Kevin Andrew Dolak Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

In this position, I oversaw editorial operations for LAMag.com, including assigning, editing, producing, and the publication of a high volume of breaking/daily news stories, in-depth features, and investigations. Here, I managed 20-plus regular freelance reporters, editors, and contributors, broke exclusives, and guided all online production of the.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Meta Platforms (2021-2022)
• Strategized, assessed, and vetted hundreds of daily podcasts and episodes for Facebook Audio
• Oversaw standards for news, entertainment, and lifestyle video content curation for Facebook Watch
• Collaborated with curation and product team to develop a forward-looking strategy for surfacesOxygen (NBC Universal) (2020-2022)
• Worked with reporters and writers in editing crime and justice-focused daily news and features
• Pitched and wrote reported features and daily news stories on crime, justice, and U.S. policing

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Managed a team of producers in the creation of a high volume of platform-specific daily video news content for Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, covering breaking news, politics, technology, lifestyle, and entertainment
• Collaborated with company executives and key stakeholders in implementing strategy across platforms to apply the brand identity to the U.S. market
• Worked alongside a global team of editors overseeing France, India, China, and Mexico to strategize coverage
• Collaborated with a booking team and publicists to line up and produce exclusive interviews with A-list talent

Greater New York City Area

• Oversaw daily coverage of politics and news, focusing on the Trump administration, Congress, immigration, the 2018 midterm elections and gun control
• Managed a team of editors, journalists and freelancers to ensure production of robust and unique features that found a wide audience
• Launched and executed editorial and multimedia projects and series across the Mic brand
• Worked with communications teams and campaign staff to line up exclusive stories

Greater New York City Area

• Collaborated with company executives, product team, UX designers, and creative strategists to develop the first national news brand for Tribune Media
• Oversaw a team of writers and editors to produce daily breaking news, a variety of features, short and long form video, and opinion pieces
• Conceived, produced, and edited editorial content for the company's internal media wire, which doubled average engagement time
• Worked with news directors in 42 local television markets to develop a pipeline to funnel local news content and data to the company's national network

Greater New York City Area

• Oversaw a staff of 20+ writers and editors to ensure timely and robust coverage of breaking and daily news, unique features, and coverage within an array of site verticals, including politics, world news, culture.
• Collaborated with the global editors to refine the re-launched Newsweek's voice, while strategizing placement and promotion of magazine content on the site and across the web
• Oversaw the magazine's social media team in developing the brand and ensuring accuracy across existing and emerging social platforms
• Grew traffic to site by 30 percent in first 6 months in role
• Assigned and edited 2016 election coverage for Newsweek.com and Newsweek magazine

Brooklyn, New York, United States

• Launched the award-winning and fastest-growing site in the 20-year history of Vice Media, surpassing traffic goals monthly while developing a loyal audience and trusted modern news brand
• Oversaw an in-house and worldwide team of editors, producers, international stringers, and freelancer reporters in the assigning and production of breaking news, news follows, and investigative features, from.
• Collaborated with senior executives, platform producers, and the development team in conceptualizing site design and workflows to perfect UX, maximize traffic, and execute the brand vision
• Oversaw the launch of international editions of Vice News, including hiring and supervising international editors

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Assessed early morning and weekend news to formulate daily site workflow and assign to in- house writing staff and global correspondents
• Collaborated with the ABC News assignment desk, Good Morning America, World News, Nightline, and This Week staff, as well as on air talent and segment producers to transform on air material into robust, multi-platform.
• Pitched, wrote, and assigned foreign and domestic news stories, business, health, technology, and entertainment news, features, and blogs
• Line and copy edited articles from worldwide correspondents and reporters
• Ensured that monthly traffic goals were surpassed month-over-month through creation and implementation of newsroom best practices

• Reported on, researched, and wrote major daily news and feature articles for all sections of ABCNews.com, including world and domestic news, politics, entertainment, health, and technology
• Re-purposed on-air content from ABC News properties including Good Morning America, World News, Nightline, and This Week for a web audience
• Dressed articles for the web, which included SEO, contextual linking, video embedding, and writing headlines and lead-in copy

Ma, Journalism

Ba, Media And Communications