Experience

The Aspen Times

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Publisher

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Self-employed

• Aspen, Colorado

• Freelance Journalist, Editor and Project Manager

  • Oct 2009 - Present

  • Created a career path that includes freelance writing, public relations consulting, copywriting, and contract projects. • Produce articles regularly published in national publications, including Men’s Journal, Outside, Backpacker, and Runner’s World, in addition to formerly writing a bi-monthly fitness column for the Military Times newspaper. • Serve as the gear editor for Another Mother Runner, recently selected as the Swift Communication intranet redesign project manager, and as the… Show more • Created a career path that includes freelance writing, public relations consulting, copywriting, and contract projects. • Produce articles regularly published in national publications, including Men’s Journal, Outside, Backpacker, and Runner’s World, in addition to formerly writing a bi-monthly fitness column for the Military Times newspaper. • Serve as the gear editor for Another Mother Runner, recently selected as the Swift Communication intranet redesign project manager, and as the editor of the Aspen Time's Summer in Aspen August edition. Notable achievements while in the position have included: - Selected to help develop the Clean Sport portal for The North Face. - Travel the world to both cover and participate in sporting events. - Interviewed dozens of business celebrities, rock stars, and professional athletes. - Created articles have appeared in Men's Journal, Backpacker, Runner's World, Outside, Competitor, Women's Running, Aspen Magazine, Another Mother Runner, Aspen Sojourner, Running Times, Women's Adventure, IRONMAN, Elevation Outdoors, the Gear Institute, iRunFar.com, Snowshoe magazine and Outdoor Community Daily as a founding editor. Show less • Created a career path that includes freelance writing, public relations consulting, copywriting, and contract projects. • Produce articles regularly published in national publications, including Men’s Journal, Outside, Backpacker, and Runner’s World, in addition to formerly writing a bi-monthly fitness column for the Military Times newspaper. • Serve as the gear editor for Another Mother Runner, recently selected as the Swift Communication intranet redesign project manager, and as the… Show more • Created a career path that includes freelance writing, public relations consulting, copywriting, and contract projects. • Produce articles regularly published in national publications, including Men’s Journal, Outside, Backpacker, and Runner’s World, in addition to formerly writing a bi-monthly fitness column for the Military Times newspaper. • Serve as the gear editor for Another Mother Runner, recently selected as the Swift Communication intranet redesign project manager, and as the editor of the Aspen Time's Summer in Aspen August edition. Notable achievements while in the position have included: - Selected to help develop the Clean Sport portal for The North Face. - Travel the world to both cover and participate in sporting events. - Interviewed dozens of business celebrities, rock stars, and professional athletes. - Created articles have appeared in Men's Journal, Backpacker, Runner's World, Outside, Competitor, Women's Running, Aspen Magazine, Another Mother Runner, Aspen Sojourner, Running Times, Women's Adventure, IRONMAN, Elevation Outdoors, the Gear Institute, iRunFar.com, Snowshoe magazine and Outdoor Community Daily as a founding editor. Show less



Colorado Mountain News Media

• Colorado, United States

• Senior Project Manager

  • Jun 2021 - Jan 2022



Swift Communications, Inc.

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager Contract

  • Dec 2020 - Jun 2021

  Current work includes working on the membership program creation team and serving as EIC for Discover Basalt Magazine. Current work includes working on the membership program creation team and serving as EIC for Discover Basalt Magazine.



Swift Communications, Inc.

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contract Project Manager

  • Apr 2020 - Jun 2020

  Tasked with leading the team to overhaul Swift's intranet platform. Tasked with leading the team to overhaul Swift's intranet platform.



Aspen Sojourner

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Digital Editor

  • Apr 2018 - Jun 2020

  • Served in digital editor and social media management roles, implementing a consistent social media plan to support the magazine's growth. Notable achievements while in the position included: - Developed and executed organic strategy that grew the social media following by 35%. - Represented the magazine at high profile events and skiing 100+ days a season were part of the job. - Selected to participate in the OCL Communication Skills Training program. • Served in digital editor and social media management roles, implementing a consistent social media plan to support the magazine's growth. Notable achievements while in the position included: - Developed and executed organic strategy that grew the social media following by 35%. - Represented the magazine at high profile events and skiing 100+ days a season were part of the job. - Selected to participate in the OCL Communication Skills Training program.



Motiv Running

• Senior Editor

  • Jul 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Served in a senior editor role for a start-up, supporting efforts to shape the brand, including determining the audience and launching and managing social media accounts. • Spearheaded and produced engaging video projects and developed a program that directly targeted editorial content for Motive events participants. • Served in a senior editor role for a start-up, supporting efforts to shape the brand, including determining the audience and launching and managing social media accounts. • Spearheaded and produced engaging video projects and developed a program that directly targeted editorial content for Motive events participants.



Women's Running Magazine

• Contributing Gear Editor

  • Mar 2010 - Nov 2017

  • Wrote and delivered engaging articles and maintained brand relationships through 3 editors while helping redesign the magazine. • Wrote and delivered engaging articles and maintained brand relationships through 3 editors while helping redesign the magazine.



Competitor Group, Inc.

• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Contributing Editor

  • Sep 2012 - Jul 2017

  • Wrote original articles for both online and print, managed sponsored content activations with brands, created run lists, and played a key role in the redesign of the magazine. • Wrote original articles for both online and print, managed sponsored content activations with brands, created run lists, and played a key role in the redesign of the magazine.



Trail Runner Magazine

• Carbondale, Colorado

• Associate Managing Editor

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2009

  • Managed a high-performing team through a commitment to training and development while launching and maintaining the Trail Runner Facebook account. • Redesigned the website to increase its user-friendliness in addition to contributing content to the magazine. • Managed a high-performing team through a commitment to training and development while launching and maintaining the Trail Runner Facebook account. • Redesigned the website to increase its user-friendliness in addition to contributing content to the magazine.