Alexis Benveniste

75 Pineapple Street, Apt. 5A Brooklyn, NY 11201

Phone: 770.639.5556 E-Mail: alexisbenven@gmail.com

Experience
The New York Post
Editorial Outreach Coordinator

October 2015-Present

Developed a list of more than 300 contacts in an effort to increase communication with other publications
Pitched and produced original content for NYPost.com and Page Six

Initiated the companys first social partnership to share exclusive content and drive traffic to more than 3 million
new Facebook users
AOL.com
Social Media + Trending Content Fellow

May 2015-October 2015

Managed AOL.coms main Instagram account and generated a 37% growth in followers
Created and distributed highly shareable, video-first content to generate more than 10 million page views, 5
million unique visitors, and 1.5 million organic referrals for AOL.com
Promoted content across AOLs Facebook and Twitter accounts, creating one of AOLs highest performing
Facebook posts ever with over 3 million unique views

The Huffington Post

Campus Editor-at-Large

December 2014-May 2015

Pitched and wrote features and evergreen content for various Huffington Post verticals
Pioneered a group of 12 students at Indiana University to blog for The Huffington Post

ELLE Magazine
Web Intern

June 2014-August 2014

Researched, pitched, and wrote original articles for ELLE.com and fact-checked articles for various editors

Seventeen Magazine
Features Intern

May 2013-August 2013

Pitched 10 Teen Trends, Health & Fitness, and Love & College story ideas weekly
Gathered more than 15 love and relationship quotes per week for the FOB and iPad edition of the magazine
Researched and contributed content to the Seventeen Ultimate Guide to Guys book, which can be found in
Barnes and Noble bookstores nationwide
Interviewed Soul Surfer Bethany Hamilton and featured the interview in an article for Seventeen.com

Education
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

August 2011-May 2015

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Minor in Fine Arts

Skills
Omniture, SimpleReach, InDesign, Photoshop, Dataminr, Sprout Social, CMS, AP Style, WordPress, Instagram,
Twitter, Facebook, Photography, HTML/CSS, SEO, Editing, Spanish