EXPERIENCE

Acquity Group
Senior Analyst, Digital Strategy, June 2010—present, Chicago, Ill.

• Develop and implement effective digital integration for clients spanning multiple industries, extending core business strategies via web, mobile and other new technologies

Slate Magazine
Senior Web Interface Developer, January 2006—August 2008, Washington, D.C.

• Managed public-facing development of Slate.com, coordinating content, design, advertising and technology teams for acclaimed online magazine with more than 40 million pageviews per month
• Maintained partnerships with MSN, Amazon.com, The Onion and other websites, increasing Slate brand reach across the web and driving more than 50% of site traffic
• Led from-scratch development and launch of Slate V within highly ambitious one-month schedule, delivering groundbreaking new video-magazine format and earning praise from media critics
• Analyzed web-traffic statistics and trained magazine staff in strategic use of site-metrics software, helping to grow site traffic by more than 30% per year
• Authored Slate articles spanning multiple topics, including Bolivian environmental degradation and professional hockey marketing tactics

TIME Magazine Online
Web Content Producer, June 2002—December 2005, New York, N.Y.

• Supervised cross-functional teams in building web news projects seen by tens of millions of people, including Iraq war reports, 2004 U.S. election coverage, Hurricane Katrina content and TIME Person of the Year special editions
• Interfaced with partners at CNN, AOL, blogs and other Time Inc. publications to drive more than 60% of site traffic and expand TIME branding to multiple sites
• Created and distributed weekly site-traffic report to TIME leadership, providing strategic recommendations and insight to top-level TIME management in transition from print to web
• Authored and edited politics, culture, technology and sports articles for both print and web editions of TIME

EDUCATION

University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Master of Business Administration, April 2010, Ann Arbor, Mich.

• Emphases: Strategy and Digital Marketing
• Elected Section President by fellow members of MBA section
• Co-President, Ross Entertainment + Media Club
• Vice President of Operations, Ross Habitat for Humanity
• Selected for Admissions Student Committee
• Finalist, 2008 Boston Consulting Group Case Competition
• GMAT: 740 (98th percentile)

Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism
Bachelor of Science in Journalism, June 2002, Evanston, Ill.

• Assistant City Editor, The Daily Northwestern; Social Chair / House Manager, Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity
• Additional concentrations in German, political science and statistics

ADDITIONAL

• Experienced in many web languages, including PHP, ASP.NET, XML, SQL, XHTML and CSS
• Ocean and scuba enthusiast, with dives in the Pacific Ocean, Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
• Enjoy travel, fitness, spicy food, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the outdoors