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Sharecare.com
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Move It And Lose It |
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| Maintaining Sponsorships Coordinate profitable sponsored projects for Sharecare Knowledge Partners, including Dove and Colgate. Work with account managers to make sure all project details are gathered correctly. Create project plan, and communicate strategy to Editorial and Publishing teams. Track project progress, and work with teams to intercept and solve any issues that may occur in the production process. |
Primedia - ApartmentGuide.com
Save The Boxes Game
A game created to drive traffic and leads to ApartmentGuide.com. Promoted through e-mail newsletters, on Facebook, and on Twitter.
- Worked with outside agency to test and make changes to the game and to ensure the game was delivered on time and to specification. Created and maintained asset schedule, wrote game and promotional copy, oversaw testing process and gave final production clearance.
Apartment Guide E-mail Marketing Campaigns
Managed editorial strategy for Apartment Guide's various e-mail marketing campaigns including weekly newsletters, special announcements and other communcations with customer base.
- Chose featured articles and managed copy/content creation from concept to deployment. Monthly newsletter traffic to ApartmentGuide.com increased more than 2000% in one year. Example.
GameTap Special Projects
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GameTap Easter Egg Hunt |
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| Staff Picks These banners promoted the Staf Picks feature while showing off staff members' personalites. - Created concept for each poster, wrote copy and playlist descriptions, gathered featured games, took pictures of staff members, maitained asset schedule and game schedule, programed assets into client. Examples |
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| GameTap Originals and Key Titles Coordinated in-client asset creation and promotional messaging for GameTap key titles and originals, such as "Sam & Max: Season One," "Myst Online," and "10 Years of Tomb Raider: A GameTap Retrospective." Ensured messaging was consistent accross the client and with marketing. Ensured assets were created on time and to specification. Examples |
Companion Sites for CNN Dr. Sanjay Gupta Primetime Specials
Served as content lead for creating sites related to on-air specials. Created content briefs, worked with on-air producers to gather related assets and information. Managed Correspondent report processing and encoding of related video. Coordinated graphics requests, design approval, copy writing, content approval, gaining S&P and legal approval, site build-out, final approval, and post-project review.
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| Driven To Extremes Dr. Sanjay Gupta gets behind the wheel to examine safety and athletic performance in NASCAR racing. Managed all content creation including arranging for a correspondent article, creating an original article on the science behind NASCAR, and producing The Anatomy Of Racing: Interactive gallery. |
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| Killer Flu Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks into the possibility of a Bird Flu attack in the United States. Produced online programming special including a correspondant article and the Top Questions About Bird Flu Interactive Gallery. |
Election 2004 Coverage
Created polls, photo galleries, quizzes, original stories, and interactive elements supporting on-air programming. Communicated online elements and special report details to on-air prodcers. Worked with producers and marketing to enhance on-air coverage with interactive features.
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| - Election Express - Coordinated CNN.com coverage from the Election Express. Processed reports from Correspondents in the field. Filed reports and wrote original pieces on Boston's preperations for the Democratic Convention (See Writing Samples). - Pundit's scorecard - Interviewed Correspondents/analysts and compiled responses into a political scorecard. - Debate coverage - Coordinated on-the-ground coverage for the Vice Presidential Debate. Served as primary CNN.com contact with on-air producers. Posted live, play-by-play commentary blog as debate was in progress. |
Huricaine Katrina Coverage
Contributed to the Peabody and Dupont award-winning CNN and CNN.com coverage of Huricane Katrina and its aftermath.
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| - Processed and posted reports from Correspondents in the field. - Supported on-air programs with interactive elements, reports, gallerys, transcripts, and special video. - Help Center - Assembled Help Center with information on how to get aid, donate to groups helping victims, and find the missing. - Safe List - Managed CNN.com's effort to post names of those who wanted to let others know they were all right in Katrina's aftermath. Set up e-mail processing system, managed processing team, and provided functionality feedback |