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Named Staffer of the Month in May of 2020 and November of 2021 meeting deadlines on multiple deliverables per shift by designing 7-9 sports content sections for an approximate total of 25 pages, proofreading pages for colleagues and catch mistakes in last-minute situations to help ensure timely page flow so that press runs remain on schedule throughout company
Collaborate with team leader and colleagues mid-shift to peer review work in progress and rewrite web headlines to fit print layout

Sports Page Designer

Catchafire

Assist nonprofits with mission critical projects to advance their mission and goals
Contributed approximately $4,828 of impact through 1 engagement with nonprofit organizations

Volunteer

The Sports Daily

Wrote multiple paid NFL articles per day, including reactions to viral content. Wrote and published list-article recaps on Sunday night during the season. Worded titles and leads for maximum SEO. Selected Getty Images photos to accompany articles.

Associate Editor

The Journal News

Presented daily sports section cover design proposals to multiple levels of supervisors. Periodically worked in supervisory role, dividing tasks among team members and revising plans for breaking news when necessary
Merged with news and features desks to form “universal desk,” where duties were shared across teams to balance workloads

The Newport Daily News

Designed and edited sports section and managed staff of three content writers and coordinated coverage of community, school and college sports
Worked with advertising team on annual football preview issue, pairing editorial and advertising content to maximize value for customers

Sports Editor

Kaggle-winning data scientist proficient in Python, SQL, machine learning and data visualization.

Also an award-winning writer who used to write and edit about events that happened in the past and used data to support my words.

Now I predict the future, and use words to support my data, like how many fantasy points will a player score in a game or when will customers make their next purchase?

Never stop learning!

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