john rambow

Editing the upcoming 40th-anniversary print edition of the Zagat guide to New York City restaurants, coming out this fall, under a five-month contract.

Editing and proofing issues of this new print magazine.

* Working with eMarketer’s analysts to determine the coverage in roughly a dozen areas of specialization, including ad spending trends, social media, AI and other tech, retail, demographics, mobile, video—anything that digital marketers need to understand to do their jobs well. * Shaping, organizing and revising the roughly 200 reports that are a central part of eMarketer’s subscription-based PRO coverage. * Coordinating with forecasting, research, and other departments to determine our overall topic mix.

* Managing and developing content strategy for over 15 Twitter and other social media accounts, which cover finance, accounting, tax prep, and related topics. * Helping launch new blogs and other content for various Wiley brands.

* Copyedited and proofed book interiors, jacket and cover copy, and marketing materials, from production through blues. * Oversaw, copyedited, and proofed Grove's Fall 2013 catalog. * Hired, managed, and assessed the work of freelance copyeditors and proofers.

* Helped launch and develop the content strategy for this creative-class recruiter. * Edited posts by dozens of contributors, many of them leaders in their field.

Wrote about design trends, restaurants, and hotels as part of Fast Company's series on "Creative Destinations": http://www.fastcodesign.com/users/john-rambow.

* Managed the editorial team at the travel magazine’s growing website (4-5 million pageviews a month) * Ran the website’s editorial calendar; top-edited all the site’s web-only articles and increased the number of stories by 30% * Brought in a network of writers that accentuated Budget Travel’s fun, light-hearted sensibility and brought new readers to the site * Conceived and assigned stories that were picked up by content partners that included Yahoo, MSNBC, and CNN * Supervised and contributed to This Just In, Budget Travel’s well respected blog, and its biweekly e-newsletter * Oversaw story selection for the homepage * Participated in interviews on Peter Greenberg’s radio show and CNN webcasts * Helped plan ways to give the major articles in the print magazine a fresh, smart web component

Wrote and edited reviews for this travel trend-setter.

* Ran Gawker Media's travel site, deciding which stories to run and when to run them * Supervised the assistant editor, blogger, and nearly 50 contributors, who were based in New York, London, Paris, and other cities throughout the world * Edited, wrote, and helped develop 18–24 daily posts, with SEO-friendly heads and leads

* Responsible for development of guides, from launch to bound book * Hired and oversaw teams of on-site staff and freelance writers and editors (as many as 15 per guide) * Created and edited Right This Way, one of the web's first major travel blogs, which got mentions in such publications as the Washington Post, Travel + Leisure, and the Wall Street Journal (Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin called it “kickass”) * Generated strategic ideas for new travel guides and promotions * Edited content for clarity, style, and space * Monitored and maintained project budgets

Project management and oversight of the proofing, copyediting, and production for this well-regarded literary publisher.

* Ran Gawker Media's travel site; supervised the assistant editor, a local blogger, and nearly 50 other contributors, who were based in major cities throughout the world * Edited and helped develop 18-24 posts a day