Liz Johnson Email & Phone Number

The Record (northjersey.com)

• Lead a team of award-winning editors and reporters who cover food, entertainment, arts and culture, real estate, consumer spending, the Arab-American community and more. Collaborate with top editors to lead the.
• Conceive and lead company-wide projects such as USA TODAY Restaurants of the Year and America's Favorite Fries, earning millions of page views and establishing the authority of the USA TODAY Network food writers.
• Coach team leaders on innovation, strategy and… Show more
• Coach team leaders on innovation, strategy and leadership skills, such as motivation, problem solving and conflict resolution.
• Editor-in-chief for a team that produces 26 luxury magazines per year serving Bergen County, N.J. and the region, including managing annual editorial calendars, assigning and editing stories, overseeing visuals and.

• Earned an accelerator grant from the USA Today Network Innovation Lab to develop Destinate, a food and travel geo-based mobile site with 360-degree videos and a chatbot that helps hungry travelers find great local.
• Oversee development, UX, editorial content, sales, marketing and social.
• Won a "Shark Tank"-style competition, besting three other teams to secure funding from the Gannett Executive Team to scale the product.

• Built sources, spot trends, and celebrate heritage, quirks and innovation in the food and arts world with storytelling appropriate to platform and audience.
• Senior writer and interim editor for Arrive, the Amtrak Acela seatback magazine, writing about food, arts, theater and travel. Other freelance clients: Food & Wine, Arizona Monthly, JW Magazine for the JW Marriott, PF.

• Built digital audience through strategic content plans, partnerships and social media campaigns that grew page views and increase audience engagement, recirculation and referrers.
• Managed the social team and the features team, including content, editorial voice, strategy and marketing.

• Built digital audience with strategies informed by data and analytics.
• Guided the newsroom in making daily and long-term decisions about coverage plans and content production.
• Analyzed web and social media metrics, including from Chartbeat, Omniture, Google Analytics and Facebook Insights, and apply strategy to shape coverage and scheduling.

• Worked across the USA Today network to collaborate on strategy and content for the food vertical.
• Used data and analytics to guide teams in making daily and long-term strategic decisions about coverage plans and content production.
• Managed the content, editorial voice, strategy and marketing for lohudfood, the food vertical in the Lower Hudson Valley.
• Developed digital content plans and social media campaigns that grow page views and increase audience engagement… Show more
• Developed digital content plans and social media campaigns that grow page views and increase audience engagement, recirculation and referrers across the newsroom. A project, "Chefs read mean Yelps," boosted reach.
• Led training on digital storytelling, including writing, blogging, best SEO practices, social media, audience engagement, mobile-friendly design and more. A redesign of our Instagram strategy, which relied on local.

• Built and managed a food brand with reporters and freelancers by transforming a weekly newspaper section into a multi-media, multi-platform enterprise that reached audiences through social media, a daily blog, a web.
• Worked with the marketing and advertising departments to manage and monetize lohud’s verticals, including creating sales and marketing plans and planning contests and events.
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• Nurtured a community of readers through events, social media, blogs, newsletters, e-mail and old-fashioned letter writing.
• Managed the redesign of more than 30 blogs for better UX, then oversaw the training of more than 60 staffers on new software.
• Cultivated editorial partnerships with authors, bloggers and institutions, such as the Culinary Institute of America.

Ba, English

Education record

Leadership Academy For Women In Digital Media, Journalism