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Manages four sport verticals (MLB, NBA, WNBA, Combat Sports) for CBS Sports.

Fort Worth, Texas

• Led a team of six reporters and columnists who cover professional, college and high schools teams in the sports-rich Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
• Utilized a digital-first content strategy by creating sharp headlines and engaging SEO text in an attempt to drive page views and increase subscribers.

• Managed the production of the Sports & Society team’s award-winning “Don’t Retire Kid” public service campaign, which was created to educate the public about the trend of American kids (ages 9-12) who have been walking.
• Primary duties included reviewing and editing scripts, and sharing that information with multiple stakeholders (creative agency and sponsors) who were involved in the campaign.

Bristol, Connecticut

• Delivered $25M in advertising revenue by leading editorial unit and liaising with sales and marketing teams in the creation of more than 100 pieces of custom or branded-integrated, editorial-first concepts for Fortune.
• Fostered collaboration between editorial units and communications, legal, production and public safety teams to ensure brand consistency, leverage synergies and comply with content usage regulations as de facto.
• Responsible for the day-to-day production of The Mag’s front-of-book content from 2011 to 2013. The section was home to analytics, interviews, food, music, style and pop culture elements. Also, worked with human.

New York, New York

• Planned, assigned and edited content as NBA Editor for 2.1 million bi-weekly publication, and worked with partners in ESPN’s TV and digital space to coordinate season previews and pre-draft coverage.
• Edited dozens of in-depth profiles and issue-oriented features, and secured more than 25 cover shoots by working with athletes and their representatives, including LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Stephen Curry, Kevin.
• Created unique storytelling moments by skewing conventional coverage of annual events, such as having actual NBA players select off a virtual draft board and collaborating with Marvel Comics to produce more than 30.
• Sought to expand into Mag-branded videos, and had two pitches move to the pilot stage in 2009, including a barbershop concept that was shot with Lamar Odom outside of Los Angeles

Melville, New York

• Transformed Sunday sports pages of a Top 10 circulation newspaper into an award-winning section by incorporating enterprise, bite-size content, humor and more compelling visuals in an age when print still ruled the.

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