Dante A Ciampaglia

Senior Program Manager

Indeed

Jun 2025 - Current (1 year 4 months)

• Lead worker-focused thought leadership content while developing and executing a data-driven, post-search, newsletter-first strategy to engage and develop audience.
• Administer budget for freelance contributors, content creation, and syndication, optimizing spend to maximize output.
• Oversee the LinkedIn newsletter Better Work, elevating content quality and audience alignment to drive 16% subscriber growth and improved engagement
• Manage a full-time contract editor and 12 freelance writers — a contributor network I doubled to improve content quality and align with brand voice and strategic goals.  
• Develop the framework for honest and critical engagement with AI (its potential, its shortcomings, its value) for an a

Managing Editor, Career Guide

Indeed

Jun 2025 - Current (1 year 4 months)

• Lead editorial vision and long-term strategy for Career Guide, Indeed’s largest global content product
• Building and implementing an ambitious, future-facing, data-driven editorial strategy to transform Career Guide thought leadership into a multifunctional brand journalism apparatus
• Creating the framework for honest and critical engagement with AI (its potential, its shortcomings, its value) for an audience of workers and job seekers.
• Improving the overall quality of written content on Career Guide through journalistic best practices.
• Manage a full-time contract editor as well as a network of freelance contributors. Show less

Senior Editor

Architectural Record

Dec 2024 - Jun 2025 (7 months)

• Masthead-level position tasked with improving written output and contributing to long-term editorial strategy.
• Conceived, organized, and executed the contributing education webinar "Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and the Future of the Firm: A Conversation for Emerging Professionals" (featuring speakers from Autodesk, Gensler, and ZGF) — the best attended session in the continuing educations series' history.
• Oversaw front-of-book sections of print magazine (Forum, Products, Books, Snapshot), including long-term planning, managing content flow, and commissioning pieces.
• Wrote and edited print features and online news articles and proofread monthly magazine. Show less

Contributing Editor

Architectural Record

Oct 2024 - Dec 2024 (3 months)

Editorial Strategy Consultant

Silvermine Group

Jan 2024 - Oct 2024 (10 months)

• Assessed and improved written content while advising on long-term audience development strategies. 
• Led development of cross-functional community-building strategy for eForm2290.com aimed at owner-operator truckers, small-fleet owners, and trucking industry support systems (i.e. families). 
• Co-led comprehensive audience engagement survey — including direct interviews with customers — gauging interests, consumption, and needs to guide future product development and offerings.
• First and last reader on all content created for eForm2290.com<

Creator and Co-Host, Cineopolis

freelance

Feb 2021 - Jul 2021 (6 months)

• Conceived, co-hosted, and guided editorial for 10-episode podcast about movies and the places that made them, produced by ATM Media, which premiered May 2, 2021.
• Sole host on two episodes, which were dedicated to interviews with architect and author Chad Oppenheim and Time film critic Stephanie Zacharek.

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Creator and Co-Host, Cineopolis

Feb 2021 - Jul 2021 (6 months)

• Conceived, co-hosted, and guided editorial for 10-episode podcast about movies and the places that made them, produced by ATM Media, which premiered May 2, 2021.
• Sole host on two episodes, which were dedicated to interviews with architect and author Chad Oppenheim and Time film critic Stephanie Zacharek.

Director, Content Strategy & Executive Editor

The College Board

Mar 2020 - Jan 2024 (3 years 11 months)

• Led development, implementation, and launch, in March 2020, of The Elective, College Board's solutions-focused digital education magazine
• Developed strong, and growing, audience base through expert SEO optimization and creative engagement with news cycles and trending topics »» 27% YoY traffic growth in 2021, 30% YoY traffic growth in 2022
• Secured executive and leadership buy-in through one-on-one conversations and forward-looking presentations pitching the publication as valuable to realizing existent organizational goals and future growth opportunities
• Responsible for overall editorial strategy, which includes maintaining the weekly publishing calendar, identifying future growth opportunities (i.e. newsletters, pod

Director, Digital Editorial Strategy

The College Board

Jan 2019 - Mar 2020 (1 year 3 months)

• Part of a small rapid-response team to handle critical crisis communications needs
• Prepped executive leaders for national media opportunities (i.e. podcast spots, major newspaper interviews)
• Ghosted executive leadership op-eds about education topics and organizational work that were placed in major media outlets
• Built a database of national student and educator success stories by working with organizational program leaders and regional representatives
• Aided video team in strategizing and creating short-form program-specific content and longer interviews with educators Show less

Editor

Speeda Edge

Jun 2018 - Sep 2018 (4 months)

• Managed content curation and user engagement in a startup media environment
• Owned the creation, editing, deployment, and results tracking of the app's daily newsletter as well as various email communications targeted to new subscribers
• Collaborated closely with edit, audience development, and technology teams to improve product and user outcomes

Deputy Culture Editor

Newsweek

Nov 2017 - Apr 2018 (6 months)

• Oversaw and managed day-to-day operations of Culture vertical on newsweek.com
• Managed and coached a team of 7 writers and associate editors
• Coordinated coverage of films and events, like the Academy Awards and Super Bowl
• Maintained editorial calendar to ensure timely content publication and maximum audience engagement via monitoring Google and Twitter trending topics
• Collaborated with other editors to ensure the best SEO outcomes for published content
• Served as a backup/overflow editor for other desks, including News and Science
• Contributed pieces as a writer to

Senior Editor, TIME Edge

Timé

Sep 2016 - Nov 2017 (1 year 3 months)

• Product manager and editorial coordinator for TIME Edge, a news website for middle- and high-school students
• Managed a staff of two full-time editors, and served as assignment editor for writers on the TIME for Kids staff
• Collaborated with executives and teams across Time Inc. on editorial, business, marketing, and development strategy
• Worked with TIME writers and editors on adapting reporting packages from the magazine for the TIME Edge audience

Senior Digital Editor

Sports Illustrated Kids

Feb 2015 - Sep 2016 (1 year 8 months)

• Led an ambitious, long-term digital initiative roadmapping a two-year mobile-first content strategy to redesign and relaunch SIKids.com (a project that languished for years), while building a holistic business plan and multi-year roadmap with stakeholders from across Time Inc.
• Oversaw and managed digital strategy for the oldest national sports publication geared to young adults
• Content manager and primary content creator for the Sports Illustrated Kids website
• Social media manager responsible for creating and publishing content on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube
• Coordinated coverage of national sports events, li

Digital Editor

Sports Illustrated Kids

May 2013 - Jan 2015 (1 year 9 months)

Responsibilities include:
• Oversaw and managed digital strategy for the oldest national sports publication geared to young adults
• Content manager and primary content creator for the Sports Illustrated Kids website
• Social media manager responsible for creating and publishing content on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube
• Coordinated coverage of national sports events, like the Super Bowl, Major League Baseball All-Star Game, and the World Cup with editors of print publication, Kid Reporters, and interns
• Coordinated daily coverage of sports and related content with SI Kids staff, as well as writers, editors, and photographers at Sports Illustrated
• Managed the Sports Illustrated Kids Kid Reporter

Editor, Scholastic News Kids Press Corps

Scholastic

Jun 2011 - May 2013 (2 years)

• Coordinated award-winning 2012 election coverage with my writers and the editors of Scholastic News magazines for a dedicated election website (scholastic.com/election)
• Created and implemented a 20-month election editorial calendar for the 2012 presidential election that began with coverage of the first Republican primary debates in May 2011; included on-the-ground reporting from major primary and battleground states, both party conventions, every presidential and vice presidential debate, election night parties at the Obama and Romney campaign headquarters, and Inauguration Day; and was highlighted by a Kid Reporter-exclusive Wh

Associate Producer, Corporate Communications/Scholastic News Kids Press Corps

Scholastic

Jan 2010 - Jun 2011 (1 year 6 months)

• Created, edited, and produced nationally-recognized Kid Reporter Special Reports Crisis in Haiti and Earthquake in Japan
• Grew the follower count for @kidspress on Twitter more than 200% after becoming account admin in early 2010
• Coordinated Kid Reporter editorial coverage between my team and editors of Scholastic News magazines
• Developed and maintained content for Scholastic intranet and media room websites
• Worked with publicists and editors across the company on internal and external communications plans
• Conceived and designed internal communication flyers for posting in three Scholastic buildings Show less

Associate Editor/Producer, Scholastic News Online

Scholastic

Feb 2008 - Jun 2009 (1 year 5 months)

• Winner 2009 min Best of the Web Special Online Coverage award for Countdown to Election 2008 site
• Nominee 2009 Association of Educational Publishers award for Economy for Kids Special Report
• Developed and oversaw production of interactives and games, such as Explore the Election
• Coordinated 2008 election coverage between Scholastic News Online editors, Kid Reporters, and Scholastic News magazine editors
• Co-created, moderated, edited, and produced five blogs for Scholastic News Online’s blog network
• Managed and facilitated the transition of site’s video assets from an in-house content management system to the Brightcove media player and content management system
• Managed and coached Scholastic Kids

Culture Journalist

freelance

Jan 2007 - Dec 2023 (17 years)

While maintaining full-time staff positions, my byline has appeared on film and culture features and criticism published by Los Angeles Review of Books, The Paris Review, Architectural Digest, TIME Magazine, Daily Beast, Movieline, Mental Floss, and History.com, among other publications. I have also appeared as an expert guest on the podcasts Welcome to the Party, Pal and Screen Sounds and the Turkish public broadcasting/TRT World arts program Showcase. My work as a culture journalist has also allowed me to maintain long-term contributor relationships with an array of publications: » Red Hook Star-Revue — August 2019-present » Architectural Record —

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Culture Journalist

Jan 2007 - Dec 2023 (17 years)

While maintaining full-time staff positions, my byline has appeared on film and culture features and criticism published by Los Angeles Review of Books, The Paris Review, Architectural Digest, TIME Magazine, Daily Beast, Movieline, Mental Floss, and History.com, among other publications. I have also appeared as an expert guest on the podcasts Welcome to the Party, Pal and Screen Sounds and the Turkish public broadcasting/TRT World arts program Showcase. My work as a culture journalist has also allowed me to maintain long-term contributor relationships with an array of publications: » Red Hook Star-Revue — August 2019-present » Architectural Record —

Intern

MovieMaker Magazine

Jan 2007 - May 2007 (5 months)

• For-credit internship completed while in graduate school
• Copyedited and fact-checked features and online content for internationally read independent cinema magazine
• Researched Arizona's filmmaking community and interviewed location scouts, cinematographers, independent filmmakers, and film office officials for the feature "Arizona: A Site for Sore Eyes"

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Features Editor

WHIRL Magazine

Oct 2004 - Feb 2005 (5 months)

Arts & Entertainment Editor

The Pitt News

Dec 2003 - Apr 2004 (5 months)

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Editorial Assistant

WHIRL Magazine

Nov 2003 - Oct 2004 (1 year)

Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor

The Pitt News

May 2003 - Dec 2003 (8 months)

Senior Staff Writer — Lead Film Critic

The Pitt News

May 2002 - Apr 2003 (1 year)

Staff Writer

The Pitt News

Sep 2001 - May 2002 (9 months)

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