Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

We're thrilled to announce that Intellex has acquired Expert by Big Village, effective March 22, 2024. This strategic move enhances our capabilities and strengthens our commitment to delivering exceptional solutions to our customers.

Stay tuned for more updates on how this acquisition will benefit our clients and experts.

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Expert Details

Content Creation, Digital Media, Feature and Travel Writing, and Editing

ID: 733387 Colorado, USA

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Expert's core competencies include writing and editing; creative content development; travel planning; personal travel planning; social media; on-air hosting; small business management; magazine features; and investigative reporting. She is fluent in French.

Expert has extensive travel planning experience, planning more than 200 different unique holidays for Jetsetter clients before the company disbanded the program. She creates personalized itineraries based upon budget, occasion (honeymoon, bucket list), season and interest and includes a printable mini-guide with restaurant, nightlife and sightseeing recommendations for each destination the client is visiting. She also only recommends hotels she either personally knows, or can vet through friends in the travel writing community.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1999 Degree: BA Subject: Arts in History and Political Science (Emphasis: Latin America and Africa) Institution: Colorado College

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2014 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Contributing Writer & Local Expert Department: Special Interest and Destination Travel Guides
Responsibilities:
Expert writes and edits the special interest guides on this destination travel website. She also updates the content for the French Polynesia and Turks and Caicos Travel Guides, among other content.

I write and edit the Special Interest Guides on Afar.com. I also update the content for the French Polynesia & Turks and Caicos Travel Guides among other content.
Special Interest Guides Created Include:
-Travel for Good
-Wellness Getaways
-Summer Travel
-Photography
-The Natural World

I also work on special projects.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2013 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Denver Travel Correspondent Department:
Responsibilities:
Expert contributes articles and 10 Best Lists on goings-on in Denver, including restaurants, nightlife, hotels, shopping and other events.

Contribute weekly local content and 10 Best lists about Denver. Always on the look-out for hot new restaurants, bars, shops and hotels in the Mile High City.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2002 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Owner and Creator Department:
Responsibilities:
Expert has operated independently and successfully in her own freelance writing business for over 15 year. She is dedicated to meeting consumer and industry demand for original creative copy, as well as market research, location scouting, publicity, editing and management. She has been contracted by multiple clients to produce high-quality editorial content for magazine, newspaper, radio, television, web and social media outlets. She also helps clients develop and build their brand through content creation, public relations and social media. Among others, her clients have included LA Times, The Guardian (UK), Wall Street Journal, The Denver Post, and Progressive Insurance.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2012 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Freelance Correspondent Department:
Responsibilities:
I write for the custom publishing and national news departments, and have reported on events like the Aurora Theater Massacre. I also cover travel - both regional and international - weddings, style and education.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2009 to 2014 Employer: Jetsetter Title: Correspondent and Travel Expert Department:
Responsibilities:
Expert was recruited to curate editorial content for Gilt Groupe's flash-sales travel website during the initial beta test phase. She has contributed regular copy since that time. She traveled to the Caribbean twice to road test private vacation villa rentals for the Homes Collection pre-launch and was signed as an Expert Consultant, specializing in honeymoon, budget, offbeat and pet holidays for the travel planning service. Regional destination specialties include Southern and Eastern Africa, Thailand, Europe, Australia, Tahiti, French Polynesia, the Caribbean and the United States.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2011 to 2013 Employer: Gotham Writer's Workshop; New York Times Knowledge Network Title: Travel Writing Instructor/Faculty Department:
Responsibilities:
Expert taught basic and advanced online travel writing classes, many in conjunction with the New York Times. Named "Best of the Web" by Forbes, Gotham Writers Workshop is a leading creative writing school offering classes in NYC and online writing workshops in multiple mediums on the Internet.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2003 to 2011 Employer: Lonely Planet Title: Travel Guidebook Author Department:
Responsibilities:
Expert researched and wrote sections of 33 travel guides and specialty titles for Lonely Planet. She was contracted as the Lead Author on five titles. Her responsibilities included managing an author team, liaising between writers and in-house editors, helping develop the series title brief, and checking author manuscripts for accuracy and house style compliance. worked closely with, and traveled to, company offices in Melbourne, London and Oakland. Her PR experience included promoting current Lonely Planet titles to print and broadcast media outlets.

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 2002 to Present Country / Region: Extensive International Experience Summary: Expert's travel journalism has taken her to a wide variety of international locations for over 15 years.

Career Accomplishments

Awards / Recognition
SATW 2011 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award
Gold, Travel Guidebooks: USA Best Trips: 99 Themed Itineraries Across America
Sponsored by the SATW, the annual competition is the most prestigious in the field of travel journalism. Expert was part of a team of 11 to write this book from scratch.
Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has extensive print travel guide book, web and magazine publishing experience via her journalistic career.

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
French Conversational

Fields of Expertise

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