RESUME
CONTACT: michcove@gmail.com; (617) 319-4434
SUMMARY: Editorial, creative marketing, publicity, facilitating, communications, and filmmaking professional with extensive project experience from conception through publicity. All content has been created in the name of empowerment and inspiration.
CORE QUALIFICATIONS:
Founder and Executive Director MEDIAGIRLS — Boston, MA — www.mediagirls.org (2014 - Present)
Founded this nationally recognized and award-winning nonprofit organization that teaches girls and young women how to know their self-worth and harness the power of media to uplift one another. Created curriculum that has been taught to 600 girls in Boston via our 8- to 16-week program; and workshops that have reached over 4,000 teen girls and women through speaking engagements. MEDIAGIRLS has received several awards including: Top 10 Global Innovator of Education in the “Digital Wellness” category by HundrED; 1st place at TUGG competitive pitch, 2nd place at PowerLaunch Fellowship pitch; and Top 10 finalist of the national Roslyn S. Jaffe Award, which celebrates “everyday heroes who are making the world a better place for women and/or children through innovative and entrepreneurial social reform.”
Professional blogger (2013 - Present)
Editor and project manager, 614, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute — Waltham, MA — 614ezine.com (2007–2014)
Author, I Love Mondays: And Other Confessions from Devoted Working Moms, a nonfiction publication; SEAL PRESS — Berkeley, CA (2012)
Co-author, I'm Not Mad, I Just Hate You, a national-bestselling nonfiction publication; PENGUIN — New York, NY (1999)
Filmmaker & publicist Seeking Happily Ever After, feature-length documentary, seekinghappilyeverafter.com (2007-2010)
Editor in chief, JVibe, JFL Media — Newton, MA (2003–2006)
Content producer Zooba — Boston, MA — zooba.com (2000–2001)
Senior editor, Girls' Life magazine, Monarch Avalon — Baltimore, MD — girlslife.com (1994–1999)
EDUCATION:
Clark University — Worcester, MA — Bachelor of Arts: English
CORE QUALIFICATIONS:
- Excellent in creating original content for niche and large audiences
- Attained publicity for numerous projects in national publications, television, and radio
- Developed and taught seminars and workshops on various topics
- Accomplished public speaker for audiences ranging from small workshops to conference lectures of up to 800 women
- Experience building and engaging social-media audiences
- Strategic thinking, leadership, mentoring
Founder and Executive Director MEDIAGIRLS — Boston, MA — www.mediagirls.org (2014 - Present)
Founded this nationally recognized and award-winning nonprofit organization that teaches girls and young women how to know their self-worth and harness the power of media to uplift one another. Created curriculum that has been taught to 600 girls in Boston via our 8- to 16-week program; and workshops that have reached over 4,000 teen girls and women through speaking engagements. MEDIAGIRLS has received several awards including: Top 10 Global Innovator of Education in the “Digital Wellness” category by HundrED; 1st place at TUGG competitive pitch, 2nd place at PowerLaunch Fellowship pitch; and Top 10 finalist of the national Roslyn S. Jaffe Award, which celebrates “everyday heroes who are making the world a better place for women and/or children through innovative and entrepreneurial social reform.”
Professional blogger (2013 - Present)
- Huffington Post — New York, NY
- Thrive Global — New York, NY
- Girls Leadership - Oakland, CA
- MEDIUM - New York, NY
Editor and project manager, 614, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute — Waltham, MA — 614ezine.com (2007–2014)
- Built online magazine from scratch that explores hot-button issues relevant to young Jewish women
- Create original content; negotiate reprints, assign to and manage freelancers, work with designer; and find and select art for each issue
- Built an audience of 10,000 readers through publicity, marketing, and outreach, establishing partnerships, and creating and maintaining Constant Contract campaigns
Author, I Love Mondays: And Other Confessions from Devoted Working Moms, a nonfiction publication; SEAL PRESS — Berkeley, CA (2012)
- Authored parenting book that helps working moms navigate the tug of war between work and family
- Handled publicity, leading to numerous reviews and author interviews for national publications including MORE, Parenting, Working Mother, The New York Times, and Psychology Today
Co-author, I'm Not Mad, I Just Hate You, a national-bestselling nonfiction publication; PENGUIN — New York, NY (1999)
- Co-author of this parenting book that offers a new understanding of mother-daughter conflict (Viking, 1999)
- Featured in numerous magazines and on Oprah, Good Morning America, The Today Show, and other talk shows; translated into several languages
Filmmaker & publicist Seeking Happily Ever After, feature-length documentary, seekinghappilyeverafter.com (2007-2010)
- Conceived of, directed, and produced this award-winning, feature-length documentary (Lionsgate Films, 2012) about why there are more single 30-something women than ever in the U.S.
- Managed crew that included editor, DP, composer and intern
- Obtained distribution deal with Lionsgate and negotiated terms
- Created and executed the publicity campaign for the film's release that included feature stories and interviews in numerous national publications, blogs, websites, and radio shows
- Also set up screenings and filmmaker talks at colleges, including Harvard, Stanford, Boston College, Boston University, Clark University, and the University of Arizona
- Authored the companion book Seeking Happily Ever After: How to Navigate the Ups and Downs of Being Single Without Losing Your Mind (Penguin, 2010), which was featured in The Washington Post, Boston Globe, AOL News, Forbes Woman, Marie Claire, and numerous other publications
- Created and maintained Constant Contact campaign for audience of thousands, and using Facebook and Twitter
Editor in chief, JVibe, JFL Media — Newton, MA (2003–2006)
- Created a national magazine for Jewish teens from the ground up, which included developing the magazine format, running focus groups, writing original content, and finding and assigning freelancers, as well as working with the designer and printer
- Built the subscriber base to 10,000 readers by also attaining publicity in numerous Jewish journals, newspapers, and other publications nationally and internationally
Content producer Zooba — Boston, MA — zooba.com (2000–2001)
- Edited and created content for free opt-in email service with 2.5 million subscribers, offering 300-word articles paired with merchandise for sale
- Edited lifestyle departments, including fashion, entertainers, and movies
Senior editor, Girls' Life magazine, Monarch Avalon — Baltimore, MD — girlslife.com (1994–1999)
- Edited, originated, and wrote features and columns; initiated celebrity interviews; assigned freelance articles; proofread all copy; handled book excerpts and wrote press releases. Circulation: 2 million
- Originated and assigned story ideas; arranged interviews; edited all copy; wrote features and departments; contracted contributors, freelancers and book publishers; and wrote press releases
EDUCATION:
Clark University — Worcester, MA — Bachelor of Arts: English