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New York City Metropolitan Area

• Producing shows for the Freakonomics Radio Network, including the flagship show, Freakonomics Radio (which also airs on NPR stations nationwide)
• Developing and launching spin-off shows, including the popular People I (Mostly) Admire and the forthcoming Sudhir Breaks the Internet
• Duties as lead producer on new shows include conceptualizing show formats and establishing tone-of-voice alongside hosts and executive producer, training hosts for audio production, scripting and editing trailers and.
• Duties on episodes produced include researching and pitching topics, pre-interviewing guests, preparing research/questions for host, conducting and recording interviews, scripting full episodes, line-producing hosts.
• A list of episodes produced across all shows can be found here (including the most-downloaded episodes in 2019 and in 2020 — more than 2 million downloads each — and a Webby-award honoree): http://bit.ly/2wJ9qtE

Greater New York City Area

• Project management of magazine issues with managing editor
• Research and fact-checking
• Managing relationships with freelance contributors
• Developing pitches/stories with writers and other editors
• Editing commissioned feature stories
• Contributing ideas and feedback to editorial and pitch meetings

Sydney, Australia

• Created and implemented first digital strategy for Opera House programming team
• Developed campaigns and managed project budgets (approx. $400,000/yr)
• Commissioned web content to support campaigns, inc. Minister for Men (http://bit.ly/1MpqZvP) and Ambitious Designs (http://bit.ly/1KGHQZT) web series (over 450,000 and 150,000 views respectively across Opera House.
• Produced live stream broadcasts from the Opera House (switching between multiple stages within Opera House, packaged content, backstage areas, live host, etc.)
• Recorded/interviewed Opera House talent backstage for online channels
• Produced and distributed recordings and podcasts

Sydney, Australia

• Developed responses to RFPs; presented pitches to prospective clients
• Managed staff, clients, timelines, and budgets (up to $200k/project) on web design/build and strategy projects
• Conducted and managed research projects, inc. stakeholder/audience interviews, audience persona development, content audits, social media monitoring, competitor analysis, traffic analysis, etc.
• Produced digital content/social media strategies and monthly reports
• Conducted UX analysis and testing
• Developed content taxonomies for enterprise-level web systems

Bachelor Of Arts, English, Media Studies

Masters, Economics

Graduate Diploma, Digital Design