Carolyn P. Fox

Team Lead for Editorial Strategy, Development and Production
-- Develop and execute online strategy across the Travel website and the Intelligent Travel blog
-- Create and produce feature packages and blog content
-- Commission and manage travel writers, photographers and researchers
-- Implement SEO best practices and track site performance
-- Editorial lead on the award-winning National Parks by National Geographic app
-- Provide daily project updates and digital insights for advertising sales and magazine staff
-- Develop and communicate content launch and marketing plans
-- Interface with external media partners on joint content promotion

Operational Team Management
-- Supervise and mentor an associate producer, blog editor and editorial interns
-- Oversee product budget for the digital travel team
-- Lead representative for the digital team in daily magazine meetings

Social Media Strategy and Implementation
-- Manage a community of 700K+ followers on National Geographic Traveler’s Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Instagram
-- Inform and train magazine staff on community best practices and social media advances

Company Leadership Initiatives
-- Youngest member of a company-wide 10-person Learning and Development Council, tasked with developing training programs and creating change in company culture
-- Part of four-person team to restart and restructure dormant company mentorship program
-- Establish and lead brainstorming sessions with staff to encourage team building and new content creation

-- Produced sponsored projects for high-level partners
-- Created highly successful editorial franchises, including the Best Trips series
-- Collaborated with technology, design, and customer acquisition teams on three website redesigns and two customized content management systems

-- Researched, wrote, and produced interactive graphics, photo galleries, timelines, and quizzes
-- Hired and supervised interns on short and long-term digital projects
-- Collected, analyzed, and distributed website metrics

-- Ran day-to-day production of Editorial’s blog including uploading content, designing pages, and reviewing reader comments
-- Read, sorted, edited, verified, fact-checked and packaged the Letters to the Editor section
-- Researched for editorial writers

-- Collected and charted data on FOIA performance from 26 government agencies
-- Assisted in writing and compiling “The Waiting Game: FOIA Performance Hits New Lows” (http://www.cjog.net/documents/Waiting_Game_Update.pdf)

Master of Arts (M.A.) in Print and Online Journalism -- Emphasis in Public Policy

Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Writing, Literature and Publishing

Company Website, Personal Website

2012 Gold Winner for Travel Journalsim Site, SATW Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition (senior producer on team) 2012 Winner of Apple Design Award for National Parks by National Geographic App (editorial lead on team)

digital journalism, social media, traveling, photography, running, yoga, jewelry-making