Chad White

Chad White

Director of Retail Insights and Editor-at-Large at Email Experience Council

Greater New York City Area

Current
  • Director of Retail Insights and Editor-at-Large at The Direct Marketing Association's Email Experience Council
  • Founder at The Retail Email Blog
Past
  • Assistant News Editor at Dow Jones & Co.
  • Managing Editor, Executive Technology Magazine at Fairchild Publications (Condé Nast)
  • Associate Editor/Production Assistant at Technology Investor Magazine
Education
  • New York University
  • University of East Anglia
  • Texas A&M University
Connections
94 connections
Industry
Marketing and Advertising
Websites

Chad White’s Summary

Trained journalist experienced in performing research, writing and editing articles and reports, and managing and publishing blogs. Content expertise includes online retail, marketing, technology and financial.

Chad White’s Specialties:

I have performed research on the following areas of retail email marketing: subscription practices, welcome emails, unsubscribe practices, holiday marketing, rendering, send-to-a-friend and refer-a-friend programs, animated gifs, email frequency, seasonal trends, subject lines, and product reviews, among other topics.


Chad White’s Experience

  • Director of Retail Insights and Editor-at-Large

    The Direct Marketing Association's Email Experience Council

    (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    January 2007Present (1 year 10 months)

    In this role, I generate original research reports on retailers’ email marketing practices, write Email Insider columns for MediaPost, manage the eec's Email Experience Blog, speak at conferences, and participate in webinars, among other duties.

  • Founder

    The Retail Email Blog

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    February 2006Present (2 years 9 months)

    RetailEmail.Blogspot is the only blog dedicated to tracking the email marketing campaigns of the largest online retailers. As the strategic retail partner of the Email Experience Council, I track retailers’ activities to reveal best practices and trends that are helpful to others in the industry who are looking for ideas, insight and guidance in executing their own campaigns.

  • Assistant News Editor

    Dow Jones & Co.

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DJ; Online Media industry)

    November 2004April 2007 (2 years 6 months)

    Headed up multiple email newsletters, including:
    * LBO Wire, a daily publication about leveraged buyouts
    * Corporate Governance, a bi-monthly publication about the governance of publicly traded companies
    * Insights, a monthly publication about information security, outsourcing and supply chain issues, and Dow Jones' first custom newsletter
    * Online Retail Report, a weekly publication about online retailing and Dow Jones’ first non-financial newsletter

    Assisted on several other email newsletters and monthly print publications, including:
    * The Private Equity Analyst, a monthly print publication about private equity
    * VentureWire, a daily email newsletter about venture capital
    * Venture Capital Analyst: Technology, a monthly print publication about venture capital investments in the technology field

  • Managing Editor, Executive Technology Magazine

    Fairchild Publications (Condé Nast)

    (Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)

    January 2001October 2004 (3 years 10 months)

    While at the monthly retail technology and strategy trade magazine, I managed three writers and two art staffers, performing first edits on all copy, writing many of the headlines and captions, and coordinating and helping select art and design layouts. I also managed the daily and monthly Web content, and wrote features and news stories on a range of retail IT issues and solutions.

  • Associate Editor/Production Assistant

    Technology Investor Magazine

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

    November 1999December 2000 (1 year 2 months)

    In this role, I held copy chief responsibilities, edited stories to space and assisted in art and design selection. I also researched, reported and wrote features on investment issues and on computer, networking and medical technologies.


Chad White’s Education

  • New York University

    Master's, Journalism, 19982000

  • University of East Anglia

    19971998

  • Texas A&M University

    Bachelor's, English, 19931998


Additional Information

Chad White’s Websites:

Chad White’s Groups:

Email Experience Council, Inbox Insiders

  •    Email Experience Council

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