Ava Marino

Ava Marino

Strategist, DesignOps @Pinterest in New York, NY, she/her

About

Senior strategist and operations lead with over a decade of experience in effective communications and project management for creative teams.

Writing

2024
Three easy ways to boost creativity while you work
2024
Tuning for positivity is good for users — and for business

Work Experience

2023 — Now
New York, NY
2022 — 2022
New York, NY

As a Digital Editor, I reviewed 250+ articles each quarter, helping to contribute to the overall team goals and results, including:
• Daily unique users (Jan-Jun ‘22 average): ~200,000
• Year-over-year traffic growth: ~30%
• All-time unique users: 105.3M+
• Google searches targeted each month: 130M+
• SEO revenue generated since 2018: $10M
• Articles published Jan-Jun ‘22: 3,165
• Articles published in 2021: 5,350

2019 — 2021
New York, NY

Content strategist and engagement lead working on the flagship PBS biography series, American Masters.

2011 — 2019
New York, NY

Led digital strategy and production, social, and partner outreach for over 100 film events annually.

Volunteering

2015 — 2019
Brooklyn, NY

As president of the board of the cinema arts nonprofit Mono No Aware, I secured a volunteer lawyer for the organization and helped lead the organization through the 501(c)(3) application process to secure nonprofit status. I worked on fundraising and strategic planning for the organization and helped it through a substantial growth phase that included securing a new location.

Certifications

2022
UX Writing Fundamentals from UX Content Collective
2020
Certificate in Editing from Poynter Institute / ACES: The Society for Editing
2020
Google Analytics Individual Qualification from Google

Contact

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