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