Summary – Experienced writer, editor and training manager that uses outside-the-box techniques in a virtual workspace to build successful teams.

GOBANKINGRATES.COM                                                                                   2021-present
News Editor (April 2021-present)

• Manage a freelance team of 10, from onboarding and training to reconciling monthly invoices.
• Assign 18-25 articles daily to the freelance team
• Assign breaking news coverage based on news apps and push notifications.
• Edit an average of six articles daily using AP Style.
• Coordinate coverage of major economic reports, including Fed updates and the Consumer Price Index
• Compile weekly analytics reports, highlighting hits and misses and suggesting directions to go in.
• Created a writer management system via Slack, improving communication efficiency between writers and editors in different time zones.
• Cut overall publishing time by 10 minutes per article by training writers to directly upload articles
• Tripled the number of daily published articles in my first six months
• Compiled a list of primary source websites that reduced reliance on aggregated content.
• Push content from all teams to Facebook and Twitter daily.
• Created a departmental instruction manual that was shared company-wide.

INQUISITR.COM                                                                                                     2019-2020
Senior Managing Editor (January 2019-November 2020)

• Trained new hires on company procedures and publishing, then coached them through two-week trials
• Created new training program to address common problems which led to decreased reminders and warnings by 50 percent
• Created new oversight procedures to improve content quality which increased page views, especially from Google News
• Improved the site’s content through one-on-one training sessions offering different ways of storytelling and self-editing
• Track site trends using Google Analytics

STARSANDCELEBS.COM/TCC                                                                            2017-2018
Managing Editor (August 2017-November 2018)

• Drove traffic for rebooted TheCelebrityCafe.com to 1 million organic page views in first six months
• Managed employee and content move under new URL
• Drove traffic to Stars and Celebs to 50,000 daily views using primarily social media
• Recruited interns, freelancers, social media managers
• Trained over 30 writers to produce content, using strong SEO and keywords, photos and social media
• Created major campaigns for editorial/marketing crossover, generating the majority of site traffic
• Garnered hundreds of thousands of page views writing fresh news stories for TV, Gossip, YouTubers, K-Pop
• Created millions of page views managing contest platform
• Collaborated with editor in chief to implement new content areas
• Managed editorial and social media workboards
• Edited daily content

FASHION WEEK (In conjunction with TheCelebrityCafe.com)                                                 2015 –2016
Editor in Chief                                                                                                                                  

• Revamped style and content of FashionWeek.com
• Recruited a team of 10 editors, freelancers and interns for fashion-specific projects
• Organically quadrupled following on Facebook and Twitter in 9 months
• Wrote stories that were used as a basis for scripts on FashionOne.TV news
• Wrote, assigned and edited stories for publication

THECELEBRITYCAFE.COM (CLOSED May 2017)                                            2011 – 2017
EDITOR IN CHIEF (Dec. 2016 -May 2017); Managing Editor (Oct. 2013-Dec. 2016); Senior Editor (May 2011- Oct. 2013); Writer/Editor (Feb. 2011 – May 2011)

• Assigned, edited and coordinated content such as news briefs, listicles, music and movie reviews, TV news and recaps and celebrity interviews for a site that produced up to 80 stories daily
• Wrote breaking news, features stories, television new, listicles and opinion pieces
• Served as the primary point of contact for the company in New York, collaborating with staff across the U.S., in Tokyo, Singapore and the Philippines
• Engaged with public relations professionals for unique content ideas and exchanges
• Implemented Slack.com to improve internal communication
• Trained 10-15 interns each semester
• Oversaw social media footprint on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+, Reddit, Digg, Delicious
• Ran weekly editorial meetings for training and delivering required action items
• Increased monthly page views from 4.5 million to 6.5 million
• Created guidelines for the use of photos from social media, television networks and movie houses
• Created contact database for television networks and movie houses which improved coverage and increased page views
• Developed a comprehensive instruction manual to train team members in a virtual environment
• Reviewed daily Google Analytics to identify reader-preferred topics and increased and targeted coverage accordingly
• Redeveloped the internship program bringing it up to federal guidelines for training​​
• Attended career fairs for communications students at local universities

SKILLS

Writing; Copy Editing; Recruiting; Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Instagram; WordPress and Drupal content management systems; Google Analytics; Google Forms; Google Docs; Microsoft Office; Word; Excel; Google Calendar

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Press Club of Long Island chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists

EDUCATION