Résumé

Page

Homepage Editor/Producer at MSN.com (9/2012 to 7/2013; 3/2016-current)

  • General oversight of MSN.com homepage stories, headlines, breaking news and art direction.
  • Editing and selecting stories from news, sports, finance, entertainment, lifestyle and travel.
  • Utilizing Chartbeat and Omniture metrics to optimize homepage CTR and page views.
  • Working dedicated social media shifts, including posting and finding emerging news.
  • Crafting and editing Bing Answers for user-based searches for trending story results.

Adjunct Professor at Hofstra University (1/2008 to 5/2009; 1/2015-current)

  • Teaching advanced news writing, sports writing and social media classes.
  • Helping develop and advance new-media curriculum, including social sports journalism class.

Senior NFL Editor/Writer at FOXsports.com  (7/2013 to 2/2016)

  • Managed all NFL content, including planning assigning, and execution of digital strategy.
  • Revamped “NFL on FOX” page’s Facebook strategy, increasing page likes from 200k to 1.3M.
  • Increased NFL section traffic by 20 percent from first to second year of management.
  • Hired and managed staff of up to 20 full-time and freelance writers and editors.
  • Wrote and edited stories, while monitoring trending topics and social media.
  • Worked with sales department on content strategy campaigns and initiatives.
  • Promoted from homepage editor to manage NFL editors, writers and content in 7/2014.

Associate Sports Editor at The Daily (11/2010 to 8/2012)

  • Part of an innovative venture to produce a national daily newspaper/magazine on tablets.
  • Served as deputy to managing sports editor, overseeing day-to-day section planning,Managed editor and writer assignments as well as art and design direction for section.
  • Helped develop several one-off apps for NFL season preview, Super Bowl and college football.

Online Editor at New York Daily News (7/2007 to 11/2010)

  • Brought Daily News website into award-winning era by leading integration of online/print staffs.
  • Launched series of blogs and social media accounts for staff of 25 sports writers.
  • Coordinated, produced and founded live-event coverage with blogs and chats.
  • Online sports section was selected as top 10 by the Associated Press Sports Editors in 2009-10.

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND AWARDS

  • Hofstra University: Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, 2002 to 2006
  • Fluent in Polish.
  • iMentor and NY Cares volunteer.
  • Selected for Jim Murray Sports Journalism workshop in 2004.
  • SEO, content management systems, tablet and mobile platforms, Photoshop, and Final Cut Pro.
  • Newsroom management, viral content, long-range content strategy planning.

Leave a comment