Led award-winning editorial team in publishing the NYMetroParents.com website and seven local monthly parenting magazines (Big Apple Parent, Brooklyn Parent, Queens Parent, Westchester Parent, Rockland Parent, and two Long Island Parent editions for Nassau and Suffolk counties). Created editorial calendar for web and print, oversee production, set and execute on quantitative and qualitative goals, and lead division-wide shift to digital focus. Serve as de facto product manager, working with technology, design and other stakeholders on site redesign, CMS upgrades, and other projects; and as de facto digital audience-development director, analyzing traffic and educating others on analytics, creating programs to grow traffic and engagement, and working with sales team on revenue generation.

•. Relaunched website with fresh design, modernized logo, and streamlined navigation.
• Directed front- and back-end digital product development, design, and technology to grow audience, deepen engagement, and improve overall quality.
• Introduced new engagement-driving offerings, including quizzes and ebooks, resulting in 50% growth in newsletter subscribers in 18 months.
• Introduced new revenue-generating products, including native advertising.
• Lead digital marketing via social media (organic and paid), newsletters, SEO, and partnerships.
• Managed team of 3.5 staff members and 8 contract editors; oversee tech, design, and traffic teams; collaborate closely with 15-person sales team.
•. Refreshed visuals and improved readability of print magazine, including introducing a new logo and cover design.
• Won 17 Parenting Media Association Awards for Excellence for print, digital, and social media in 2016-2017.

Published in Newsweek, The Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News, Slate.com, Salon.com, The Forward, and many other leading websites, magazines, and newspapers.

• Led all aspects of editorial development, managed 7-person editorial staff, and oversee content budget for premier parenting website that averages 10.5 million monthly users (via Omniture).
• Grew Parents Network from #13 to #5 in comScore’s Family & Parenting category, including more than 30% year-over-year expansion in the past 12 months.
• Managed creation of 300 how-to videos per year and grew organic (unpaid) video views to over 500K per month.
• Transformed Parents into the category leader in social media, with more than 1.4 million Facebook “likes,” more than 873K Twitter followers, and more than 137K Pinterest followers. Launched and grew new presences on Tumblr, Flipboard, and Instagram.
• Boosted content production from a few dozen to more than 500 articles, slideshows, blog posts, videos, and quizzes per month.
• Managed product releases, working closely with the technology, design, sales, and audience engagement teams to create traffic- and revenue-building tools and apps.
• Led major site relaunch/redesign project, which debuted in July 2012. Became first site in our category to be responsive, leading to more than 120% year-over-year mobile traffic growth.
• Maximized revenue opportunities by creating sponsored programs, launching highly sellable new initiatives, and educating sellers on upcoming Parents.com projects of interest to advertisers.
• Guaranteed that Parents.com reflected the quality and vision of the Parents magazine brand as well as digital best practices, serving users and business needs simultaneously.