Kaitlin Mcmanus Email & Phone Number

• Spearheads content overhaul effort in preparation for relaunch/rebrand of Vault.com, including the creation of 600+ new webpages.
• Leads team of 5 freelancer writers and researchers as well as 2 interns, project-managing content creation and performing day-to-day management.
• Coordinates across product, research, and sales teams to ensure content needs are met across Vault; communicating technical needs for SEO best practices to strategizing on subject matter valuable to clients.
• Orchestrates content strategy and creation for Vault’s undergrad blog, covering topics like emerging fields, professional etiquette, and career readiness. Articles feature weekly in a newsletter reaching 250k+ students.

Brooklyn, NY

• Currently evaluate slush, pass best stories on to editors with report on story content and merits.
• As an intern, proofed and copy-edited issues, blog posts, grant applications, and online class content to enhance engagement.
• Assisted in event planning for AWP conference and Debutante Ball (a celebration of OS contributors and OS's main fundraising event).

Greater New York City Area

• Edited yearly cycle of 30+ BigLaw trade publications, including Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms and Vault Guide to Summer Associate Interviewing & Programs. Personally led editorial efforts on 12+ guides.
• Coordinated with steady stream of contributing writers to create and edit career-focused content for Vault’s wide audience of jobseekers, including with client companies producing sponsored content.
• Produced 75% of Vault’s daily Instagram content, from design to strategic release, growing Vault’s Instagram influence by 25% in 18 months.

Greater New York City Area

• Evaluated unsolicited manuscripts for inclusion in book list and crafted reader reports for editor.
• Utilized social media to promote upcoming books and organize promotional giveaways.
• Completed several long-term marketing research projects ahead of schedule, including a nationwide database of record stores that sell music nonfiction, thus increasing sales and brand awareness.

Master’S Of Fine Arts, Creative Writing

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English (Creative Writing)

Activities and Societies: Pseudonym Required (creative writing club), Tributaries (literary magazine), Sigma Alpha Pi, Alpha Lambda Delta

Studied For 2 Years Before Transferring, English

Activities and Societies: Stage Troupe, BU On Broadway, Wandering Minds (theatre), Calliope (dramaturgy)