"Thanks to music-photography blogs like THE CULTURE OF ME, you can forgo attendance at just about any hipster forum and still feel like you were there...the musicians and their eccentric fans are captured through a fuchsia-tinted lens." - Sophia Betz, Zoom-In Online
"...a hip New Yorker who writes about the music, art and nightlife that inspire. Take one part Studio 54, one part Village Voice, add a large helping of originality, and you’ve got THE CULTURE OF ME" - TypePad feature
"The hippest of the hip, THE CULTURE OF ME chronicles music that should be in the know as well as the happenings of those in the know, specifically of NYC nightlife. Tunes + tales of the city = cultural coolness" - Popsense.com
Digital media specialist. Expertise in branding and marketing of Web-based projects and products for clients. Savvy social media strategist with a broad experience in creating captivating content. Always interested in new and exciting projects--whether digital production, photo shoots, media strategies, and more--for a small mom-and-pop shop or a large global brand.
Specialties: Social media, digital production, project management, media marketing, writing and copy-editing, production and post-production, branding and identity, online presence, digital photography, Web-and-mobile-based production and creation.
Focus on a variety of digital projects including Web site and micro-site development, web analytics, marketing, mobile app and Web app development, experiential marketing, social media strategy and execution.
I run a music, art, news, mp3, and nightlife photography Web site based in New York City. The focus is to consume for the consumer, provide resources of all kinds for the culturally needy, and document the lives of the people who would read the site. Think demographically of a VH1 Celebreality viewer who happens to peruse Paper magazine and seeks out open bars and killer DJ sets as often as possible. I've curated events, hosted parties, photographed hundreds of bands, DJs and artists and have worked with dozens of like-minded individuals on everything from social media campaigns to editorials and events.
Pitch, coordinate, shoot and edit all audio podcast and video interviews and projects. Hire, coordinate and manage editorial independent contractors for a digital start-up. Build and manage the company’s Internship Program, assist office staff in day-to-day operations support and aid in building social media identities and practices.
Assist post-production efforts in ongoing TV series and specials including digitizing media, cataloging footage, editing pieces and cuts. Assist all other departments (production, sales, development) in their daily activities.
Hire and oversee semester interns in all daily tasks, maintain relationships with area schools and nationwide programs.
Oversight of the promotion, strategies and building of relationships and identity in Social Media and press regarding various products and events.
Generate new development ideas and avenues, maintain social media and Web presence, assist in all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the production company, general assistance for the executives and CEO of the company.
Casting participants, coordinating shoots and assisting on location, maintaining budget, acquiring of all releases, researching and licensing archival footage or photographs, media logging and digitizing footage, general assistance in edit as needed, meeting delivery deadlines and packaging of legal and deliverable materials.