Brad Botkin
About
Brad Botkin is from Hollywood, Florida, United States. Brad is currently Assistant Managing Editor at CBS Interactive, located in Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area. In Brad's previous role as a Editor at CBS Interactive, Brad worked in until Feb 2015. Prior to joining CBS Interactive, Brad was a Contributing Writer at United States Olympic Committee and held the position of Contributing Writer. Prior to that, Brad was a Web Editor/ Consultant at The ATLX Channel from Jan 2013 to Dec 2014. Brad started working as Senior Writer at Rylin Media, LLC in Jan 2009. From Jan 2007 to Jan 2009, Brad was Assistant Editor at Post Magazine. Prior to that, Brad was a Co-Sports Editor at The Times Standard from Jan 2004 to Jan 2007.
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Brad Botkin's current jobs
• Manage CBSSports.com's NBA and Premium Content departments • Work closely with writers and sport producers in planning, production and editing of all long form stories and companion assets, including graphical and original video elements • Collaborate on multi-platform projects with Showtime, CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports • Oversee all NBA and some selected special event coverage • Develop strategic social media plans for all premium content • Write blog posts in support of CBS Sports Network programming
Brad Botkin's past jobs
• Edit, build, and publish localized and wire content for all major sports • Communicate with writers and management team in strategic planning of nightly packages • Create comprehensive cover packages including graphics and photo illustrations in Photoshop • Use HTML to embed video and related links/insert packages in all blog posts, columns, etc. • Closely monitor new sites, wire and social media for potential stories and breaking news
• Provide regular feature stories on current and aspiring Olympians for TeamUSA.org • Contributor for Team USA’s 2014 Winter Olympics “Go for Gold” series • Selected to cover 2011 Warrior Games in conjunction with the Wounded Warrior Project
• Lead/advise staff of two writers and one intern • Consult with executive team regarding editorial budget, website design and social media initiatives • Edit all editorial content and write feature stories for ATLXTV.com • Apply SEO Strategies to all headlines and synopses
• Contribute content to various components of Lifetime Fitness’ internal television network, including affiliates Jetset Magazine, Jetset.com and Rylin Media • Provide editorial content for commemorative championship magazines
• Wrote multiple feature stories per issue for monthly publication • Organized and conducted interviews and photo shoots • Assisted in editing of all content prior to print • Maintained relationships with athletes and front-office executives from Arizona’s four major professional sports organizations, as well as Arizona State University and the University of Arizona
• Promoted from Sports Reporter to Sports Co-Editor during tenure • Led four-person staff with one intern as well as freelance writers • Edited all sports content and designated stories for web publishing • Conducted sports section layout and design • Oversaw planning, layout, writing and editing of annual High School Football Preview project