Experience

Distractify

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP Editorial Operations

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Execute data-driven audience growth plans across Engrost Inc., and lead strategies for digital audience development on Distractify, Market Realist, and Green Matters. Spearhead SEO content plan for Distractify, Inc., culminating in 20M+ pageviews monthly and growing. Identify new growth opportunities and best practices based on emerging digital trends, as well as work closely with leadership to determine and meet KPIs. Manage a team of managing and senior editors providing feedback and career development opportunities. Oversee freelance content budget and recruit a broad range of new contributors to Engrost, Inc. Represent the brand in public-facing opportunities, and provide editorial and SEO guidance to media brands onboarded onto Fabrik, our CMS platform. Show less

• Senior Editor

  • Jul 2018 - Oct 2020



Bauer Xcel Media

• Germany
• Technology, Information and Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Editor

  • Feb 2016 - Jul 2018

  - Strategize and create digital content for LifeAndStyleMag.com and InTouchWeekly.com. - Utilize SEO and Google Analytics to increase organic traffic and create engaging content. - Conduct exclusive celebrity interviews and work closely with publicists to write original content. - Collaborate with networks and social media influencers to increase brand awareness. - As of April 2018, InTouchWeekly.com and LifeandStyleMag.com bring in over 35M page views and approximately 20M sessions a month. Show less



Foursquare

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

• Product Support

  • Nov 2015 - Feb 2016

  - Provide product support to users of Foursquare and Swarm. - Work closely with product team to locate and fix bugs affecting user experience. - Create engaging content for the Foursquare app. - Help execute marketing campaigns to increase brand awareness. - Provide product support to users of Foursquare and Swarm. - Work closely with product team to locate and fix bugs affecting user experience. - Create engaging content for the Foursquare app. - Help execute marketing campaigns to increase brand awareness.



StyleBlazer

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Entertainment Editor

  • Oct 2014 - Nov 2015

  - Conduct celebrity interviews to create exclusive content for StyleBlazer.com. - Cover fashion and beauty industry events such as red carpets, press previews, and New York Fashion Week. - Edit freelancer content - Helped launch affiliate marketing content on the website for the brand. - Tweet.

• Freelance Content Writer

  • Apr 2013 - Oct 2014

  Writing original and exclusive content with a focus on fashion that would educate and entertain readers



YourTango.com

• Love Buzz Writer

  • Feb 2013 - Oct 2014

  Ex-boyfriends, relationship hacks, our obsession with "The Bachelor," I wrote about it all as a LoveBuzz content writer for YourTango, as well as contributing to weekly editorial meetings. Ex-boyfriends, relationship hacks, our obsession with "The Bachelor," I wrote about it all as a LoveBuzz content writer for YourTango, as well as contributing to weekly editorial meetings.



FREIDIN DOBRINSKY BROWN & ROSENBLUM, PA

• United States

• Marketing Assistant

  • Sep 2012 - Oct 2014

  - Write informational content for the law firm's legal blog. - Manage the law firm's social media accounts to engage with the community. - Coordinated fundraisers for local and state judges and politicians. - Launched law firm's scholarship program, which awarded thousands to local students. - Write informational content for the law firm's legal blog. - Manage the law firm's social media accounts to engage with the community. - Coordinated fundraisers for local and state judges and politicians. - Launched law firm's scholarship program, which awarded thousands to local students.



Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes

• Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Clinician

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  As a clinician I work with children and young adults, helping improve their reading and writing skills one-on-one. As a clinician I work with children and young adults, helping improve their reading and writing skills one-on-one.



University of Florida

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Gator Nights Student Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - May 2012

  As a student assistant, I was responsible for planning and facilitating the entertainment activities held on the campus of UF every Friday night. As a student assistant, I was responsible for planning and facilitating the entertainment activities held on the campus of UF every Friday night.



Home Magazine Gainesville

• Intern

  • Aug 2010 - May 2012

  At Home Magazine, I wrote and edited feature-length stories and profiles. As an intern I was able to improve my interviewing skills, get experience in an office environment and learn to work on deadline. At Home Magazine, I wrote and edited feature-length stories and profiles. As an intern I was able to improve my interviewing skills, get experience in an office environment and learn to work on deadline.



UF News Bureau

• Writing Intern

  • Aug 2011 - Dec 2011

  I was responsible for writing news releases and profiles about events and staff at the University of Florida. I also maintained database of news mentioning the university, and wrote for graduation publications. I was responsible for writing news releases and profiles about events and staff at the University of Florida. I also maintained database of news mentioning the university, and wrote for graduation publications.



TMZ

• Media Production
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Writing Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Nothing prepares you for the TMZ newsroom when major celebrity news goes down, and I was there for the death of Amy Winehouse. I know the importance of not being the first, but being the best, but if you can do both that is the ultimate goal. I was responsible for writing original stories, creating galleries, conducting celebrity interviews and creating video content. Nothing prepares you for the TMZ newsroom when major celebrity news goes down, and I was there for the death of Amy Winehouse. I know the importance of not being the first, but being the best, but if you can do both that is the ultimate goal. I was responsible for writing original stories, creating galleries, conducting celebrity interviews and creating video content.



The Miami Herald

• United States
• Individual and Family Services

• Writing Intern

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  For me, landing a writing gig at my local newspaper during college was a major milestone, and luckily for me, it's also one of the best newspapers in the country. I spent a summer driving all over Miami, meeting amazing people and telling their stories. For me, landing a writing gig at my local newspaper during college was a major milestone, and luckily for me, it's also one of the best newspapers in the country. I spent a summer driving all over Miami, meeting amazing people and telling their stories.



North Florida Herald

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jan 2010 - May 2010

  At the North Florida Herald, I wrote stories, worked with other reporters and occasionally took photos to accompany my stories. I also gained experience working with editors, attended city commission meetings and learned to work with deadlines. At the North Florida Herald, I wrote stories, worked with other reporters and occasionally took photos to accompany my stories. I also gained experience working with editors, attended city commission meetings and learned to work with deadlines.



Publix

• Switzerland
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cashier

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2009

  As a cashier I was responsible for handling money, interacting with customers, providing customer service and maintaining the store. As a cashier I was responsible for handling money, interacting with customers, providing customer service and maintaining the store.