JOY VICTORY
web: http://thejoyvictory.com
@thejoyvictory
WHO I AM:
Lover of snappy writing, potent headlines, titillating tweets and authoritative articles produced in a timely, engaging fashion. Editor by day, nature geek by night.
EXPERIENCE:
Senior Editor
About.com, a New York Times Co. property
Dec. 2010 – present, New York, NY
Manage About.com Health vertical, overseeing a staff of three full-time editors and more than 100 freelance writers/web producers. Responsible for more than ~90 million PVs/month. Duties include line editing of articles (publishing more than 50 new pieces of content a week) on a content management system; collaborating with 12 physicians on our Medical Review Board; tracking metrics and analyzing performance using Google Tools and proprietary tools; rapidly and aggressively expanding our social media presence (@aboutcomhealth, among many other accounts); and consulting with developers on in-house tools and public products, including mobile apps.
Editorial Czar and Team Leader, New User Experience
WordPress.com, owned by web start-up Automattic
2010, remote/work from home full time, New York, NY
Served as team leader for the “new user experience” at WordPress.com, managing four software developers and one editorial producer. Also served as the Editorial Czar, overseeing editorial projects such as http://learn.wordpress.com and http://foodpress.com, which was in collaboration with blogging network Federated Media.
Editorial Consultant
WordPress.com
2009-2010, remote freelance from Mexico City, Mexico
Consulted with WordPress.com web start-up on how to feature best blogging content, and how to expand verticals where editorial quality was highest. Helped launch Freshly Pressed – the best hand-picked blog posts of the day.
Editor
About.com
2006–2009, first as full-time in New York, and then remote freelance from Mexico City, Mexico
Oversaw a group of 25 freelancers web producers who managed a variety of About.com websites on health topics. Line edited 10+ articles/per day for grammar and clarity, tracked my Guides’ metrics/SEO and provided a broad range of editorial support. Also helped recruit new Guides, and established the health team’s intranet.
Additional Experience:
Producer
ABCNEWS.com
2005-2006, New York, NY
Features Reporter
The Journal News newspaper
2003–2005, White Plains, NY
News Reporter
Corpus Christi Caller-Times newspaper
2000–2003, Corpus Christi, TX
EDUCATION:
New Mexico State University
BA, Journalism and Mass Communications, 2000
MEMBER OF:
Basha Kill Area Wetlands Association, New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, Mamakating Historical Society
