DAVID ARMSTRONG
Cell 917/991-4511 Ÿ davidarmstrong@gmail.com
@djamesarmstrong
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Professional Experience
Editor-in-Chief; Rep. magazine and WealthManagement.com, Penton Media, New York
March 2013—present
Managing Editor; Rep. magazine and WealthManagement.com, Penton Media, New York, New York
Feb. 2012 – March 2013
Feb. 2008 – Feb. 2012
Feb. 2003 – Feb. 2008
Sept. 2000 – Feb. 2003
Sept. 1999 – Sept. 2000
Education
CASE Media Fellowship, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
Summer 2000 “Work in the 21st Century”
New School for Social Research, New York, New York
Sept. 1996 – May 1997
Completed one year towards Master of Arts degree in Media Studies.
Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
Summer 1995
Completed eight-week intensive Chinese-language course.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Sept. 1986 – May 1991
Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Communication Arts conferred.
Skills and Experiences
Proven ability to conceive, write and edit articles for both print and online publications.
Successful team manager. Led groups of reporters and writers on high profile projects; fluency with editorial budgets, publication calendars.
Spent two years living abroad as English teacher in Chi-yi City, Taiwan.
Cell 917/991-4511 Ÿ davidarmstrong@gmail.com
@djamesarmstrong
_____________________________________________________________
Professional Experience
Editor-in-Chief; Rep. magazine and WealthManagement.com, Penton Media, New York
March 2013—present
- Editor of leading trade publication—online and print—for financial advisors, investment advisors, stockbrokers and wealth managers; print circulation 180,000.
- Help conceive and edit feature stories, packages and lists; oversee all aspects of creating magazine.
- Manage five-person staff, including two reporters, art director and web producer, as well as 13 contributing editors and columnists, regular freelancers.
- Create monthly editorial budget and production map working with publisher and ad traffickers.
- Represent publication at industry conferences; present research findings and moderate panels.
- Integrated production and editorial process between print publication and website, Wealthmanagement.com.
Managing Editor; Rep. magazine and WealthManagement.com, Penton Media, New York, New York
Feb. 2012 – March 2013
- Helped launch and run the editorial side of new website covering the wealth management industry.
- Updated online editorial process from two leading monthly B2B print publications, Rep. and Trust & Estates, and integrated into a digital-first, web-based strategy.
- Increased frequency of site contributions, added slideshows and lists, instituted registration wall and paid-subscription wall. Grew page views over three-fold and monthly unique visitors to 250,000, two-thirds of total number of producing financial advisors in U.S.
- Edit articles, write headlines and decks for both web and print; help conceive coverage; manage Twitter account @wealth_mgmt.
- Manage small staff of two reporters and one web producer.
- Attend industry events; help assemble original monthly research of over 600 advisors; present research findings to industry conferences.
Feb. 2008 – Feb. 2012
- Top editor of consumer newsletters, both online and print, for clients of Northern Trust, Lincoln Financial Group, Wachovia Securities, Merrill Lynch, Prudential and Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services.
- Conceive, assign and edit feature stories on all aspects of wealth management and investing, including portfolio management, trusts, tax-efficient estate strategies, philanthropy, lifestyle.
- Cultivate and manage a stable of talented and knowledgeable financial writers. Negotiate fees and contracts. Create editorial calendars. Help choose photographs and the creation of art elements, graphics, web video and audio links.
- Launched HNW's annual survey of over 600 financial advisors and wealth managers; interpreted and packaged results for use by colleagues, clients and media. Work with research vendors to conduct original qualitative and quantitative market research into high net worth market for clients including Fidelity, Royal Bank of Canada and PNC. Interpret and present results.
Feb. 2003 – Feb. 2008
- Reported and wrote feature stories and profiles for all sections of the magazine. In addition to writing about stocks, bonds and profiles of billionaires and business titans, my work included stories on art fraud, a shady drug manufacturer, low-cost irrigation designs for African farmers, homemade submarines, earthquake-resistant housing for Afghanistan and the largest non-governmental organization in the world. Contributed stories and slideshows to Forbes.com.
- Co-edited 2003, 2004 editions of Forbes 400 list of richest Americans; managed a team of reporters and interns, assigned beats, edited copy; researched candidates’ net worth; reported and wrote profiles, created sidebars and graphics for print and online. Helped support package with television, radio interviews.
- Assisted magazine’s regular stable of financial columnists, including money managers and economists, by gathering data, editing copy and trafficking columns through production.
Sept. 2000 – Feb. 2003
- Reported and wrote articles for all sections of the magazine; regularly contributed stock picks and pans to personal finance section.
- Reported for 2001, 2002 editions of Forbes 400. Did extensive research on candidates, including phone and in-person interviews with individuals on list. Calculated candidates’ net worth and wrote bios; contributed multi-page feature profiles.
Sept. 1999 – Sept. 2000
- Reported and wrote fast-breaking news and features for business web site of Fox News.
- Developed IPO and workplace beats; Wrote weekly Market Spotlight on active company or market trend.
Education
CASE Media Fellowship, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
Summer 2000 “Work in the 21st Century”
New School for Social Research, New York, New York
Sept. 1996 – May 1997
Completed one year towards Master of Arts degree in Media Studies.
Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
Summer 1995
Completed eight-week intensive Chinese-language course.
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Sept. 1986 – May 1991
Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Communication Arts conferred.
Skills and Experiences
Proven ability to conceive, write and edit articles for both print and online publications.
Successful team manager. Led groups of reporters and writers on high profile projects; fluency with editorial budgets, publication calendars.
Spent two years living abroad as English teacher in Chi-yi City, Taiwan.