Louis Bien Email & Phone Number

Waterloo, Wisconsin, United States

- Lead content creation — social, features, and video — in support of 100+ Trek athletes- Manage social media accounts for three teams and Trek Race Shop- Set content calendar around major races and athlete initiatives

Tempe, Arizona, United States

- Helped conduct biweekly brainstorms and writer outreach for monthly digital sports magazine- Edited and oversaw 4-5 freelance features and essays per month

- Raised more than $30,000 in sales for first issue of a worker-owned sports quarterly- Recruited and oversaw staff of eight writers, four editors, two copy editors and illustrator- Approved pitches and set schedules for all reporting, writing, editing, and artwork- Oversaw all content and final edits for 206-page digital issue that went to 1,400+ backers - Developed share-based model that paid staff above market rate for sports writing- Contributed deeply reported feature about marble racing's spike in popularity during the pandemic

New York, New York, United States

- Oversaw freelance and longform projects, as well as $100,000 budget and invoicing- Evaluated freelance pitches and led writers through reporting, writing, and edits- Coordinated art direction with in-house designers on four high-touch features per month- Worked with four-person social team to package complex narratives for social platforms- Managed two staff writers and collaborated with edit staff to manage daily content workflow

Greater New York City Area

- Guided and edited content from blogs to feature-length stories from freelancers and staff- Managed two writers, and worked directly with edit staff to manage daily edit workflow- Wrote weekly columns for NFL desk, and covered three Super Bowls and two Tours de France as a reporter

New York City

- Managed SB Nation's night desk, overseeing team of six people- Assigned blogs and news posts, refreshed homepage layout, and copy edited and scheduled roughly 10 stories to publish the next morning- Laid out homepage and top charting stories, optimizing them with links and video- Gathered and wrote breaking news across all sports, emphasizing speed, accuracy and SEO- Pitched and planned in-depth features with senior editors, and delivered writing on deadline- Wrote daily breaking news, weekly columns, and features, primarily focusing on the NFL- Blogged about Wisconsin sports for SB Nation team site Bucky's 5th Quarter

Madison, Wisconsin

- Covered late-breaking news across all major sports- Daily beat writer for the Baltimore Ravens- Wrote in-depth feature stories covering college football- Baltimore Ravens preview published in 2009, 2010 and 2011 glossy Fantasy Football guides- Updates provided and published for Yahoo! Sports and ESPN

- Researched and wrote Sports Illustrated’s 39-page online fantasy football draft kit- Wrote fantasy football projections for more than 150 players each week of the regular season

- Story “Tucked away in Limoges, a font of love songs” featured on front page- Contributed features about life and travel in Europe for college students- Contributed bimonthly posts from blog, “Fear and Loathing in Excideuil”

- Taught grades 7 through 12 at a small French public school- Worked individually with students to improve oral and written abilities in English- Independently lesson planned and led small group discussion sessions- Worked with team of five English teachers to correlate lesson plans

- Story “The New Class of Old School Gym” featured as January 2009 online cover- Wrote feature-length stories covering local community- Copy edited and fact checked articles on deadline- Covered food and wine, and museum exhibitions beat

- Wrote blog entries for a Madison, Wis., community reporting website- Contributed reporting for feature on the 2008 Presidential Primaries

- Covered men’s wrestling, men’s hockey, and women’s basketball- Contributed weekly to GameDay inset, covering national stories in college football and men’s hockey

- Wrote press releases and brochures for new product lines- Generated public communication strategies