Freelance Writer

(March 2017- present)

Published in Square, amNewYork, Newsday, iBorrow, USA Today, Inside Lacrosse, Common Energy, Curbed and more

Families For Excellent Schools
Organizing Director ​

(Dec. 2015-April 2017)

Managed a team of eight political organizers, who each cultivated a base of parent leaders to take political action
Wrote parent leader speeches for press conferences and drafted quotes for press releases
Created and wrote flyers, pamphlets, and blog posts on education policy to recruit more than 100 parent volunteers
Developed training content and ran weekly learning and development session for 20 New York Staffers, and ran monthly parent trainings for 40 volunteers.

360 Campaign Consulting
Director of Operations

​(May 2015-Dec. 2015)

Project Manager ​

(Sept. 2014- May 2015)

Managed a staff of five to execute projects on behalf of our clients, directly reported to CEO
Created company website and drafted all content for the website, added SEO. Created and managed all company social media channels.
Pitched and recruited multiple new clients through data and anecdotal driven presentations
Managed all pilot programs, created materials, project goals, managed deadlines, and then drove execution in the field

Grassroots Campaigns
Canvass Director​

(March 2013- Aug. 2014)

Asst. Director

(Dec. 2012 -Aug. 2013)

Managed and ran the top-grossing fundraising office three seasons in a row, grossing $800,000
Recruited a team of 70 canvassers, motivated and trained them to hit fundraising goals
Broke the single-office, all-time recruitment call goal and most canvassers hired in a summer for Grassroots Campaigns
Recruited, managed and trained 17 full-time assistant directors to partner with me to grow our canvass office

Business Insider
Staff Writer

​(Aug. 2011- Dec. 2012)

Wrote, reported and produced seven posts and three multimedia slideshows a day.
Drove more than 1 million page views to a single post from my interview with photographer Adrian Frisk
Managed the Business Insider “The Life” Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest Social Media feeds
Collaborated with video team to create content to drive pageviews to The Life vertical
Edited five stories a day from other staff writers, and freelance contributors, posted content on CRM, selected photos for each story, and added SEO

The Newark Star-Ledger
Staff Writer ​

(May 2006-Aug. 2006, May 2010-Aug. 2011)

Reporter on the breaking news desk covering local government, education, local business
Had 21 front-page stories
Posted content to Wordpress, made all content SEO-friendly
Led the training team that taught other reporters how to use Twitter in their roles