Professional Experience
Chat Sports
Junior Video Producer (July 2025- Present)
Work as the producer for Knicks Now and Giants Now YouTube channels, collaborating with host Marshall Green to build graphics for daily on demand videos and produce all videos on both channels beginning in August 2025
Produced over 700 YouTube videos, approximately 203 for Knicks Now & 534 for Giants Now, contributing to over $160,000 in YouTube revenue, over 100,000,000 impressions, almost 1,200,000 watch time hours, over 30,000 new subscribers, & over 17,000,000 views
Maximized SEO value by assisting in publishing & scheduling YouTube videos, writing SEO friendly YouTube description and video tags to increase exposure, views, and accessibility to viewers within the YouTube algorithm
On-Air experience producing live shows, NBA watch parties, and weekly NFL watch parties, 34 Knicks Now broadcasts, 17 Giants Now broadcasts, and 20 additional live shows
Video editing experience in Cap Cut, creating daily short form content finding the story of the video and publishing on YouTube, as well as host using to grow their social media, Knicks Now & Giants Now have published over 240 shorts, resulting in over 5,000,000 views, almost 2,000 new subscribers, almost 200,000 likes, and over 9,000 shares since September 2025
Operated the YouTube Community (Posts) for Knicks Now & Giants Now, creating over 350 posts resulting in over 300 new subscribers, over 4,500,000 impressions, over 75,000 likes, over 1,300,000 responses since September 2025
Learned how to operate Livestream Studio
College Basketball Times
Contributor (November 2024 - March 2025)
Wrote a humor column on the SUNY Old Westbury Panthers for the 2024-2025 season.
Added weekly entries throughout the season, and worked alongside President & Editor-In-Chief, Dave Barend, to improve quality throughout.
Wrote 3 lists explaining why tournament teams would win March Madness, including: Saint Francis Red Flash, Georgia Bulldogs, and Oklahoma Sooners.
Education
Saint Bonaventure University
Master of Arts, Sports Journalism (January 2024-August 2025)
Relevant Coursework:
Sports Journalism Today
Writing and Editing
Journalism Ethics
Digital Reporting
Digital Storytelling
Business of Sports Media
The Art of the Sports Interview
Digital Project I: Research
Sports Reporting
Digital Project II: Reporting
Social Media Storytelling
Digital Project III: Present
Published Works
Time Beacon Record News Media
Social Media
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