
Director of Retail Insights and Editor-at-Large at Email Experience Council
Greater New York City Area

Director of Retail Insights and Editor-at-Large at Email Experience Council
Greater New York City Area
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.
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.
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2007 — Present (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.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2006 — Present (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.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DJ; Online Media industry)
November 2004 — April 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
(Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)
January 2001 — October 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.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
November 1999 — December 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.
Master's, Journalism, 1998 — 2000
1997 — 1998
Bachelor's, English, 1993 — 1998
Email Experience Council, Inbox Insiders