
Digital content team leader and problem solver
Greater New York City Area

Digital content team leader and problem solver
Greater New York City Area
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Retail industry)
January 2002 — September 2008 (6 years 9 months)
Volunteer role for world-famous fan web site.
Large-scale online community development, content creation and editing, event planning and organization. Manage user interaction, design and content redevelopments.
Awards:
#6 of Entertainment Weekly's Top 25 fan websites of 2008
AMCtv.com "Web Site of the Week," June 2008
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
November 2007 — September 2008 (11 months)
Managed multimedia endeavors in 150-person newsroom.
Oversaw production of interactive presentations; video and podcasts; content enhancement with photo galleries, graphics and documents.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
March 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 9 months)
Led four-person team dedicated to relaunch of NorthJersey.com, which met its targeted three-month deadline.
Breaking news and home page editor.
Shot, edited and published video and audio on deadline.
Developed and enforced stylebook, HTML and CSS standards.
Supervised work of three web producers.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
January 2002 — March 2006 (4 years 3 months)
Published daily and breaking news content to NorthJersey.com
Oversaw management of home page and special sections.
Supervised work of three web producers.
Responsible for scheduling staff and delegation of projects.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
1996 — 2002 (6 years)
Formatted and published newspaper content.
Manually wrote HTML and managed web site using Perl scripts and UltraEdit and FTP.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
1996 — 1999 (3 years)
Wrote weekly column focusing on music events in North Jersey and New York City.
Wrote feature pieces on music artists appearing in the metropolitan area.
BA, English Literature, Creative Writing, 1992 — 1999
Personal: geek pursuits, music, television, photography, theater management, travel Professional: online journalism, reader experience, design, usability, multimedia, team building