Experience

Frame

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

• CPO / Lead Developer

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Greater New York City Area - Built and currently maintaining and iterating on a unique video storytelling platform with accompanying CMS and client-facing website. Utilizes React/Redux, Django, AMP HTML, Docker, AWS S3 and Postgres - Ideating and executing monthly interactive feature projects that utilize mapping tools, D3 charts, nonlinear video storytelling, and other bespoke interactive components - Writing, reporting and editing scripts for our short-form interactive documentaries



Freelance

• Freelance Developer

  • May 2018 - Present

  New York • Harmonic Gardens — Timesheet management app & invoice creation software. Made w/ Rails, AWS S3, React • Left Bank Magazine — Site rework on Wordpress with custom CSS and PHP, integrated WooCommerce and Mailchimp functionality. • Frame — Interactive features for an AMP-based digital storytelling platform. Made w/ Django, AMP, PWA service workers, PostgreSQL, Docker, AWS hosting technologies (S3, ECR, ECS)



Byte New York

• Spotify - Content Planner

  • Sep 2017 - Jan 2018

  Greater New York City Area • Established new content franchises and post frameworks for Spotify’s social channels, focusing on its U.S. market • Wrote and edited copy for social video and text posts • Collaborated with designers and animators to update Spotify’s existing media templates • Created weekly pitch decks to track progress against monthly dark/organic engagement goals



Mic

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Staff Writer

  • Sep 2016 - Aug 2017

  New York • Writing a variety of trending, feature and profile pieces, highlighting activists and artists — De La Soul, Tom Morello, Santigold, Patrisse Cullors, Big Sean, Pusha T, John Legend • Collaborating with producers and editors to create original interview-based video content with artists such as Towkio, Raleigh Ritchie and Sonny & the Sunsets

• Staff Writer / Editor

  • Oct 2014 - Sep 2016

  Greater New York City Area • Managed a team of freelancers and staff writers dedicated to building Mic’s presence in music media • Published three to five stories daily, bringing in a consistent 1.3 million unique readers a month • Expanded the Music section into the site’s third largest traffic source, behind News and Identities



New York University

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teacher’s Assistant

  • Jan 2014 - Aug 2014

  Greater New York City Area • Oversaw peer reviews and creative workshops for 2 undergraduate journalism classes: “On the Road in New York City” and “The Personal Essay” • Critiqued and graded student articles/essays and performed administrative functions.



Write for the Future

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

• Associate Director

  • Feb 2013 - Aug 2014

  New York, NY • Managed a team of six associates and two coaches, delegating assignments, research and administrative tasks • Discussed how to hack the college admissions process in a 5-article series, wrote additional copy for the website and newsletter • Instructed students in expository and creative writing techniques, one-on-one and in small groups • Researched and organized the director’s forthcoming political science and education policy books



Miracle Music Inc.

• Marketing Manager

  • May 2012 - Jul 2012

  New York City • Designed engaging text and visual posts for the label's Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr • Arranged film and television licensing deals for the label's catalog, promoting the music through independent music libraries • Contacted U.S. and U.K. universities to book songwriting and music business lectures for the director • Drew up pitches for up television pilots and organized the initial production aspects



Columbia Records

• Music
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Creative Agency Intern

  • Jan 2012 - Jun 2012

  Greater New York City Area • Devised marketing strategies for the label’s artists focused on promoting consumer interactivity • Wrote pitch decks to help establish partnerships between Columbia artists and luxury brands



Memsparx

• Editor

  • May 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Managed the content flow for the site’s Entertainment section, writing articles and editing contributor submissions. • Devised marketing strategies to extend the platform's reach and solidify the brand's identity on Facebook and Twitter