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New York, Ny, Us

Durham, Nc, Us

Durham, Nc, Us

Durham, Nc, Us

Melville, New York, Us

• Utilized expertise of storytelling, design, marketing, analytics and innovation as leading creative force on key company initiatives – including special sections, videos, digital projects, social media, marketing campaigns, events and more – for over a decade and a half, helping to establish new workflows, grow new audiences and open up new business channels across myriad technologies, all while earning national acclaim.• Managed team of 11; led transition of 15-member presentation desk during company reorganization in 2019.• Project-managed key digital products, magazines and print special sections, including sports keepsakes, Top LI Workplaces, Year in Review, classic "vault" editions, key news coverage and numerous print and digital redesigns, primarily using Adobe Creative Suite (especially PhotoShop, Premiere, InDesign and Illustrator). Always met deadlines and came in under budget.• Led Newsday’s move to digital linear storytelling. Conceptualized, storyboarded, wrote, edited, designed, programmed and promoted projects, creating workflows to drive innovative approaches, always with an eye on story, user experience, visual quality and brand promise. • Produced, wrote, edited and did voiceovers for video marketing spots. Wrote, produced and appeared in "We are Long Island" spot, Newsday's top performer in 2020. Also co-wrote the marketing copy that drove highest number of digital subscription conversions by 200%. • Led print design and marketing (and contributed key concepts to digital presentation and Emmy-winning documentary) on Peabody-winning "LI Divided" series, recently featured on “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.”• Co-created and co-project-managed XLI Box, a first-in-the-industry incentive subscription box (net promoter score in the 40s and doubled engagement).• Frequently ran night news desk.• Created Newsday's tagline, "Your Eye on LI."

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• Led all key news design, including Election 2004, Year in Review and Sunday enterprise.• Learned computer system in less than 24 hours and was teaching veterans tricks by the end of my first week.

• Helped run 14-member design and copy desk for key Los Angeles Newspaper Group property.• Promoted from "designer/copy editor" to "assistant news editor" after just months in the news business.

Stamford, Ct, Us

• Crafted storylines, wrote scripts and produced segments around the world for WWE Raw (now on USA Network), WWE SmackDown (now on Fox) and Pay-Per-View events as part of WWE creative team.• Wrote cover story for highest-selling copy of WWE Magazine of all time.• Co-authored "The Ultimate WWE Trivia Book" through Simon & Schuster in 2002 and edited four other titles, including the autobiography of Hulk Hogan.• Directed weekly webcasts on WWE.com.• Acted as webmaster for multiple sites, including WrestleMania.com, which did 50 million page views in just 48 hours once in 2001.• Was a frequent guest on wrestling podcasts and radio shows.

• Hosted on-field events and contests for players and fans at Binghamton Mets ballpark.