Resume

GQ: Copywriter and GQ.com Contributor (2008-2010)

  • Write online features, Q&A’s, slideshows, and more for the sports, style, food and travel, and entertainment sections of the magazine’s Web site
  • Write, edit, and copyedit in-book promotional pages and advertorial special sections
  • Develop and write branding materials, sales books, advertorial proposals, GQ invites, promotional Web sites (GQ Connects, The Gentlemen’s Fund), marketing collateral, M2M newsletter, and in-book public service announcements

Freelance: Writer and Copywriter (2008-2010)

  • Write editorial features and blog posts for such titles as The New York Observer, GQ.com, The Cooperator, and more
  • Write copy for ad units running on such sites as Glamour.com, Wired.com, and GQ.com

Uncle Magazine: Co-Founder and Editor (2008-2009)

  • Established Uncle, a Brooklyn-based humor and culture magazine aimed at promoting the creative and experimental works of emerging writers and artists
  • Edit and copyedit the print and online versions of the magazine
  • Contribute short humor pieces to the Web site and longer feature articles for the print version

The Jewish Advocate: Editor and Staff Writer (2007-2008)

  • As editor, manage team of staff writers, columnists, and freelancers in deadline-oriented, fast-paced newsroom
  • Generate, research, and write hard news and feature stories for the weekly newspaper
  • Edit, organize, and lay out copy for front page, news, and editorial section
  • Write weekly editorials
  • As a reporter and staff writer, cultivate and interview sources from the religious, political, and business spheres in Boston, Israel, and beyond
  • Write news, feature, trend, art, and sports stories; published more than 200 articles

NOW on PBS with David Brancaccio: Administrative and Production Assistant (2006)

  • Coordinate with host, David Brancaccio, anchoring duties and production schedule
  • Research and fact-check production stories and interviews

The West Orange Chronicle: Staff Writer (2005)

  • Write feature and news stories ranging from politics and education to business, transportation, and civic affairs; published 50 stories

The Pants Report: Co-Founder and Editor (2003-2006)

  • Write, solicit, and edit articles for original print and online humor magazine

The Paris Review: Editorial Assistant (2004)

  • Read manuscripts, proofread, and fact-check
  • Transfer “Writers-at-Work” interview series onto the quarterly’s Web Site for The DNA of Literature project

EDUCATION:

Washington University in St. Louis

  • Bachelor of Arts, with Honors (Graduated in May 2005)
  • Major: African and Afro-American Studies
  • Minor: Writing
  • Concentration: Natural Sciences
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