Jun 2021 – Apr 2022 · 10 mos

• Wrote full page ads for New York Times, Wall Street Journal
• Edited speech and wrote talking points memos for CEO, special guests
• Write comedy sketches, fundraising emails, social media copy, case studies, and more

Mar 2021 – Jun 2021 · 3 mos

• - Write clear and compelling copy reflecting the Comic Relief US brand, Red Nose Day campaign, programs, and commercial and corporate partnerships to a variety of audiences (corporate, educational, and mass consumer)

Aug 2020 – Jan 2021 · 5 mos · New York, United States

• Craft headlines, alerts, and social content to maximize audience
• Work closely with Managing Editor to set tone, editorial direction, and content calendar
• Lead social-first strategy for featured content from National vertical
• Edit stories and content from staff writers and editors for social media and web production

Oct 2018 – Jun 2019 · 8 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Pitched and wrote 5-8 news stories a day about US politics, entertainment, culture and politics for an international audience
• Wrote SEO headlines and social packaging for all authored articles
• Wrote and manage live blogs for major breaking news
• Reported live updates and curated tweets for breaking news coverage

May 2018 – Sep 2021 · 3 yrs 4 mos · New York, New York, United States

• Developed and launched a critically-acclaimed bi-weekly live comedy program re-engineering stand-up comedy as a vessel for social impact
• Shape creator content and digital marketing or live and/or live-to-tape show
• Develop and lead overall creative direction and production resulting in 88% of live events selling out
• Conceptualize and design social impact strategy in partnership with local non-profits, NGOs, and charitable foundations
• Coordinate projects, achieving quarterly event goals and directing the integration of productions
• Build a team of associate producers, production assistants, and master of ceremonies, and oversee project development by negotiating with freelancers, third-party vendors, and talent, saving $4,000 of Nervous Laughter's annual budget
• Recruit, hire, and direct high-performing talent/creators from Netflix, HULU, HBO, CBS, and NBC, and Hollywood. Some notable talents and creators include David Cross, Roy Wood Jr., Ronny Chieng, Aparna Nancherla, Judah Friedlander, Taylor Tomlinson, Hari Kondabolu, and Daniel Simonsen.

Jan 2018 – Aug 2018 · 7 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Wrote posts across multiple verticals on social justice, culture, and entertainment before Upworthy’s mass media layoff
• Drove reader engagement through strategic combinations of writing viral, solution-oriented stories, producing optimized headlines, and designing captivating social media packaging

Dec 2017 – Oct 2018 · 10 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Supported launch by structuring research participant workflow, establishing partnerships with creators, and coordinating UX research through lab visits and survey experiments
• Built internal creator database from ground up and curated channels to support cross-functional team of UX researchers, designers, and partner managers to generate creator-focused products, policies, and features
• Empowered high-profile Youtube creators as a liaison, as well as being a point of contact on product and platform policy feedback
• Recruited, screened, and vetted creators for various research and survey studies
• Managed large data sets for survey studies by coordinating the logistics of user research, including in-lab and field research studies; Communicate with UX researcher, other UX team members, and other stakeholders

May 2016 – Aug 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos · New York, New York

• Demonstrated sound editorial judgment and ability to distill complex information into clear articles, investigative reports, and feature stories about music, culture, identities, and its intersection with politics
• Covered religion beat and its intersection with the 2016 presidential election, often writing features on how political strife affects families involved
• Broke numerous stories, including one of DHS’s involvement in Trump Administration’s travel ban and its global entry revocations of American travelers, which resulted in Senate investigation of agency
• Collaborated with video and branded content teams to produce and translate compelling high-performing articles into video campaigns
• Produced interviews with Reza Aslan, W. Kamau Bell, Donald Glover and Russell Simmons
• Cultivated sources who served or are serving in DHS, State Department and White House

Jul 2015 – May 2016 · 10 mos

• + pitched and wrote trending stories and original reporting features
• + wrote about religious, race and gender equality in United States and Europe
• + penned political analysis on white supremacy and Islamic extremism featured on front page of digital edition

Jun 2015 – Sep 2015 · 3 mos · Greater New York City Area

• + pitched and wrote daily news stories about gender, race, and religion
• + covered 2016 presidential primaries
• + fact-checked statements, news and information regarding 2016 elections

Jan 2015 – Jun 2015 · 5 mos · Washington D.C. Metro Area

• + wrote several critically-acclaimed stories on religion, LGBTQ equality, and millennial internet culture
• + executed strategy development and content management for editorial partnerships with Business Insider and WIRED
• + researched for John Dickerson and Hannah Rosin
• + broke news story lawsuit against State Dept and DoD regarding evacuations from Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen
• + interviewed CIA torture whistleblower John Kiriakou, first openly American gay Imam Dayiee Abdullah and several other Hollywood actors

Sep 2014 – Dec 2014 · 3 mos

• + covered race, national security and foreign policy beats from D.C. Bureau
• + reported on 2014 midterm elections
• + co-reported exclusive interview with Julian Assange on Syria Civil War and “digital colonialism”
• + fact-checked, researched and provided additional reporting on Ferguson protests, rise of ISIS, Senate’s CIA Torture Report

Jun 2014 – Sep 2014 · 3 mos

• + Write headlines, essays, and op-ed regarding Islam, Muslim identity, US-Middle Eastern relations, civil liberties, and mass surveillance
• + Produce and write shareable content for a social media centric audience
• + Appeared on HuffPost Live's "What's Trending" with Ricky Camilleri to discuss Islamophobia in the United States

Apr 2014 – Jul 2014 · 3 mos · Washington, DC

• + Pitched U.S. And Latin American story ideas that deliver to an international audience on a broadcast network
• + Fact-check sources, plan news stories, research and assist in assigning coverage to reporters in a fast-paced environment
• + produced on-air news package on state-sponsored surveillance for first anniversary of Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations
• + fact-checked, researched and wrote script for news stories on 2014 World Cup, Blackwater trial and opioid crisis

Mar 2014 – Mar 2022 · 8 yrs · New York, United States

• Highlighted Clients: Comic Relief USA, Indeed, Netflix, Callisto Media, Huffington Post, New Republic, The Atlantic, Washington Post, TeenVogue, Bustle, Whole Foods, Persuit, and several brands in the lifestyle, beauty, and tech industries.
• Produce authentic, purpose-driven, and empathetic content for client’s unique audiences. Provide content production, research, and support services for diverse and high-profile clientele
• Craft content to a mission, reflective of the desire for compelling copy born of complex subjects, sensitive to a multicultural market
• Partner with clients to help them communicate authentic, deadline-driven, empathetic, and accurate information to their unique audiences
• Write and edit copy for trending news stories, original reporting features, and essays about race, politics, gender equality, and pop culture globally and in the U.S

May 2013 – Jan 2014 · 8 mos

• Conduct economic, social, and political research in conflict areas in the Middle East & Southeast Asia for a research and communication firm that operated in Libya in the wake of the Arab Spring
• Consult clients to build online and offline human networks to leverage international grassroot networks
• Ghostwriting “The Googlement” for Susanne Tempelhof on innovative independent nation-building

Jun 2012 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Founded a digital magazine with youth voices on alternative culture and political commentary
• Manage 20+ staff team, tight deadlines, and fast-pace environment
• Contact several prominent individuals, acquire professional communicative skills, and punctuality
• Acquire 12,000 viewers from 125+ countries and maintain strong presence in Middle East
• Enact leadership, PHP/CSS/HTML coding for website maintainenance, and other multimedia skills

Jun 2010 – Aug 2011 · 1 yr 2 mos · Chicago, IL

• Reported Local, national, and global Issues for the Mash and an audience of Chicago teens
• Assisted Tribune copy-editors by editing and formatting content
• Provided ground-breaking story ideas to weekly editorial pitch meetings
• Finished in first place of Newspaper Association of America's Award on Sports Writing
• Attended 2010 Chicago Mayoral Election events and debates, reported and provided coverage on the mayoral race