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Certification
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Emily Doxtator

Emily Doxtator

Associate Category Manager - Commerce
Washington,DC

Summary

A well-rounded Category Manager of Commerce with an MBA and a strong sense of business acumen. Deep understanding of upper- and down-funnel strategy with innovative monetization solutions. Skilled and level-headed in fast-paced environments and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand. Motivated and eager to learn, grow, and lead teams to success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational and communication skills.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Associate Category Manager (Commerce)

U.S. News & World Report
Remote, Remote
2024.01 - Current
  • Manage cross-functional teams, including Editorial, SEO, Dev, Production, and Product, to streamline processes for increased productivity and collaboration.
  • Work closely with SEO and Editorial team to develop content strategy for expansion and revenue growth. Expand content types, and plan and execute creation of over 400+ new pages.
  • Merge product strategy with monetization opportunities to increase revenue growth by over 40% projected revenue MoM.
  • Conduct thorough market research, identify new opportunities for expanding product offerings and content types

Product Manager (Digital Privacy & Technology)

U.S. News & World Report
Remote
10.2022 - 12.2023
  • Lead end-to-end product lifecycle management, from ideation to launch, for multiple successful products, resulting in a 21% increase in annual revenue.
  • Develop content strategy that leads the team towards quarterly and annual goals, which involves category launches, new content creation, and routine monthly updates to strategic pages
  • Conduct extensive market research and competitor analysis, identify key trends and opportunities, which inform product roadmap decisions and contribute to a 15% market share growth.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including production, editorial, SEO, and engineering, to ensure cohesive and integrated strategic efforts that effectively supports overall business goals.
  • Assisted in the development of performance reports and presentations for senior management, summarizing campaign performance, insights, and recommendations for continuous improvement.
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, including partners, internal teams, and executives, fostering a collaborative environment conducive to successful product launches.
  • Implemented Agile methodologies for more efficient project management and team collaboration.

Media Buyer Marketing Specialist

MoneyGroup
02.2021 - 10.2022
  • Manage $1.3M+ quarterly SEM advertising budget and P&L goals.
  • Understand and lead analyses of competitive environment, customers, and product metrics to determine the right set of features to drive engagement and usage.
  • Ideate and manage creation of marketing campaigns that drive awareness, engagement, and conversions.
  • Analyze website design and development, and manage optimizations; including A/B testing and analysis.
  • Identify quantitative and qualitative metrics to improve performance of advertising campaigns by collaborating with creative team on campaign strategies.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally across departments to execute aligned goal of customer acquisition and retention.
  • Define driving metrics and measurement plans to assess product and marketing effectiveness to enhance user satisfaction and increase click-through-rate.
  • Use critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions based on data.

Outreach Strategist

MoneyGroup
11.2019 - 02.2021
  • Proven success in cultivating relationships across various channels to share content and increase search engine ranking for company website.
  • Utilized multiple databases and sources to understand rank trends amongst competitors and develop outreach strategy to improve SERP rankings.
  • Developed unique communication opportunities between internal and external stakeholders by organic SEO methods and innovative email marketing strategies; top performer by consistently exceeding monthly goals by +200%

Ethics Specialist

Office of Ethics, U.S, Department of Agriculture
04.2016 - 10.2019

Acted as Technical Team Lead in Office of Ethics (OE) Internal Training team through product manager methods

  • Composed, edited, and produced training modules over 14,000+ employees
  • Led team and mentored others to create 4x new training modules compared to previous years
  • Identified and implemented cost saving idea that reduced costs by $40,000 per year
  • Cross-collaborated across internal departments and external engineering development teams for production of high quality training modules; developed project roadmap, planned product development, and oversaw launch of 6+ modules/year
  • Optimized product creation process that reduced completion time by up to 30% per project
  • Used project management methods, such as agile, to track projects and meet deadlines.

Federal Ethics SME by presenting in-person trainings to over 1100+ USDA employees with ranging seniority.

Education

MBA - Marketing

University of Maryland – Robert Smith School of Business
College Park
12.2021

Bachelor of Science - Consumers Affairs

University of Wisconsin – Madison
Madison, WI
12.2014

Skills

  • Clear Communication and Stakeholder Alignment
  • Project Planning
  • A/B Testing
  • ROI Analysis
  • Product Roadmaps
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Prioritization and Execution
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Product Vision and Strategy
  • User and UX Research
  • Category Growth
  • Data-Driven Decision-Making
  • Strategic Planning
  • Requirements Building
  • Monetization Optimization

Accomplishments

  • Awarded 2018 Office of General Counsel's Award for Excellence for contributions made in development of OE Ethics App
  • Awarded 2017 Office of General Counsel's Award for Excellence for leading OE team in new training module initiatives

Certification

CSPO

Languages

Spanish
Limited Working

Timeline

Associate Category Manager (Commerce)

U.S. News & World Report
2024.01 - Current

Product Manager (Digital Privacy & Technology)

U.S. News & World Report
10.2022 - 12.2023

Media Buyer Marketing Specialist

MoneyGroup
02.2021 - 10.2022

Outreach Strategist

MoneyGroup
11.2019 - 02.2021

Ethics Specialist

Office of Ethics, U.S, Department of Agriculture
04.2016 - 10.2019

MBA - Marketing

University of Maryland – Robert Smith School of Business

Bachelor of Science - Consumers Affairs

University of Wisconsin – Madison
Emily DoxtatorAssociate Category Manager - Commerce