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Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Oversaw the day-to-day management of all internally-funded editorial videos, which received hundreds of millions of monthly views across multiple platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter. In the first four months, helped cut production costs for the editorial video team by training internal staff to produce and shoot on-camera.

New York, New York

After 10 months as Senior Producer, promoted to Entertainment Director and took leadership of all entertainment related editorial content, including the NowThis Entertainment Facebook page and the NowThis Nerd Youtube page, with responsibility for all long-form NowThis Entertainment related editorial content and a staff of six plusOversaw the transition of.

New York, New York

• Recruited to create, staff, and launch the NowThis Nerd YouTube page and the subsequent NowThis Nerd Facebook Watch page, and oversee the adaptation of NowThis Nerd’s content to other platforms, including Instagram and.
• Emphasis on SEO-optimized explainers and serialized mid-form content to discuss current events in movies, television, comics, and video games
• Hired a team of three, plus hosts to produce two 10-minute videos a week.
• Developed custom workflow for the team to ensure quality control of final videos as well as a timely delivery before publicationIn less than a year and a half NowThis Nerd has quickly built a large cross-platform.
• YouTube page has grown from 0-200,000+ followers and averages 1.7M views a month, with average watch times well over 5 minutes per video
• Gained over 243,000 followers on Facebook Watch since the platform launched in September 2017 and average over 2M views a monthMentored and developed Nerd talent, including writer, producers, editors, and on camera.

New York, New York

• Managed a small team responsible for generating all Inverse video content Created and distributed two to four videos per day (varying in length between 30 seconds and two minutes); content subjects included scientific.
• Increased monthly video views 291% (from 3.9M to 11.6M)
• Increased monthly average views per video 262% (from 77,188 to 202,250)
• Increased average shares per video post 373% (391 to 1,461)Adapted Inverse’s editorial voice and interests to video productionMaintained complete editorial control over all video produced and distributed on Inverse.

New York, NY

• Produced, wrote, and edited short form news videos for social platform distribution, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat
• Videos accumulated views well in excess of 250 million views
• Videos maintained high completion rates, ranging from 70% – 95%
• Generated one to three videos per day (in varying lengths between 30 seconds to one minute)
• Content subjects covered a multitude of topics, including entertainment, science and technology, news, and politicsHelped develop the voice and editorial direction of NowThis Entertainment from its inception, building.

University Park, PA

Produced, directed, and edited a variety of videos used in online education across a variety of subjects including forensics, physics, and chemistry; these included crime scene reenactments as well as other forensic instructionCollaborated with professors to optimize video lengths and create better visual graphics in order to maximize completion rates of.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor’S Degree, English

Bachelor’S Degree, Film/Video