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• Composes five pieces weekly ranging from informative, researched short and long-form editorials on breaking news within the beats of movies, television, sports, culture, and the film/television business• Editorial initiatives have led to 1.2 million unique views a month increase within a six-month period.

• Managed and co-led daily coordination of a 15+ member team of staff and news writers, overseeing daily/line editing, fact-checking, and proofreading• Consistently delivered a minimum of eight pieces per week (441 full-length pieces), including breaking news reporting, analyzing government data, sit-down interviews, and reviews in film, television, sports, and music averaging 1 million page views monthly and 15,000 reoccurring readers per month• Revamped editorial strategy to include five new columns and expanded the pop culture vertical across music, film, television, sports, and events-of-the-day, resulting in a 2.5 million monthly readership increase• Spearheaded 2023 Super Bowl weekend editorial strategy, resulting in the publication's highest-traffic day with 12.5 million unique views

• Pitched and wrote 3-4 high-performing reporting long-form features, posts, and interviews daily based on breaking news, politics, entertainment, and sports, averaging 1.2 million page views monthly• Produced voice-overs for video series, edited audio, and scripted video shorts of editorial work weekly• Co-led bargaining unit that created a three-year contract in conjunction with management • Original pitched pieces featured in every monthly company newsletter during tenure and CNN’s Reliable Sources newsletter

• Wrote six weekly stories, original interviews, reviews, listicles, industry reports, features, and in-depth op-eds within entertainment (232 published articles during tenure), contributing to a viewership increase from 650,000 to 950,000 unique views per month and 200,000 reoccurring visitors • Led redesign of web publication, resulting in a two-minute average increase of time spent on site • Co-managed a team of 10 writers/freelancers for Substream’s digital publication and collaborated on story development, supervised article assignments, and line editing • Developed and increased relationships with artists, actors, directors, and other client relationships.

• Composed and pitched nine weekly articles comprising features, reviews, and in-depth op-eds spanning music, television, and film (170 published articles during tenure), averaging 900,000 million page views per month• Authored five weekly articles comprising features, reviews, and in-depth op-eds spanning music, television, and film (170 published articles during tenure), averaging 1.5 million page views per month• Assisted editors with onboarding seven freelance contributors increasing efficiency across editorial and photography coverage

• Incorporated three new entertainment podcast shows and molded daily formats, resulting in 10,000 listeners a month• Led the implementation of The Pop Break’s editorial profile across social media, resulting in an increase in readership from 200,000 to 800,000 page views per month during the first year of tenure• Wrote 255 pieces, including original reporting, interviews, and reviews, averaging 500,000 page views per month

• Facilitated simplifying weekly editorial calendar and coverage assignments with EIC for 12-15 writers and photographers, resulting in an increase of 20 overall published pieces daily • Crafted articles on breaking entertainment news, Q&As, recaps, features, reviews, recommendations, listicles, and stories geared toward search optimization

• Sports Up - November 2015 - August 2016 • RNC Radio Live - July 2019 - Present• The Life and Times of Quarantine- May 2020 - Present• The Deadscreen Podcast - January 2020 - Present• Creates weekly podcast show formats drawing from trending and important topics• Assists in social media strategies such as polls and surveys across platforms such as Twitter and Instagram for audience engagement• Edits audio and insert segments for weekly episodes using Audacity.

• Managing assignments for a staff of 4-5 writers.

• Creator and co-host of the '30 Seconds or Less' Podcast speaking about the hottest topics in the sports industry monthly.• Writes six articles a month discussing the most pressing topics, ranging from the NFL, NBA, NHL, Soccer, and more.

• Coordinated corporate policies regarding housing/travel arrangements. Increased placement time and efficiency by 25% over year-end.• Works with corporate team to develop new housing and travel arrangement systems/initiatives as market and consumer surveys dictate.• Aids in the testing and implementation of new housing systems that affect all centers of ELS across the country.

• Oversaw the placements and arrival of 150 incoming international students monthly within ELS housing across 60+ collegiate centers along the U.S.• Worked on system update initiatives within the company structure such as implementing housing placements systems and background checks that increased consumer confidence by 15% during tenure.

• Aided in the oversight of SEVIS/I-20 issuance for all incoming international students.

• Produces a wide range of content types from think pieces and longform features.

• Composed six weekly editorials, reviews, live photography, and trend pieces in music, movies, and television, averaging 450,000 unique views monthly (520 original pieces published)• Co-produced, hosted, and formatted weekly podcast discussing current musical and entertainment topics averaging 2,000 monthly listeners a month• Modernized social media strategies and composed daily posts and graphics across Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram that increased 20,000 followers across platforms

• Produced editorial and review content. Coverage included music, movies, and pop culture stories.• Wrote concert and event recaps with photography across the tri-state area.

The "Inside-Out" Prison exchange program is an opportunity for a group of Criminal Justice and Sociology students from the University of Delaware, and a group of residents of the CREST/Women's work release TC / Plummer work release centerResponsible for meeting with inmates to discuss their complaints with criminal justice systemMentored inmatesExchanged ideas and perceptions about drugs, crime, justice, the criminal justice system, corrections and imprisonment