Molly Stier

molly.stier@gmail.com

(817) 980-9252 • @mollystier

EXPERIENCE 

Quartz — Audience editor; Austin, TX

January 2019 - Present

• Oversaw audience growth and engagement for Quartz’s exclusive membership program

• Grew paid Quartz subscriptions 8-fold over a 14-month period

• Conducted experiments to identify Quartz’s most loyal readers and reported analytics to company stakeholders

• Developed a blueprint for an SEO overhaul slated for 2020 using SEMRush

• Wrote headlines and collaborated with editorial by pitching, framing, and packaging stories

• Created and executed custom promotional plans for Quartz membership exclusives and other features 

• Managed Instagram and more than doubled Quartz’s followers

• Promoted Quartz’ Work From Home live-streamed events, resulting in 700+ registrations and attendees per event

• Revamped Facebook group “At Work: A community for careering by Quartz” with 6.6k members

• Maintained video partnerships and promoted three Quartz original series

• Maintained relationships with partnering publishers and distributing platforms

Daily Dot — Social Media Editor; Chicago, Il 

December 2016 – December 2018

• Oversaw an extensive Facebook and Instagram strategy and managed Twitter and Flipboard accounts

• Started Instagram Stories strategy and oversaw Instagram account overhaul

• Created collaborative strategy for promoting select cover story features 

• Pitched stories to newsletters, podcasts, and social media platforms, such as Flipboard and Apple News

• Researched and relayed social media news and emerging platforms to audience team

• Managed media partnerships and social syndication 

• Reported traffic analytics and provided detailed audits of high and low social performers on weekly basis

• Created and maintained meticulous traffic reports from Facebook and Google Analytics

• Managed a two-person intern team and guided them through different projects from start to finish

• Led morning and afternoon budget meetings with high-potential story pitches

• Produced and optimized posts strategically and efficiently in fast-paced news cycle

• Engaged regularly with our audience through messages, comments, and tweets and streamlined complaints and queries

The Nation Magazine — Victor S. Navasky Internship Program; New York, NY 

June 2016 - December 2016

• Fact-checked columns and longform, investigative articles across beats and languages, as the sole fact-checker with Spanish fluency

• Provided research support to Nation writers and editors, including executive editor Richard Kim, and writers Ari Berman, Eric Alterman, and Joan Walsh

• Assisted with web production on TheNation.com, hosted on Wordpress

• Published articles on Election 2016 and university protest movements on TheNation.com

Daily Dot — Editorial Intern and Freelancer; Austin, TX 

January 2016 – July 2016

• Pitched and wrote 4-6 news articles pertaining to web culture per week, including features

• Coordinated schedules and edits with a virtual web team using communication software, such as Trello, Slack, and Google Hangouts

• Worked as one of the four exclusive reporters in Austin 

Burnt x — Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief; Austin, TX

January 2015 – May 2016

• Created the University of Texas at Austin’s first student-run exclusively digital news and lifestyle platform and Texas Student Media aggregator

• Designed social media strategy and built following on Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

• Tracked and produced analytics reports using data from Google Analytics and Chartbeat

• Recruited and led 30-person staff team during launch year

• Developed and designed website structure and template on Wordpress

Daily Dot Production and Capital Factory Studios — Media Production Intern; Austin, TX

May 2015 – August 2015

• Launched media production studio catering to more than 32,000 entrepreneurs

• Assisted with productions ranging from The Daily Dot’s E-sports coverage to start-up explainer videos

• Led launch week social media discussion panel on the power of Snapchat and importance of interaction

• Designed marketing tools such as flyers, digital visuals and social media strategy 

EDUCATION

The University of Texas at Austin  

Bachelor of Journalism & Radio, Television, & Film                                

May 2016                    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Technical Skills: Platforms—Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, Snapchat, Flipboard, Pinterest, Pocket, LinkedIn, Apple News, Smart News, Tumblr. SEO—Google Trends, Discover, Keyword Planner, SEMRush. Analytics & social listening—Parse.ly, Google Analytics, Chartbeat, CrowdTangle, Hootsuite, Social Flow, AdEspresso. Newsletters—MailChimp. CMS— Wordpress, Drupal. Visual assets—Photoshop, Canva. Languages—Bilingual, fluent in Spanish.

Languages: Fluent in Spanish