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Freelance Journalist & Content Strategist
Jun 2002 - Present (22 years 3 months)
Currently consulting for Loews Hotels & Resorts on blog content management and copywriting.
Celebrity profiles and interviews published in WSJ. Magazine, Interview, Ocean Drive, FHM, and SUNDAY. Travel features published by Jetsetter, Forbes Travel Guide, Qantas Travel Insider, Cathay Pacific Discovery, The Sunday Telegraph.
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Director of Content Strategy
New York, NY
Aug 2013 - Apr 2016 (2 years 8 months)
Oversight of content strategy and all content production for consumer-facing and internal communications of Loews Hotels & Resorts, including the brand desktop and mobile websites, mobile app, print and digital advertising, email communications, on- property collateral, distribution channels, Loews Magazine, the Loews blog and brand/property social media. Responsible for copy and photo content of all formats, and collaborated with partner agencies on copywriting, tag lines, SEO and UX.
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Contributing Editor
HotelChatter & Jaunted
New York, NY
Aug 2009 - Jul 2015 (5 years 11 months)
Wrote SEO-friendly content on new hotels and travel trends for these top-ranking Conde Nast Digital websites. Was a daily writer from 2010-2011.
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Managing Editor
Miami Beach, FL
Aug 2012 - Aug 2013 (1 year)
Directed content strategy for new cruise travel website owned by LVMH, including production of 750 pages of content and 60 destination videos. Assigned and edited all copy, managed SEO copywriting and oversaw roll-out of brand voice across all channels.
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Project Editor
Miami Beach, FL
Feb 2012 - Aug 2012 (6 months)
Project editor—editing, proofreading, writing—for Onboard Media's client publications. Clients included Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises and Caesar's Entertainment.
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Pets Columnist
May 2010 - Oct 2011 (1 year 5 months)
Weekly columnist on distinctive pets and their owners living in New York City.
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Senior Editor
New York, NY
Sep 2006 - Apr 2010 (3 years 7 months)
Edited front-of-book sections for AKC's Family Dog and AKC Gazette magazines.
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Editor, ACP Publishing
New York bureau
United States
Jul 2003 - Mar 2005 (1 year 8 months)
NY editor for a series of Australian-based lifestyle and fashion magazines. ACP is now known as Bauer Media.
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Music Editor
New York, United States
Aug 2002 - Apr 2003 (8 months)
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Features Editor
Empire magazine
Beverly Hills, Australia
Jan 2001 - Apr 2002 (1 year 3 months)
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Deputy Editor
Australian Style magazine
Beverly Hills, Australia
Aug 1999 - Apr 2000 (8 months)