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Timothy Manni

West Caldwell,NJ

Summary

I am an experienced editor and team leader with nearly 20 years of digital media experience. In the last decade, I have developed into far more than a line editor. I excel at developing and executing growth-oriented editorial strategies, managing and leading both writers and other editors, cross-functional collaboration, and much more. While I rely on analytics and SEO best-practices to create the proper balance of high-ranking content, I also firmly believe that understanding and educating the consumer is always the first step to creating an informative and effective user experience.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Editor and Content Strategist

Yahoo Finance
09.2023 - Current
  • Created and implemented the content strategy to build the mortgage business from scratch, including hiring, evaluation rubrics, monetization strategies, and more.
  • Lead content strategies across multiple verticals, including mortgage, investing, and insurance.
  • Manage a team of 10 freelancers, and collaborate with several cross-functional partners to execute our strategy.

Editor, Consultant, Expert Reviewer

LendingTree and MoneyGeek
10.2023 - 05.2024
  • Line editor for dozens of Home and Mortgage articles for LendingTree.
  • Mortgage and real estate consultant for MoneyGeek, providing expert reviews of new and previously published content.
  • Editorial consultant for MoneyGeek, working with their editors to improve their expertise, authority, and overall content strategy.

Lead Assigning Editor II

NerdWallet
11.2016 - 08.2023

As a Lead Assigning Editor II of the Mortgages team, as well as the Banking and International teams, I was responsible for:

  • Managing writers and editors, helping both individuals grow on their career path, and ensuring the team exceeded OKRs.
  • Partnering with team leads from other departments, such as the General Manager, BizDev, Organic Growth, SEO, PR and more, to create a vertical-wide strategy in which Content was the central product.
  • Ensuring all team processes and strategies, including rubric research, performance analytics, library management, and more, were all efficient and effective.
  • Spokesperson duties, including TV appearances and speaking with the nation's top journalists.

Senior Managing Editor

HSH.com
03.2008 - 11.2016

As the Senior Managing Editor of HSH.com, I was responsible for:

  • Developing and implementing the editorial and SEO strategy via a team of freelance and in-house writers, a data analyst, web producers, developers, and more.
  • Managing website and individual page redesigns, and developing data-driven content, proprietary calculators, and a mobile app.
  • Speaking with the nation's top journalists to provide insight and commentary.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - American Studies, Journalism

West Chester University
West Chester, Pennsylvania
2005

Skills

  • Leadership: Comfortable leading and growing a large team of writers, editors, and cross-functional collaborators
  • Management: A proven track record of helping employees grow and maximize their contributions
  • Content strategy: Ability to balance consumer and business needs to create a balanced and effective strategy
  • Business alignment: Strong cross-functional collaborator, able to create a content strategy that supports business goals
  • Editing: Strong line editor and writing coach
  • Hiring: Spent years as the hiring manager for multiple positions across NerdWallet and Yahoo

Timeline

Editor, Consultant, Expert Reviewer

LendingTree and MoneyGeek
10.2023 - 05.2024

Lead Editor and Content Strategist

Yahoo Finance
09.2023 - Current

Lead Assigning Editor II

NerdWallet
11.2016 - 08.2023

Senior Managing Editor

HSH.com
03.2008 - 11.2016

Bachelor of Arts - American Studies, Journalism

West Chester University