Manager Content

Web and print content provider and manager

FREELANCE EDITOR AND WRITER May 2009-present

- Currently acting as writer and copyeditor working on collateral publications for the Louis Armstrong House Museum.

- Interviewed famed New York City chefs and restaurateurs, and wrote profiles for quarterly dining column in Promenade Magazine.

- Wrote multiple articles for the New York Metro Parents magazine group (including Big Apple Parent, Brooklyn Parent and Queens Parent among a group of 8 publications).

- Served as writer and copy editor for the non-profit organization, Women In Need’s, website redesign. Women In Need helps women and families in crisis with temporary and supportive housing. (women-in-need.org)

CITY GUIDE MAGAZINE, Davler Media Mar. 2008-May 2009

Editor; cityguide.ny.com

Supervised production and provided editorial content for New York City’s top travel and tourism magazine (weekly distribution 80,000). Managed and produced content on City Guide’s companion site cityguideny.com. Increased unique visits to the site by 70 percent using SEO optimization and strategic content.

MASTERPLANNER, BizBash Sept. 2007-Mar. 2008

New York Editor; masterplanneronline.com

Researched, wrote and edited event listings for masterplanneronline.com. Project managed web site redesign for site, launched March 2008.

FLIRT March 1999-Aug 2006

Content Manager/Senior Editor; flirt.com

Senior editor and writer for popular dating and social networking site. Supervised a staff of five writers and programmers, assigned articles, and managed production schedule.

ECHO COMMUNICATIONS 1999-present

Content Consultant

Established a consultancy in partnership with other content providers, web syndication firms, as well as commercial, social-networking and non-profit websites.

• May 2005-August 2006/Intranet Web Producer, ALLIANCE BERNSTEIN. Set up intranet sites for technology division of $742 billion dollar publicly traded global asset management firm.

• February-April 2006/Information Architect/Writer, WHOLE HEALTH, wholehealth.com. Collaborated with web developers, designers and marketing researchers to develop a portal for an enterprise health insurance company.

• October and November 2005/Copy Writer and Content Consultant, PNC BANK (pncbank.com).

• 1999-2000/ Researcher/Editor/Writer, STUDIO ONE NETWORKS. Researching, editing and writing copy for several sites distributed by a first-run internet syndication company. Properties included: driving_today.com, gamers_today.com, yourbabytoday.com.

• 1999/ Editor/Writer/Researcher, RIPTIDE INTERACTIVE AGENCY Copyedited, researched, and wrote copy for the VISA Corporation’s merchant website (visabrc.com). Wrote and edited copy for Ionex Telecommunications and for the Performance Zone's properties.

• Author of multiple articles in Promenade magazine, all eight of New York Metro Parents’ magazines, ArtNews, Publisher’s Weekly, The Journal of Art, City Guide, Drugstore News, and Retail Clinician.

• Co-Author with former NYPD Commissioner, Howard Safir, Security: Inside Tactics of the NYPD, St. Martin’s Press, 2004.

ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS Dec. 1996-Jan. 1999

Copywriter and Editor; allianceforthearts.org

Wrote, edited, and managed the production and distribution for a popular tourist guide the NY Culture Calendar sponsored by New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs, Time Warner, American Express and the NYCVB (New York Convention and Visitor’s Bureau). Edited and managed web content for several websites, including AOL’s Digital City and the Alliance for the Arts’ website.

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Mar. 1994-Dec. 1996

Department of Paintings and Sculpture, Acquisitions and Publications Associate

Writer/Editor for "Manual to Acquisitions: Department of Painting and Sculpture" (1995) and "PASITMoMA (Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art)" (1996). Organized monthly acquisition meetings for the department.

CLARKSON POTTER PUBLISHERS, RANDOM HOUSE, INC. Nov. 1992-Mar. 1994

Assistant Editor

Worked primarily on Martha Stewart’s books and other four-color lifestyle books. Was actively engaged in every aspect of book publishing: Liaised between authors and editors, Sub-Rights, Marketing, Sales, and Publicity departments; trafficked manuscripts; wrote jacket and catalog copy; organized and researched images; drafted contracts and prepared profit-and-loss statements.

Education

New York University, BA, Art History; Hunter College, MA, Art History

Computer Skills

HTML, multiple Content Management Systems (Vignette, Drupal, Joomla, Kintera, etc.). Microsoft Office and Project, Raiser’s Edge, Adobe Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, InDesign, Quark, Dreamweaver. LexisNexis.

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