Experience

Diversion Audio

• United States
• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Digitial and Social Strategy

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  Leading strategic planning and content development across social and digital platforms with an eye for creating engaging and innovative content to grow our audience. Following podcasting and media marketing trends to find opportunities that align with our specific goals. Managing, editing, and scheduling of all posts for all social platforms. Creating all social and digital marketing content including copy and graphics. Measuring, testing, and reporting on social strategies. Ensuring all social and digital marketing content is in line with our brand voice and values. Monitoring trends in social media tools, applications, design, and strategy. I'm also responsible for locating, procuring, and managing internal and external audio and assets. Pitching, researching, and fact checking. Writing show notes and metadata, and more.



The Ten News (Podcast)

• Head of Audience Development

  • Nov 2020 - Jun 2021

  Implementing strategies to drive organic and paid audience growth of The Ten News across all platforms. Conducting research around content and guests that lends to further audience development. Building a social media voice and strategy for The Ten News. Creating and writing a biweekly newsletter that goes out to all subscribers. Drafting marketing copy and assets for numerous guests and partners across social platforms, as well as SEO and metadata writing. Following SEO best practices to reach target audiences. Working collaboratively with other departments, including editorial, production, and design, to produce high quality projects, and to better understand our target audience. Producing reports pertaining to organic audience development. Following podcasting and media marketing trends to obtain a deeper knowledge of the industry and find opportunities that align with our specific goals. Using analytics tools to measure the effectiveness of strategies.

• Lead Writer/Social Media Strategist/Copy Writer/Segment Researcher/Fact Checker

  • Apr 2020 - Nov 2020

  Writing scripted segments geared toward kids ages 8-12, including current events, social justice, sports, science, gaming, pop culture, and more. Additionally, I research and source stories to cover daily, and fact check every episode before publication across all podcast platforms.Distributed by iHeartRadio, The Ten News podcast publishes every Tuesday and Thursday, and explores topics kids care about. Episodes highlight stories from kids who are driving positive change around the world. From the Black Lives Matter Movement to the impact of COVID-19 on the climate, The Ten News breaks down complex topics and makes them accessible to kids.



Rolling Stone

• Greater New York City Area

• Contributor

  • Aug 2016 - Mar 2020

  Writing and pitching features for the Culture section of RollingStone.com Writing and pitching features for the Culture section of RollingStone.com



Content IQ by Perion

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Writer

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2019

  Writing multiple daily shareable features covering an array of trending topics, as well as social media packaging for Facebook and Twitter. Leading editorial team workshops. Writing multiple daily shareable features covering an array of trending topics, as well as social media packaging for Facebook and Twitter. Leading editorial team workshops.



McSweeney's Internet Tendency

• San Francisco Bay Area

• Freelance Humor Writer

  • Sep 2015 - Oct 2019

  Writing humor pieces and lists Writing humor pieces and lists



The Hard Times

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contributing Writer

  • Aug 2015 - Oct 2018

  Pitching headlines, writing satirical punk news articles. As well as contributing additional jokes. Pitching headlines, writing satirical punk news articles. As well as contributing additional jokes.



Reductress

• Greater New York City Area

• Contributing Writer

  • Dec 2014 - Aug 2018

  Pitching headlines, writing satirical lists and articles. Pitching headlines, writing satirical lists and articles.



Ranker

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Features Writer

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Writing features covering an array of topics such as TV, movies, music, nostalgia and pop culture. Writing features covering an array of topics such as TV, movies, music, nostalgia and pop culture.



Elite Daily

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contributing Writer

  • Dec 2015 - Aug 2016

  Writing pop culture related features. Writing pop culture related features.



Uproxx

• Greater New York City Area

• Contributing Writer

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2016

  Writing pop culture oriented and comedic articles. Writing pop culture oriented and comedic articles.



The New School Free Press

• New York, New York

• Writer/editor

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

  Opinion Deputy Editor Opinion Deputy Editor



Cleveland Free Times

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editorial Intern

  • Aug 2006 - Dec 2006

  Wrote music reviews, band bios, calendar events, and conducted interviews with national and local musicians. Wrote music reviews, band bios, calendar events, and conducted interviews with national and local musicians.