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In first year increased traffic to website by 76% YOYLead content strategy across multiple platforms Lead editorial, social media, and email marketing teams Established and oversee team of global freelance recipe developers and food writers Established and oversee team of global freelance photographers Established successful SEO strategy for library, new, and evergreen contentWork cross-functionally with e-commerce and product teams

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Cookbook co-author: Draft copy, recipe development, recipe testing, manage recipe testing teams, meet publisher deadlines and contractural obligations. Cookbook authorProduce copy and/or research and recipe development for Eating Well, SAVEUR, The Kitchn, Grit, Simply Recipes, Edible Omaha, Edible Feast, Newsday, Every Day with Rachael Ray magazine, AAA Living magazine, Omaha magazine publications, The Reader, Nebraska Life Magazine, Dana College, as well as websites and marketing materials.

Collaborate with SEO team to evaluate content library for SEO growth opportunities. Update content across multiple areas: recipe, education, tips.Track updates and evaluate cross promotional opportunities within each post.Create content for multiple AT brands including Cubby and Kitchn.

Remote

Lead a team of staff editors, freelance recipe developers, testers, writers, and photographers. Develop organizational systems in Asana to track content across multiple departments. Proficient in SEO tools, project management software, multiple CMS platforms, Google Analytics, and AP Style. Develop SEO strategy that both supports the brand identity and increases traffic to the site. Edit copy and recipes to meet consumer demand for fresh, exciting, and in-depth home cooking solutions. Collaborate with multiple teams and stakeholders to launch compelling content packages to increase traffic and drive brand awareness. Establish and execute monthly and quarterly content goals with a focus on voice, diversity, and SEO strategy.Personally developed more than 100 pieces of content including top performing recipes that appear on page one of Google search results. Promoted to senior editor from associate editor within one year of working at the company.

New Prairie Kitchen: Stories and Seasonal Recipes from Chefs, Farmers and Artisans of the Great Plains profiles 25 groundbreaking chefs, farmers, and producers of artisanal goods from Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota. Their personal stories are interspersed with more than 50 chef-contributed recipes that range from refreshingly simple to exquisitely gourmet.May 2015 nationwide release by Agate Publishing. Second Printing 6 months after release. Featured on NPR, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, among othersPaste Magazine named it one of “5 Game-Changing Midwestern Cookbooks.”Epicurious noted it as a “Need to Read” Cookbook for 2015.Won a 2016 Nebraska Book Award for non-fiction. Heralded by Oprah Winfrey's private chef as a "love letter to the heartland."

Launch 11 monthly print publications and 13 online parent publications, reaching more than 90 percent of Douglas and Sarpy counties. Print circulation is more than 250,000.Develop brand and web strategy. Oversee print and online design.Reduce overhead by building telecommuting team. Build strategic business and community partnerships. Manage a team of 24 contracted writers, editors and photographers.

Manage eleven people including one supervisor.Oversee direction of media and community relations and internal communications for 1,100 employees in four buildings across three states.Design, develop and oversee public affairs initiatives to enhance and protect Cox's image in the community while securing new revenue for Cox's business and media branches.Develop and implement video productions for external and internal clients.Speak publicly at community events.Manage a seven figure budget.

Positions Held: Editor in Chief, managing editor, news editor, culture editor, assistant editor, writer, sales.Assign and edit stories for staff of 60 freelance writers and photographers.Oversee layout of the entire newspaper and its supplements.Advise other Pioneer Publishing papers.Manage editorial department budgets and story planning.Developed departmental internship program.Implemented systematic procedures that increased efficiency and accountability thereby reducing errors. Designed and implemented an awards promotion structure for our freelance team to ensure loyalty in an increasingly competitive environment.

· Conducted a situational analysis for the Ekurhuleni Municipality, participated in hospice care for families affected by HIV/AIDS, implemented community database structure.