Samantha Allen

About Samantha Allen

Writer, editor, and content strategist with experience working on SEO-driven platforms such as Looker, ahrefs, and SEMrush, social media, copywriting, and brand strategy, who spends free time creating recipes and reviewing restaurants.

Experience

1. Managing Editor, Forbes Home

   Forbes Advisor

   Jan 2022 — Present

   Manage an internal team of four editors and a greater freelance team of 30Edit and fact-check a variety of data- and insights-rich content types such as cost guides, best-ofs and company or product comparisonsWork with DPR, SEO and data teams to create in-house survey and statistics stories and campaigns supporting seasonally relevant topicsLead the optimizations and updates process to maintain content freshnessConceptualize product testing feasibility and options within our many categoriesWork with editorial leadership to create documentation for content quality standards with an expertise focus, as well as consumer-driven methodologies

Education

• Penn State University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, English / Print Journalism

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Magazines
• Books
• Web Content Writing
• Interviewing
• Social Media
• SEO
• Interviews
• Microsoft Office
• Research
• Public Relations
• Publishing
• Wordpress
• Social Media Marketing
• Copy Editing
• Editing
• Management
• Web Content
• Facebook
• Editorial
• Journalism
• Social Media Communications