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Jonathan Stern

Digital Content Producer
Hoboken, NJ
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jonathanstern.me
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jondstern@gmail.com
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917-698-4307
Writer, editor, and strategist with a track record of creating thought-provoking, work-distracting, socially-engaging digital content. // Branded content specialist who has delivered for Fortune 100 companies. // Magazine editor with a decade of production experience working for international publishers such as Dennis, Hearst, Time Inc., and Conde Nast.
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Work Experience

Fatherly

Managing Editor
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Dec 2015 - May 2017

Oversaw all editorial operations for Fatherly, the fastest growing parenting media site and recent Webby Award winner.

  • Led a staff of 7 editors who maintained a daily output of quality, expert- driven, service-based articles for an audience of 2M Facebook fans, 300k newsletter subscribers, and 2.5M monthly visitors.
  • Responsible for content strategy and execution of brand partnerships.
  • Evaluated metrics to plan content direction and hit audience development targets. Helped increase site traffic by 2x in a little under a year.
  • Maintained Fatherly's editorial voice to stay relevant to all millennial dads.

Facebook

Content Curator
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Jun 2014 - Jul 2015

Cultivated daily lifestyle posts for Facebook's Paper app; named a top mobile application by Mashable, Time, CNET, Macworld, Business Insider, and more.

Fuse Networks, LLC

Writer
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Apr 2012 - May 2014

Developed, scripted, and produced original content for Fuse’s YouTube channel, turning 90K subscribers into more than 380K subscribers in a little under 24 months.

  • Creator of three of Fuse’s top ten most watched YouTube videos, and produced 170 original videos that, to date, have amassed a total of more than 10 million views.

Undercurrent

Associate Digital Strategist
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Apr 2010 - Apr 2012

Customer relationship manager and content developer for high-profile clients such as GE, Pepsi, Ford, and DonQ Rum

  • Created strategic deliverables and editorial recommendations for these clients that provided a roadmap of how to communicate most effectively across a digital ecosystem.

Conde Nast

Freelance Web Producer
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Nov 2006 - Apr 2010

Served as site producer for Condé Nast’s companywide redesign for Golf For Women, House and Garden, Lucky, and Bon Appétit

  • Developed and maintained site architecture and design templates, as well as oversaw debugging and quality assurance on the final site

PMGI

Senior Editor
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Jun 2005 - Aug 2006

Part of a noble experiment to transition the 40-year-old Penthouse into a relevant and competitive men’s general interest title.

  • Increased entertainment coverage and brought in feature interviews (Richard Linklater, Kevin Smith, Bob Odenkirk) and columnists to appeal to a younger readership.

Dennis Publishing, Stuff Magazine

Associate Entertainment Editor
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May 2002 - May 2005

Wrote and edited long-lead entertainment coverage, as well the "Lord of the Bar," column which covered everything beer, wine, and spirits-related.

Education

Brandeis University BA, English and American Literature

BA English and American Literature
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1998 - 2002

Activities and societies: The Justice student newspaper, Louis Magazine, Freedom Magazine, Dean's List

Skills

  • WRITING: Script writing for YouTube and television. Print work in entertainment, consumer electronics, food and spirits
  • CRM: Large-scale social community curator who has maintained brand presence across Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and Quora
  • SOFTWARE: OSX, Adobe CS5 Pro, iWork (+ advanced Keynote presentation skills), Microsoft Office (+ detailed Excel spreadsheet organizing), Wordpress, Google Analytics, Google App Suite, Parse.ly, CrowdTangle, Asana