ExperienceSharp HealthCare Foundation
Development Officer, Digital Content: July 2023–Present --Promote company events and updates by producing email newsletters to foundation donors and company stakeholders. --Write compelling content for marketing materials across website, online newsroom, newsletters and social media channels. --Host photography portrait sessions with story subjects, ensuring clear communication, met deadlines and high quality imagery. ESPN Associate Editor, College Sports: July 2019–July 2023 --Developed and executed successful ESPN+ growth strategies focused on college football recruiting, prioritizing rankings releases and national signing day coverage, raising cumulative web traffic and increasing average retention per story. --Supervised six writers, delegating daily assignments, maintaining communication in weekly meetings and delivering constructive feedback. --Managed college softball editorial budget; facilitated expert coverage and coordinated roundtables; maximized traffic and growing subscribers. --Optimized coverage on transfer portal, tracking trends and compiling KPI metrics for executive leadership, gaining raise in unique visitors. --Launched class rankings redesign to responsive format, enhancing user experience, improving app customization and streamlining workflow efficiency. ESPNW Associate Editor: June 2015–July 2019 --Devised visual-driven strategy to boost social media engagement, analyzing algorithms and integrating written online content to social media channels by designing graphics, achieving an increase of Instagram following 800% and Twitter following 149%. --Spearheaded "cool jobs in sports" project series, overseeing creation of 54 stories and coordinating with over 20 staff writers, editors and freelancers. --Authored 190 bylines, including one Magazine publication, covering viral sports moments, NCAA championships and narrative profiles, earning placement in ESPN Media Relations' Journalism Showcase. --Produced photo and video content for marketing partners and promoted live coverage of guest speakers at three ESPNW Summit events. SportsNet New York News Desk Editor: May 2015–July 2019 --Wrote SEO-friendly headlines and fact-checked news stories for eight major New York sports teams, ensuring authenticity, accuracy, detail and style. --Coached 13 staff writers, reviewing, editing, proofreading and volunteering encouraging direction to uphold SNY.tv's standards of practice. --Crafted data-oriented baseball and football content, evaluating sabermetrics and researching statistics to write analytical articles; developed maps and interactive charts to boost NFL draft coverage. Comcast SportsNet New England Editorial Intern: May 2013–Aug. 2013 --Tracked web traffic with Google Analytics and social media trends, increasing Facebook following 20%. --Edited stories surrounding the Boston Bruins' Stanley Cup run, Aaron Hernandez murder case, Celtics offseason trades and Red Sox World Series season. --Published and maintained homepage and team pages using Drupal, ensuring for SEO, clarity and accuracy. --Promoted original short-form and long-form video content, including the "Remember Reggie" documentary special, on social media. The Quinnipiac Chronicle Senior Managing Editor: April 2013–May 2014 --Facilitated training to 30 staff members, including editorial board, on editing, reporting, feature writing, interviewing, ideation, pagination, design, photography and social media. --Oversaw all editorial facets of newspaper, leading bi-weekly budget meetings for 28 print issues during the academic year and ensuring deadlines are met. --Produced the newspaper’s first special graduation issue, organizing feature stories and designing pages for distribution at Class of 2014 commencement ceremonies. --Won three first-place and two third-place awards by the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists in photography and design. --Named a national finalist and Region I winner in feature photography by the Society of Professional Journalists. --Won Best of Collegiate Design: Pinnacle Award for newspaper feature page/spread by College Media Association in its national contest. --Designed 15 of the 28 front-page covers, creating visually compelling pages in Adobe InDesign and writing factual and captivating headlines. Managing Editor: April 2012–April 2013 --Guided The Chronicle's status as New England Society of Newspaper Editors’ college newspaper of the year for the second straight year. --Won three first-place, four second-place and one honorable mention award by the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists in reporting, photography and design. --Led weekly budget meetings to organize each issue, maintaining strong communication with section editors, associate editors and staff writers. --Elevated important stories surrounding Hurricane Sandy, Superstorm Nemo and the university’s first women’s NCAA basketball tournament appearance by organizing coverage and spearheading special issues. --Edited news, opinion, arts & life and sports articles each week, mastering AP Style and delivering constructive feedback to staff writers. Sports Editor: Dec. 2011–April 2012 --Achieved one second-place award and one third-place honor by the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists in photography and writing. --Developed print sports section to include more profiles instead of recaps, leading brainstorm sessions and training eight staff writers on interviewing. --Wrote a breaking news story that national outlets (Fox Sports) and regional outlets (Hartford Courant and the New Haven Register) picked up. --Started sports blog provide comprehensive beat coverage to university’s 21 Division I sports. --Shot, edited and captioned photos for print issue and online web galleries for over 100 games. --Covered court case involving five men’s basketball players for an on-campus incident, attending legal proceedings and ensuring stories were factual. Worcester Hydra Communications Intern: May 2012–Aug. 2012 --Shot, edited and published photos from eight of the Hydra's 16 games during inaugural USL season. --Managed social media accounts during home games, promoting live coverage and maintaining online presence. --Created email newsletters with written features and profiles, cultivating strong relationships with coaches and players, and traveling with team to practices and games. The Summit Yearbook Athletics Editor: Aug. 2011–May 2013 --Served as sports editor from May 2011 to August 2013, writing articles, taking photos and designing pages on the university's 21 Division I sports. --Managed staff of three, focusing on clean and organized designs, deadlines and properly identified photos. --Marketed yearbooks to seniors by promoting portrait sessions and distributing advertisements. Also published in: CNN, Deadspin, Bleacher Report, Business Insider, New York Daily News, The Cauldron, Arizona Republic, USCHO.com, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, New England Baseball Journal, Valley News, Erie Times-News, Five-Star Basketball Honors and AwardsCNN
Top 75 Sports Moments (2014) Pro Football Hall of Fame Photo Contest Honorable Mention/Feature Photography (2014) Society of Professional Journalists: Mark of Excellence National Finalist/Feature Photography (Small Schools) (2013) Region I Winner/Feature Photography (Small Schools) (2013) College Media Association: Best of Collegiate Design First Place Pinnacle Award: Newspaper Feature Page/Spread (2013-14) New England Society of Newspaper Editors College Newspaper of the Year (2012, 2013) Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists: College Contest First Place/News Photo (2014) First Place/Feature Photo (2013, 2014) First Place/Sports News Story (2013) First Place/Layout Page 1 (2013, 2014) Second Place/General Reporting (2013) Second Place/General Column (2013) Second Place/Sports Photo (2012, 2013) Second Place/Feature Photo (2013) Third Place/Sports Photo (2014) Third Place/Feature Photo (2014) Third Place/Sports News Story (2012) Honorable Mention/Sports Photo (2013) Honorable Mention/Sports News Story (2011) Honorable Mention/Layout Non-Page 1 (2011) Who's Who Among Students Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (2014) Quinnipiac University Journalism Visual Literacy Award (2014) Fraternity & Sorority Life Cornerstone Class (2014) Outstanding Sophomore Award (2012) Dean's List (four times) Kershner Scholar (six times) |
EducationQuinnipiac University
B.A., cum laude, Journalism, Minor in Sports Studies, 2014 Lambda Pi Eta National Communication Association’s Honor Society 3.61 GPA SkillsWeb Production
Adobe Analytics, AP Style, Asana, Blackbaud/RENXT, Chartbeat, Drupal, Excel, Google Analytics, HTML, Microsoft Office, Prezi, SEO, Smartsheet, Weebly, WordPress Social Media Adobe Photoshop, Canva, Crowdtangle, Facebook, HootSuite, InDesign, Instagram, Shareablee, SocialFlow, Spredfast, Twitter Technical Proficiencies Editing, Graphic Design, Marketing, Photography, Writing |