Experience

Kevin Anderson & Associates

• United States
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ghostwriter

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Contracted author assisting clients with writing their memoirs to completion and taking their manuscript to market. Areas of expertise include celebrity memoirs, human interest, crime, self-improvement and humor. Contracted author assisting clients with writing their memoirs to completion and taking their manuscript to market. Areas of expertise include celebrity memoirs, human interest, crime, self-improvement and humor.



Freelance

• New York, New York, United States

• Writer/Editor/Digital Content Creator

  • May 2022 - Present

  Freelance print and digital writer, editor and content creator, with additional experience in copywriting, screenwriting, and ghostwriting. Areas of expertise include entertainment and celebrity news, sex & health, food & travel, parenting, and the outdoors. Raised internationally in Brussels and Tokyo, currently based between Brooklyn and the Catskills, NY. WWW.GILLIANTELLINGSTORIES.COM Freelance print and digital writer, editor and content creator, with additional experience in copywriting, screenwriting, and ghostwriting. Areas of expertise include entertainment and celebrity news, sex & health, food & travel, parenting, and the outdoors. Raised internationally in Brussels and Tokyo, currently based between Brooklyn and the Catskills, NY. WWW.GILLIANTELLINGSTORIES.COM



Us Weekly

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

• Deputy Features Editor

  • Jun 2021 - May 2022

  Front-of-book and features writer for Us Weekly. Book of 25 Things You Don't Know About Me and Day in the Life. Pitch and write special features, write select cover stories. Select and write all Hot Pics. Contributing writer to OK! Front-of-book and features writer for Us Weekly. Book of 25 Things You Don't Know About Me and Day in the Life. Pitch and write special features, write select cover stories. Select and write all Hot Pics. Contributing writer to OK!



PEOPLE Magazine | PEOPLE.com

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Editor

  • Sep 2013 - Jul 2021

• Writer/Editor Music and TV

  • Sep 2013 - 2015



Entertainment Weekly

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

• Senior Editor, TV

  • Mar 2015 - Mar 2016

  Senior editor for TV features, TV news, and special packages. Senior editor for TV features, TV news, and special packages.



J. Walter Thompson Worldwide

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Branded Content Editor

  • Feb 2013 - Apr 2013

  Conceptualize and execute branded editorial content for Rolex Conceptualize and execute branded editorial content for Rolex



Budget Travel LLC

• Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor in Chief

  • Sep 2012 - Feb 2013

  Oversaw editorial content for a bi-monthly travel and lifestyle magazine with 675,000 subscribers — conceptualizing each issue, assigning all stories, choosing the photos and overseeing the layouts, editing features, top-editing the entire magazine, and managing a full time editorial staff of eight. Oversaw editorial content for a bi-monthly travel and lifestyle magazine with 675,000 subscribers — conceptualizing each issue, assigning all stories, choosing the photos and overseeing the layouts, editing features, top-editing the entire magazine, and managing a full time editorial staff of eight.



Freelance Writer/Editor/Author

• New York City

• Freelance writer and editor

  • May 2010 - Sep 2011

  Consulting editor for Star Magazine, Bloomingdale’s (both copy writing and working on content for catalogs and print campaigns), Lucky Magazine, Jetsetter.com, Robb Report.com. Contributed articles to publications and websites such as Women’s Health, Cosmopolitan, Maxim, Manhattan, Hemispheres, Babble.com, Yahoo.com, and many more. Author of Dirty Girls, The Naked Truth About Our Guilty Secrets (Unpretty, Unclean, and Utterly Horrifying) (Sourcebooks, November 2010) Now in development at ABC. Show less



Dirty Girls: The Naked Truth About Our Guilty Secrets

• Author

  • 2010 - 2010



Modern Luxury

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Editor in Chief, Front Desk New York

  • 2007 - 2010

  Editor of Front Desk New York, a luxury bi-monthly magazine published by Modern Luxury that was distributed at four and five-star hotels in New York City. Oversaw all aspects of editorial content, from conceptualizing each issue, assigning all stories, writing, editing, setting up photo shoots and managing a regular staff of freelance writers, photographers and interns. Editor of Front Desk New York, a luxury bi-monthly magazine published by Modern Luxury that was distributed at four and five-star hotels in New York City. Oversaw all aspects of editorial content, from conceptualizing each issue, assigning all stories, writing, editing, setting up photo shoots and managing a regular staff of freelance writers, photographers and interns.



Condé Nast

• United States
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Editor, Details

  • May 2005 - May 2007

  Pitched and wrote for front of the book sections of the magazine including music reviews, lifestyle items, fashion captions and short features for the Dossier section. Pitched and wrote for front of the book sections of the magazine including music reviews, lifestyle items, fashion captions and short features for the Dossier section.



Rolling Stone

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Editorial Staff, Rolling Stone

  • May 2003 - May 2005

  Wrote regular articles about emerging artists for the New Faces section, interviewed celebrities for the Q&A sections, wrote and edited the Charts page.Assisted feature writers with research, locating sources, and doing secondary interviews. Helped conceive, launch and write a new Mixed Media pop culture section. Wrote regular articles about emerging artists for the New Faces section, interviewed celebrities for the Q&A sections, wrote and edited the Charts page.Assisted feature writers with research, locating sources, and doing secondary interviews. Helped conceive, launch and write a new Mixed Media pop culture section.



Atlantic Records

• Musicians
• 700 & Above Employee

• Public Relations Assistant

  • Jan 2003 - May 2003

  Assisted the PR department Assisted the PR department



Rockstar Games

• United States
• Computer Games
• 700 & Above Employee

• Creative Assistant

  • 2001 - 2003

  Creative and personal assistant to Dan Houser at Rockstar Games, writing voice scripts for video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Midnight Club 2. Contributing voiceover artist for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2001-2003) and Midnight Club 2 Creative and personal assistant to Dan Houser at Rockstar Games, writing voice scripts for video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Midnight Club 2. Contributing voiceover artist for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2001-2003) and Midnight Club 2