Content Director

Jason Blue

Chicago, IL

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A seasoned content director with 10+ years of professional experience working in media, who is a creative problem solver that can both manage a team and work alone in order to regularly meet tight deadlines.
Education
- Bachelor of Arts Graphic Design
  
  Hampton University
Experience
- Director of Content
  
  Newspaper Media Group
  
  Pennsauken, NJ
  
  * Utilized full creative control to produce weekly issues of The Sun Newspapers, The Star and Gloucester City News. * Presided over production and collaborated with writers and editors to ensure that deadlines were met and high quality maintained. * Provided assistance with creation of house ads, banners, etc.
- Copy Editor/Layout Designer
  
  The South Jersey Times
  
  Woodbury, NJ
  
  * Worked with other editors in design and layout. * Created attention-getting headlines. * Aggregated online news stories for online web posts.
- Merchandise Customer Assistant
  
  Sears
  
  Moorestown, NJ
  
  * Organized and replenished inventory with efficiency. * Assisted team members with transactions, stocking and customer service.
- Director of Web Production
  
  Pensions & Investments
  
  Chicago, IL
  
  2021 - 2024 (3 years)
  
  ● Prepared and posted 15-25 stories a day to the company website using Woodwing and Drupal.
  ● Optimized content by A/B testing headlines, selecting pertinent story art and affixing modernized
  taxonomy.
  ● Composed several online digests, including three daily email newsletters and up to four daily
  breaking news email blasts utilizing Sailthru.
  ● Monitored web metrics using Chartbeat to analyze and boost page views, with average site traffic increasing 40 percent since 2023.
Industries
- Entertainment
- Publishing
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