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New York City Metropolitan Area

- Drove contract negotiations with licensor partners like Nickelodeon and Paramount, Disney, Funimation, Viz Media, and more.- Led as project manager for a licensed products team of 12 designers, writers, and artists.- Built content marketing and project development pipeline and calendar using company CMS and project management platforms like Asana and Jira to help team achieve action items and finalize deliverables in a timely manner.- Built company mission and values with founders… Show more - Drove contract negotiations with licensor partners like Nickelodeon and Paramount, Disney, Funimation, Viz Media, and more.- Led as project manager for a licensed products team of 12 designers, writers, and artists.- Built content marketing and project development pipeline and calendar using company CMS and project management platforms like Asana and Jira to help team achieve action items and finalize deliverables in a timely manner.- Built company mission and values with founders and other stakeholders.- Ideated and developed content marketing campaigns on social media platforms with strategic partners, i.e., influencers and other business accounts. - Sold hundreds of thousands of B2B units total since pandemic and delivered 130% over licensee sales targets and projections.- Donated hundreds of books, games, and toys to libraries and orgs like Extra Life and LGBT HQ.- Won various awards as author, publisher, and producer for various products and publications, likethe Sunday Comics newspaper magazine and Home of my Memories animated short. Show less

New York City Metropolitan Area

Project Management and Brand Management for Licensor Partners- Product and brand lead for Nickelodeon products. Brands like SpongeBob SquarePants, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Rugrats, and more!- Project manager for a licensed products team of 12 designers, writers, and artists.- Lead Game Designer and Product Developer on Eels & Escalators, DrawOff, The Flying Dutchman's Treasure Hunt for SpongeBob line.- Lead on Avatar: The Last Airbender Oh My Cabbages and Uncle Iroh's Dream… Show more Project Management and Brand Management for Licensor Partners- Product and brand lead for Nickelodeon products. Brands like SpongeBob SquarePants, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Rugrats, and more!- Project manager for a licensed products team of 12 designers, writers, and artists.- Lead Game Designer and Product Developer on Eels & Escalators, DrawOff, The Flying Dutchman's Treasure Hunt for SpongeBob line.- Lead on Avatar: The Last Airbender Oh My Cabbages and Uncle Iroh's Dream products.- Project Manager and Content Writer for Plush Toy Collectibles including but not limited to Rugrats Reptar and Spike, Appa, Momo, Otter Penguin, and Naga from Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. - Drove sales and of product line direct to B2B retail partners.- Achieved mass and specialty distribution to thousands of stores nationwide. - Produced over four production runs, selling well over projected number of units to specialty and geek trending stores across the country and ecommerce sites like Amazon. Show less

Greater New York City Area

Heads product and content development, co-writer, producer, and editor-in-chief. Combining creative and business skills for all products and content produced in-house and through strategic partnerships.- Content writer and product designer for games and toys for licensed properties such as LOST, Once Upon a Time, SpongeBob SquarePants, Rugrats, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Sony's Superbad, Once Upon a Time, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Naruto Shippuden, Seven Deadly Sins, The Little… Show more Heads product and content development, co-writer, producer, and editor-in-chief. Combining creative and business skills for all products and content produced in-house and through strategic partnerships.- Content writer and product designer for games and toys for licensed properties such as LOST, Once Upon a Time, SpongeBob SquarePants, Rugrats, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Sony's Superbad, Once Upon a Time, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Naruto Shippuden, Seven Deadly Sins, The Little Prince, Garfield, and Hey Arnold! - Editor-in-Chief of award-winning The Sunday Comics anthology comic series.- Earned mass distribution in stores such as ThinkGeek, Hot Topic, Box Lunch, and received placement for products such as Pretending to Grownup thousands of hobby retail stores.- On Kickstarter crowdfunding, earned over $1,000,000 in a single calendar year across various projects on multiple crowdfunding sites.- Drafted ad copy and co-managed ad platform analytics on platforms like Hootsuite, Google Analytics, Google Ads, and Facebook marketplace.- Market research and content strategy lead with brand partners, such as Lunarbaboon, growing the brand's reach from 200,000 followers to over 1,000,000 million total social media followers, including Facebook and Instagram.- Attended and sold inventory at over 100 consumer pop-culture conventions, and over 50 B2B trade shows across the USA.- Drafted email newsletter copy and acquired over 100,000 customers for company email subscriber list for B2C operations.- Part of company sales force, selling hundreds of thousands of products across various B2B and B2C channels since founding, in mass retail stores such as Hot Topic, and online e-commerce such as both Amazon Vendor and Seller Central, Walmart Online and Toynk.- Determine retail MSRP and wholesale pricing with team to maximize profits for both company and strategic retail partners.- Co-managed manufacturing pipeline procuring hundreds of thousands of inventory overseas. Show less

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Marketing and Content Strategy Consulting- Drafted content strategy proposal, social media research and business development.- Go/no and actionable recommendations alongside a content calendar.- Researched and developed strategies for SAAS and B2B early-stage private companies.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Design Thinking and Business Strategy and Innovation Consulting- Analyzed Climate Change data and how articles and content impacts news readers andconsumers of media.- Led PersonalFinancialWellness research and how products influence readers’ subscription habits.

Medill School Of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Media Innovation And Content Strategy

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Film/Cinema/Video Studies

Graduated with a specialization and focus area in Screenwriting.