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New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

• Oversee the newsletter team and all free, editorial newsletters for 26 brands including content strategy and design, boost e-commerce content and revenue, and generate membership sign-ups for 16 brands via strategy.
• Led newsletter re-design roll-out across all Hearst brands including template revisions, and HTML coding.
• Collaborate with a contracted vendor to manage Hearst Perks, Hearst's third party email promotional program, and improve all promotions including visual elements and copy, increase CPM rates, increase engagement and.

Greater New York City Area

• Organize co-registration sweepstakes for 22 Hearst brands which requires promotional/prizing term negotiation, asset design, build and deployment of all promotional emails, performance monitoring, and collection and.
• Oversee the editorial, promotional and sales calendar for all newsletter deployments across all brands.
• Supervise newsletter partnerships for e-commerce clients, liaise with sales to manage and fulfill all sold placements and programs, and partner with internal stakeholders to promote in-house products, memberships.

Greater New York City Area

• Manage the Audience Development and Content Marketing lead generation budgets through multiple vendor partnerships, continuous optimization and analysis of all leads collected across Hearst's brands, and frequent.
• Compile the Email Revenue and Lead Generation budget reports for the Consumer Revenue and Development group.
• Organize lead generating sweepstakes for all 26 Hearst brands. Each sweeps requires promotional/prizing term negotiation, asset design, building and deploying all promotional emails, constant performance monitoring.
• Oversee the editorial, promotional and sales calendar for all newsletter deployments.
• Liaise with sales to fulfill sold placements and programs within Hearst's newsletter products.
• Collaborate with Hearst's Product Studio to market in-house products through organic channels.

Greater New York City Area

• Managed all syndication relationships and curated weekly/monthly pitches based on partners’ ascertained preferences or provided themes. Partnerships include: MSN, Flipboard, Fox News, Apple News and SmartNews.
• Supervised the content syndication process by monitoring image rights and working with all digital directors to revise content.
• Compiled MSN’s analytics and reported high-performing content and themes to all digital directors and VPs. Total reported MSN revenue from May 2017 to November 2017: $330,000.
• Oversaw all lead generating sweepstakes by organizing campaigns with potential partners, revising official terms and prizing information, worked closely with Rodale legal counsel to draft joint promotion agreements.

Greater New York City Area

• Wrote review round-ups for Vulture and built articles in the magazine’s CMS.
• Assisted editors with data, photo and video research, transcribed interviews for all NYmag.com verticals, helped assemble materials for photo shoots and fact-checked for the publication including one of Grub Street’s.

Greater New York City Area

• Wrote pop culture/news items and TV recaps for an entire season of Big Brother, Orange is the New Black, Girls and Britney Ever After (a Lifetime Original).
• Managed social media accounts and postings on Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest and StumbleUpon.
• Built posts in the CMS, worked with photo editors, inserted applicable hyperlinks and wrote SEO headlines and descriptions.
• Translated short print items including “What’s In My Bag,” celebrity playlists and weekly recipes into online articles.

Greater New York City Area

• Pitched and wrote 4-6 posts per day for the website’s Entertainment and News sections.
• Contributed two entries: Tammy Baldwin and Lee Daniels, to the print magazine’s 2016 Power 50 list.
• Interviewed celebrities and authors including Connor Franta, Tyler Henry, Rashod Ollison and Carmen Carrera.
• Built posts in the CMS, sourced royalty free images, and transcribed interviews for cover stories and print features.

Athens, Ohio

• Wrote, edited and fact-checked for the entire publication which strives to highlight the local culture and community of Southeast Ohio.
• Bylines within the Summer/Fall 2015 issue: A Town Turns 200, A Homeland Homage and Bridge, Zip and Zoom.

Athens, Ohio

• Pitched relevant stories for the Features section (approx. 13)—including trendy blogs, a controversial campus style and classic feature stories
• Read pitch forms and selected the most qualified writers
• Edited drafts and gave constant feedback to writers
• Brainstormed headlines and introductions
• Edited the magazine with fellow editors twice per issue

Athens, Ohio

• Wrote feature and trend articles about male grooming, men’s fashion and celebrity culture
• Served as an official blogger for two semesters which included weekly interviews and photo shoots
• Styled and contributed clothing to multiple shoots for the creative director
• Articles include: Best Dressed Rookie, ManHandled, FaceScape and In Tune

Athens, Ohio

• Oriented incoming freshmen to the activities and organizations on campus
• Planned study, cultural, social and faculty events to acquaint the students with one another
• Served as a teaching assistant to an introductory level class—assisted in planning and teaching lessons, maintaining grades and worked closely with a University College professor or graduate student.

Virtual

• Articles include: "Five Shows that Prove Summer TV Isn’t As Mindless As You Think,"​ "The 12 Ups And Down On Sandra Bullock’s Hollywood Roller Coaster Ride"​ and "The Most Ridiculous Moments From The #RichKids of.

Columbus, Ohio

• Wrote and compiled a weekly newsletter using research, interviews and seasonal recipes
• Filmed and edited Pearl Market related videos
• Contacted and delivered promotional materials for the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) outreach program.
• Booked entertainment through Greater Columbus Arts Council database for the entire season from May until October

Rochester, New York

• Wrote web stories and VOSOT/PKG scripts
• Conducted and transcribed video interviews
• Worked closely with the web director during a website re-design
• Utilized different social media platforms to promote the station, staff and daily stories

Master’S Degree, Magazine Journalism

Bachelor’S Degree, Journalism - Concentrated In Sociology & Psychology, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity, Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society, Thread Magazine, Ohio.

Cis Semester Abroad Program, Sociology And Criminology