrated.• Helped found the relaunched "CEO Daily" -- a comprehensive morning newsletter meant for executives that want a smart look at the news of the day. The subscriber count tripled following a major revamping that I helped conceptualize.• I've written print features for Fortune Magazine, including pieces focusing on MillerCoors, Dogfish Head Brewery, Under Armour, Costco, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Chipotle.

New York, Ny, Us

• Responsible for thorough corporate and market focused stories that are written on a tight deadline for immediate publication on The Wall Street Journal’s website, blogs and newswire service. Stories frequently appeared in the print version of WSJ.• Wrote the initial stories on major corporate and markets news, including the Mozilla CEO change, Facebook's acquisitions of whatsapp and Oculus, monthly auto sales data in the U.S., and ratings changes to Russia and Ukraine ratings in the wake of the geopolitical crisis in that region.• Specialize in coverage of the auto industry, technology, retail and consumer-product companies.

New York, Ny, Us

• Reported exclusive stories, stock and breaking news, and industry trends for over 30 major U.S. companies including Nike, CVS, Walgreen, Altria, Phillip Morris, Mattel, Hasbro, Beam, Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard.• Frequently published “Corporate Week Ahead” stories in the Marketplace section of The Wall Street Journal, including pieces on Nike and Under Armour, profitability in the tobacco sector and a preview for New York City’s annual toy fair.• Wrote blog posts for Speakeasy and Corporate Intelligence, including a story on Frank Sinatra’s connection to Jack Daniel’s whiskey and the expansion of a female-focused whiskey brand called 2 Gingers.

New York, Ny, Us

• Responsible for breaking news coverage of a variety of topics including earnings reports, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and personnel changes.• Edited copy written by newer reporters on the breaking news desk, as well as assigned coverage and took a leadership role for several hours daily during the after-hours portion of the market.• Trained new staff members and was responsible for encouraging greater speed, accuracy and more knowledge of the financial sector and how The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones tackles coverage of breaking news.

New York, Ny, Us

• Coordinated page layouts and art positioning with the news and graphics departments for The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal Asia editorial pages, and The Wall Street Journal Arab News.

New York, Ny, Us

• Honed layout skills, edited copy, wrote headlines and edited photos for both the The Gloucester County Times and Salem County’s The Today’s Sunbeam. Designed and edited special sections.