• Write, edit, and manage the team that creates “Fact Tracks,” the fun and informative stories that play alongside 5,000+ of songs as part of the Behind the Lyrics integration on Spotify.• Manage a team of 10+ freelance writers to create hundreds of artist bios for a major music streaming service.• Write, edit, and conceptualize branded content pieces and articles for the Genius website.• Write and edit video scripts, marketing decks, company newsletters, and more.

• Author of the book Hell of a Hat: The Rise of ’90s Ska and Swing, published nationally by Penn State University Press in 2021. Excerpted in Billboard and Brooklyn Vegan and features on the podcasts History of the ’90s, In Defense of Ska, and The Journalism Salute, among others.• Write about music and pop culture for such publications as Billboard, USA Today, Pitchfork, The AV Club, The Atlantic, Hartford Courant, Refinery29, Nylon, Paste, Consequence of Sound, Mental Floss, and Flavorwire.• Cover business topics for Columbia Business School’s Ideas at Work website.• Contributing editor on Greenwood Publishing’s Encyclopedia of Latin Music (2014).• Line editor and caption writer for Sterling Publishing’s Encyclopedia of Reggae (2012).Served as Reviews Editor at M Music & Musicians Magazine from 2009 to 2016.• Author of the book Louis Armstrong (Black Americans of Achievement), published nationally in 2011 by Chelsea House Publishing.

• Wrote marketing emails and newsletters sent to NYRR’s thousands of members.• Drafted official correspondence for the 50,000+ runners and volunteers participating in the TCS New York City Marathon.• Wrote articles and features for NYRR’s website and print publications.

• Curated two sections: Reviews, focused on major-label artists, and Indie Scene, which centered on emerging talent. • For Reviews, selected all albums for coverage, wrote 3-4 reviews per issue, and edited submissions from freelancers.• For Indie Scene, selected and reviewed 17 albums per issue, maintaining a diversity of genres and covering everything from cool jazz to black metal.

• Oversaw content for indie-rock site with monthly traffic exceeding 1 million page views.• Developed ideas and assigned stories to a team of two-dozen freelancers.• Interacted with record labels and publicists to secure interviews with such artists as Pixies and the Flaming Lips.• Coordinated with sales team on contests and sponsored posts, including a major “Festival Fever” ad-buy from McDonald’s.• Sent daily email newsletters to 10,000-plus subscribers.• Handled all social media, including 6 daily Facebook posts and 12 tweets.

Write and edit material for Spinner, The BoomBox, The Boot, Noisecreep, and AOL Music Blog.