Will Laws Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California

- Hired as the first editorial staff member for Sports Illustrated’s new Los Angeles bureau- Coordinate evening and weekend news coverage while working closely with sport sections- Program articles on the site based on news value and internal metrics- Analyze Chartbeat and Parse.ly traffic data and initiate A/B tests to inform news decisions- Edit and package longform features and breaking news posts- Write creative, SEO-optimized headlines- Create engaging Twitter and Facebook posts for articles- Send timely push notifications via Pushly and Apple News- Write occasional features, including weekly MLB blogs and Power Rankings

Los Angeles, California

- Program content across Yahoo.com and AOL.com for the sites' 120 million monthly unique visitors.- Οptimize SEO-friendly articles by writing powerful headlines, building slideshows and commissioning videos.- Coordinate homepage coverage of sports events and act as a liaison with the Yahoo Sports team.- Write original stories (breaking news, events, features, interviews) with an emphasis on music, sports and politics.- Determine which news events should be sent as push notifications through mobile apps, then craft and send alerts.- Coordinate evening video curation to help propel OTT service. - Create Facebook posts from stories and videos to develop social audience.- Analyze performance metrics and provide updates.- Create a weekly news quiz that drives an average of 130 hours of on-site engagement.- Track breaking news using programs such as Dataminr and Tweetdeck for timely reporting.

Los Angeles, California

-Covered for Angels/Dodgers beat writers and visiting teams to the Los Angeles area on a semi-regular basis-Wrote game previews and recaps-Conducted interviews with MLB players, coaches and executives

Santa Barbara, California Area

- Promoted three times in two years of employment, increased responsibility on nascent editorial team- Helped build editorial team and sports vertical from ground up; from four writers to a team of 20 writers, editors, content strategists and content marketers- Wrote and edited original data-driven content, primarily for sports vertical on PointAfter.com- Established partnerships with NBA.com and Yahoo Sports after pitching executive editors by phone- Maintained syndication relationships with top publishers (MSN, Sports Illustrated, AOL, Time, Yahoo) - Created Free Agent Quotient (FAQ) metric to project the performance of NBA free agents. FAQ was published/endorsed by Sports Illustrated.- Head recruiter for editorial interns, assisted in recruiting full-time employees for both technical and non-technical roles- Directly managed two staff writers and several freelancers across different verticals (politics, entertainment, education, health, tech, travel)- Used social media apps to generate five-figure followings on PointAfter’s Facebook and Twitter accounts- Editorial team was key catalyst in restoring Graphiq’s traffic after Google Panda SEO algorithm cut traffic by 50% overnight in Sept. 2014. Sports vertical traffic grew from 0 to 1M monthly visitors, monthly stories traffic across all verticals totaled 6M as of July 2016As part of our editorial partnerships, I wrote a weekly sports column for Yahoo that rotated between fantasy football, basketball and general MLB topics depending on the season. I regularly contributed analytical features across all major sports to SI and wrote a weekly data-driven column for NBA.com during basketball season.

San Diego

- Covered all the San Diego Padres’ home games for Major League Baseball’s official website. - Responsible for writing three articles (pregame notebook, immediate recap, expanded recap) and ~2,000 words per gameday, as well as occasional features about key Padres players and prospects.- Incorporated multimedia aspects such as video interviews into coverage for special events.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Managing Editor (Spring 2014): Edited and coordinated the production of all sections- Sports Editor (Fall 2013): Produced section and covered football team via daily articles and podcasts during the Lane Kiffin era, a period that prepared me to report on a broad spectrum of spectacular successes and dubious failures.- Served as a sports columnist, TV columnist and beat writer for six different sports teams

Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Worked as intern during summer of 2011, then did some freelance work when I was home on breaks from school.

Greater Los Angeles Area

--Worked under Associate Justice Elizabeth Grimes in the Second District, Division Eight. --Only undergraduate extern in the Second District among 25 other externs in law school.--Wrote and edited opinions for appellate cases after researching case and legal history.--Performed administrative duties requiring acute organizational skills and immense attention to detail.

Bachelor'S Degree, Print And Digital Journalism

Activities and Societies: Daily Trojan, Neon Tommy, Annenberg TV News, Phi Delta Theta FraternityMinor in Sports Media Studies.

Education record

Study abroad program Spring 2013

High School