Meredith Galante
www.MeredithGalante.com
New York, NY 10028
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Work Experience
Freelance writer (March 2017- present) Published in Square, amNewYork,
Newsday, iBorrow, USA Today, Inside Lacrosse, Common Energy, Curbed and more
Families For Excellent Schools: Organizing Director (Dec. 2015-April 2017)
-Managed a team of eight political organizers, who each cultivated a base of parent leaders to take political action
-Wrote parent leader speeches for press conferences and drafted quotes for press releases
-Created and wrote flyers, pamphlets, and blog posts on education policy to recruit more than 100 parent volunteers
-Developed training content and ran weekly learning and development session for 20 New York Staffers, and ran monthly
parent trainings for 40 volunteers.
360 Campaign Consulting: Director of Operations (May 2015-Dec. 2015), Project
Manager (Sept. 2014- May 2015)
-Managed a staff of five to execute projects on behalf of our clients, directly reported to CEO
-Created company website and drafted all content for the website, added SEO. Created and managed all company
social media channels.
-Pitched and recruited multiple new clients through data and anecdotal driven presentations
-Managed all pilot programs, created materials, project goals, managed deadlines, and then drove execution in the
field
Grassroots Campaigns: Canvass Director (March 2013- Aug. 2014), Asst.
Director (Dec. 2012 -Aug. 2013)
-Managed and ran the top-grossing fundraising office three seasons in a row, grossing $800,000
-Recruited a team of 70 canvassers, motivated and trained them to hit fundraising goals
-Broke the single-office, all-time recruitment call goal and most canvassers hired in a summer for Grassroots Campaigns
-Recruited, managed and trained 17 full-time assistant directors to partner with me to grow our canvass office
Business Insider: Staff Writer (Aug. 2011- Dec. 2012)
-Wrote, reported and produced seven posts and three multimedia slideshows a day.
-Drove more than 1 million page views to a single post from my interview with photographer Adrian Frisk
-Managed the Business Insider “The Life” Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest Social Media feeds
-Collaborated with video team to create content to drive pageviews to The Life vertical
-Edited five stories a day from other staff writers, and freelance contributors, posted content on CRM, selected photos for each
story, and added SEO
The Newark Star-Ledger: Staff writer (May 2006-Aug. 2006, May 2010-Aug. 2011)
-Reporter on the breaking news desk covering local government, education, local business
-Had 21 front-page stories
-Posted content to Wordpress, made all content SEO-friendly
-Led the training team that taught other reporters how to use Twitter in their roles
Education
Syracuse University (Aug. 2006-May 2010)
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, College of Arts and Sciences: Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Political Science
