Contact
shelby.blitz@gmail.com
Shelby Blitz
Global Director of Content at Explorium
www.linkedin.com/in/shelbyblitz Tel Aviv - Jaffa, Tel Aviv District, Israel
(LinkedIn)

Summary
Top Skills
Blogging Versatile communications specialist with experience in start ups
Publications and large enterprises. Expertise includes: Writing and editing,
Editing script writing and video production, content marketing, and brand
management. Known for enthusiastic work ethic, ease and patience
Languages in teamwork settings, immense attention to detail, and swiftness in
English (Native or Bilingual) learning new skills. Excels in fast-paced, flexible environments.
Spanish (Limited Working)
Hebrew (Limited Working)
Experience
Honors-Awards
Explorium
Best New Contributor of 2017
Global Director of Content
October 2019 - Present (8 months)
Publications Tel Aviv Area, Israel
Vic Chesnutt: Selected Discography
Explorium is on a mission to reshape the way organizations use data to build
Five bars to holler at the World Cup
their unique competitive advantage. We are redefining how companies find
this weekend
relevant data for Machine Learning by automatically discovering the most
Outdoor Movies
relevant datasets and features across thousands of sources, on the web and in
Racked Chicago
Shortcuts the enterprise.

Sisense
2 years 9 months

Content Marketing Team Lead

February 2019 - October 2019 (9 months)
Tel Aviv Area, Israel

Content Marketing Manager

February 2017 - February 2019 (2 years 1 month)
Tel Aviv Area, Israel

MobileODT
Marketing Manager
April 2015 - February 2017 (1 year 11 months)
Tel Aviv, Israel

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• Lead brand development and improvement across entire company including

all digital and print collateral, internal and external communication platform.
• Partnered with UI/UX designers and developers to ensure proper messaging
and material development surrounding new product features.
• Created, maintained, and improved company language across sales material,
educational material, hardware and software, mobile and web.
• Collaborated across company with product managers, sales team, C-level
management to ensure marketing priorities to reach the right customers on a
global scale.
• Wrote and edited and performed testing on all content marketing collateral
including but not limited to: landing pages, Facebook advertisements, social
media platforms, brochures, and newsletter sends.

Groupon
Editorial and operations
March 2011 - December 2014 (3 years 10 months)
Greater Chicago Area

• Lead a lean operations project to overhaul operational inefficiencies

company-wide, which resulted in increased sales and lead-time in the
company pipeline.
• Developed best practices for our sales team and implemented them via
training sessions and one-on-one shadowing and discussions with sales reps
and sales managers.
• Tested and tracked new internal operational tools and worked with tech
development team to improve functionality for employee ease.
• Facilitated editorial process and assisted all editorial stages with copy
questions.
• Researched and identified problematic deal structures and poor merchant
quality and worked with sales and planning teams to stop or restructure deals
as needed.

Racked Chicago
Contributing Writer
2013 - 2014 (1 year)

PresenTense
Communications Intern
October 2010 - January 2011 (4 months)
Jerusalem, Israel

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• Built and launched 2011 Global Summer Institute website, which included
writing website text, creating new company language, choosing design, layout,
and page-flow.
• Wrote and designed public relations and marketing materials such as flyers,
Facebook and Google AdWords advertisements and press releases.
• Social media marketing outreach targeting specific cities in the US and
Europe via Facebook and Twitter, leading to partnerships in five major US
cities.
• Interviewed and wrote community profiles for PresenTense website, which
were syndicated on various Jewish news websites.
• Copy edited grant proposals, magazine articles and marketing materials.

ALARM Press
1 year 6 months

Contributing Writer
February 2010 - January 2011 (1 year)

Editorial Intern
August 2009 - March 2010 (8 months)
• Researched and wrote a weekly column, "Gallery Spotlight," for online
publication spotlighting artists and art galleries all over the world.
• Wrote news stories for online publication about music festivals, music
competitions and ALARM Press news.
• Interviewed authors, artists and musicians for stories on books, photography,
record reviews and feature stories.
• Electronically filed and organized hundreds of CDs, books and records using
Filemaker Pro.
• Edited copy by hand and electronically for issues going into the print
publication.

Time Out Chicago

Editorial Intern
April 2010 - July 2010 (4 months)
· Fact checked event, restaurant, and festival listings for print publication.
· Composed and wrote short blurbs for a listing of places to watch World Cup
2010 throughout Chicago by contacting relevant establishments in the Chicago
land area.
· Edited and updated 4D related materials for the magazine and website
database.

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· Researched and wrote article for print publication on places to view outdoor
movies in Chicago.

Education
DePaul University
BA, Journalism, Professional Writing · (2007 - 2010)

Semester at Sea
BA, Journalism, Professional Writing · (2008 - 2008)

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