William Smith Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Control and update a taxonomy of all commercial brands advertising since 2015
• Capture and analyze advertising related search activity for brands across all industries
• Perform and maintain the mapping/integration of numerous incoming data sets
• Research and participate in real time capture and analysis of advertising during large scale national events (Super Bowl, Amazon Thursday Night Football)
• Research and capture search for television shows and movies on all streaming platforms (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Paramount+, etc)
• Maintain comprehensive client dashboards for brands within the telcom and video game industries

• Scout and acquire a supply of uncommon collectible books and ephemera
• Research and produce informative and appealing catalog copy
• Update and maintain book catalogs on multiple bookselling venues
• Customize categories and keyword metadata for SEO
• Photograph books and optimize for web presentation
• Seek material to fill customer special requests

• Added content and curated metadata for the Kidstream video subscription service on Amazon Prime, Comcast and Vimeo
• Performed a large scale review and cleanup of show metadata in preparation for launch on the Vimeo OTT platform
• Adapted the category structure / video carousels for Kidstream shows across various streaming platforms

Stamford, Connecticut

• Reviewed and categorized site content for a large scale overhaul
• Suggested changes to the taxonomy
• Marked content for revision or deletion

New York, NY

• Edited metadata for Macmillan book titles across all imprints
• Optimized book data using the Biblio3 publishing system

• Researched and wrote entries for History Channel mobile apps, including: Civil War Today and the 2015 Webby Award-winning History Here
• Generated original trivia questions for the Ultimate History Quiz
• Edited metadata associated with television and web properties

Formatted videogame voice over scripts to the client's style.

• Worked with proprietary system to deliver focused blog content to subscribers
• Read and applied metadata tags to regular samples of current news stories
• Researched and contracted with bloggers in special interest areas

Proofread numerous trade fiction titles.

• Worked as part of a three-person team to produce cover copy for Warner’s fifty+ books per season
• Redesigned and maintained a Filemaker database tracking work through all stages of production
• Evaluated copy and suggested revisions
• Coordinated changes from the editorial, legal, and production departments
• Served as the contact person for Warner freelancers
• Implemented deadlines for the writing and review of cover copy

• Wrote jacket copy and promotional material, including audio scripts
• Oversaw production of the seasonal trade catalog (copy editing and collating changes)
• Served as the in-house liaison for five consulting editors
• Evaluated manuscripts
• Attended trade conventions as a representative of the publisher

• Assisted in the creation and implementation of the “Book Browser” subject hierarchy for barnesandnoble.com
• Organized and maintained the history and biography categories
• Worked extensively adapting the Library of Congress subject headings
• Edited book information for online display