Central Editor

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• Direct editorial strategy, execution, and content quality for the largest commercial real estate (CRE) markets in the Central U.S., focusing on Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and national-scope features.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of regional reporters across a vast geographic footprint.

• Orchestrate the production and syndication of executive-level newsletters, delivering business-critical market intelligence to thousands of industry professionals.

• Cultivate strategic relationships with key industry stakeholders to secure exclusive, best-in-class coverage with greater velocity and depth than primary competitors.

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Multiple Editorial Positions

Senior Lead Editor - Hunker

April 2024 - Present

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• Spearhead daily operations and content strategy across all news and feature verticals for a premier digital home and garden publication reaching ~1M unique monthly visitors.

• Manage, mentor, and develop a multi-disciplinary staff of 18 direct reports, significantly improving cross-functional workflow.

• Accelerated brand content output by 12.2% within a single month, triggering a 64% surge in traffic and achieving a record-breaking 1.34M user sessions.

• Enforce stringent editorial standards as final approval authority for a weekly cadence of approximately 25 news and feature pieces.

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Senior Lead  News Editor - House Digest

March 2023 - April 2024

• Engineered the turnaround of House Digest into Static Media’s largest, most profitable publication, capturing over 12M unique monthly visitors and driving massive YoY growth: +576% site sessions, +346% users, and +322% page views.

• Recruited and led a global newsroom of over 160 editors and writers spanning 16 time zones, maintaining a publication cadence of 340+ articles per week.

• Monetized new corporate relationships to expand revenue streams, securing long-term paid partnerships with prominent national retailers and manufacturers.

• Modernized the enterprise-wide training library, standardizing journalistic best practices across 25 imprints for more than 620 employees and contractors.

• Directed on-site editorial strategy for high-profile international events and trade shows, including CES, IFA Berlin, Super Bowl LVIII, and the Grammy Awards.

• Championed professional development initiatives, successfully preparing 27 internal team members for upward mobility and promotion.

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Editor - Tasting Table, Grunge

May 2022 - March 2023

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• Served as final line editor for 300+ news stories weekly across two global imprints with a combined audience of 15M unique monthly visitors, ensuring strict adherence to AP Style.

• Stepped up as Interim Senior Lead News Editor for Grunge.com, ensuring seamless operational continuity and publication scheduling during leadership transitions.

• Coached and mentored emerging writers across multiple verticals (travel, outdoor, culinary), providing actionable feedback to elevate journalistic quality.