Social Media Coordinator/Strategy, Chicago Tribune
Greater Chicago Area
Social Media Coordinator/Strategy, Chicago Tribune
Greater Chicago Area
Online strategy, editorial strategy and production, social and new media, photography, photo editing, search engine optimization, basic HTML and Web site development
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TRB; Newspapers industry)
March 2008 — Present (5 months)
- Increased number of ChicagoTribune.com page views through social media by several percent.
- Helped develop and implement SEO strategy and techniques for ChicagoTribune.com.
- Increased Chicago Tribune interactive brand presence.
- Served as an internal consultant for several other Tribune Co. brands, including RedEye, Metromix and Chicago Magazine.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
November 2007 — Present (9 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Writing and Editing industry)
August 2006 — Present (2 years)
Recent freelance work has appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, GapersBlock, North Shore Magazine, Chicago Social, UR Chicago Magazine, Concierge Preferred: Chicago, HipHopDX, Pioneer Press, NewCity Chicago, The Daily Herald, Asian-American Golf Magazine, The Daily Southtown, The Northwest Indiana Times, The Chicago Defender and on DanielHonigman.com.
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(Non-Profit; Online Media industry)
August 2007 — March 2008 (8 months)
• Covered all aspects of marketing for publication targeted to more than 75K mid- and high-level executives.
• Developed mission statement and content strategy for Marketing News online presence; substantially increased blog engagement/participation, and doubled RSS subscriber base for MN blog to 4,100 in less than seven months.
• Hired by MN before first issue of redesign; brought on to help with magazine’s new voice and new Microsoft Sharepoint-powered Web portal.
MSJ, Journalism (Medill School of Journalism), 2006 — 2007
B.A., Anthropology, 2002 — 2006
Northwestern University
Mike Royko Fellowship (Medill School of Journalism); 2006-2007
Inducted member, Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society (anthropology)