Self-Employed

Penguin Books; Esquire Classics; Esquire Big Black Book; Inc. Magazine; WWD; Fast Company; Glamour; Cosmopolitan; Nerve; Saks Fifth Avenue (advertising department); Leopard Films (television production); Hearst International; Runner’s World; Legends Magazine; Bucks Magazine; Philadelphia City Paper

Editor and Writer at large

Huckberry; Nothing Design Studio; Widgets & Stone; Zillion; Scout

Copywriter at large

Legacybox

Wrote more than a dozen radio and television ads, as well as copy for digital campaigns, direct-mail pieces, and promotional e-mails—averaging a return on ad spend of 413 percent.

Head Writer

Bellhops

• Wrote all customer-facing copy, including the website, order flow, transactional e-mails, promotional e-mails, digital campaigns, and out-of-home advertising. This contributed to revenue growth of 534 percent while prices increased 25 percent.
• Oversaw a team that included a videographer and a junior writer.

Copy Chief

Esquire magazine

• Copyedited essays, fiction, and front-of-the-book material for monthly award-winning general-interest magazine.
• Managed work flow between editorial, copy, research, photo, and production departments, ensuring deadlines were met and copy was accurate.
• Served as senior copy editor for three issues.

Copy editor

Conde Nast

• Copyedited fashion and business news for national daily trade newspaper. 
• Wrote headlines and adjusted layouts. 
• Oversaw copy for ancillary publications such as Beauty Biz, Collections, and Menswear magazines.

Women's Wear Daily

• Copyedited and HTML coded fashion and business news for fashion and culture Web site. 
• Managed and oversaw all copy for Style.com/Print and Menswear magazines.

Style.com

Hearst Magazines

• Copyedited and fact-checked fashion, health, and personal-finance articles for weekly women’s magazine.

Quick & Simple

Bauer Publishing

• Copyedited weekly celebrity news and fashion magazine. 
• Ran the copy department for six issues

Life & Style

Making it up as I go, and it's worked out pretty well so far.

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