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West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

• Editor of the daily U.S. economic newsletter, sent to thousands of people five days a week• Manage an international team of editors, copy editors, and desktop publishers• Globally recruit employees, ensuring the best fit for both role and time zone• Edit blog posts, commentaries, and economic indicators on the Economic View: Real Time website• Edit thought-leadership white papers, marketing materials, and social media posts• Train new economists to convey their ideas in a compelling manner• Manage the the team’s workflow to optimize efficiency and ability to meet deadlines and, when that is not possible, to manage the expectations of various stakeholders

West Chester, Pa.

• Edited the daily U.S. economic newsletter• Managed a team of copy editors and desktop publishers • Edited blog posts, commentaries, and economic indicators on the Economic View: Real Time website

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Responsible for conceiving, budgeting, and editing the daily business section of The Philadelphia Inquirer• Guided reporters in developing story ideas, finding sources, and writing articles• Managed all digital aspects of business coverage on philly.com, including website production, SEO, social media management, and newsletter creation and curation

Philadelphia, Pa.

• Ran daily afternoon news meeting, soliciting best stories from section editors• Determined story placement, selecting which stories will run on front page• Worked with National/Foreign editor to determine best coverage of out-of-Philadelphia issues• Designed front page of Inquirer, writing teasers and many headlines • Designed inside A section

Philadelphia, Pa.

• Responsible for the visual voice of the sports section.• Collaborated with section editors and writers to reflect appropriate tone and attitude.• Developed a social-media strategy for enhancing brand awareness.• Project managed the creation of the company’s podcasting abilities. Through a break-even analysis, determined a strategy and kept the project well under budget.

Strafford, Pa.

Assessed clients’ needs and helped them achieve their goals through proper messaging and optimizing of channels.• Designed marketing collateral and advertisements• Developed social-media strategies for both for-profit and non-profit entities

Villanova, Pa.

• Researched team flexibility, work teams and team leadership using library databases for inclusion of articles in academic research journals• Developed social media strategies for Church Management program• Researched credit-default swap data for sovereign nations

West Conshohocken, Pa.

• Built volunteer profiles from 9,000 data points and correlated it with 2010 Census data for 237 townships and cities across five counties• Identified volunteer and expansion of services opportunities through a consumer research analysis approach

New York, N.Y.

• Designed all sections of the weekly magazine, including front-of-book• Developed a Share Our Strength brochure with 100,000 copies for a New York City fund-raising event

Neptune, N.J.

• Managed department of 20 for mid-market newspaper• Project manager for 17 special sections ranging from professional (NFL, MLB) to high school sports• Edited and designed the sports section on a daily basis• Judged the 2007 Southeastern Journalism Conference's college division contest• Panelist for the 2007 Best of Sports Design awards

Melville, N.Y.

• Conceptualized and executed preview sections for the U.S. Open and World Baseball Classic through collaboration with the United States Tennis Association and Major League Baseball• Designed the back page of the major metro newspaper and redesigned the weekly NFL preview page

Neptune, N.J.

• Designed projects that resulted in numerous national and regional awards• Art directed special sections including season previews and championships• Won two Society of News Design awards• Won first place for a design portfolio in the New Jersey Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest for three years

Gulfport, Miss.

• Conceived, developed and led special sections for New Orleans Saints games• Worked in multiple sections including sports, business, nation and world

Mba, Marketing And Strategic Management

Activities and Societies: Villanova Fellow

Bachelor, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Pride of Mississippi Marching Band, Executive Editor of The Student Printz