Dori Manela
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sentinel Real Estate (November 2010 to Present)
Content Management Coordinator
- Manage content for 60 multifamily community property websites
- Implement social media strategy and presence for each property
- Maintain communication with property managers to stay up-to-date on relevant property news
Merrill Lynch, New York, NY (September 2007 to Present)
Communications Specialist, Communications & Public Affairs
- Created and published content for Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion and Employee Information websites · Advised HR groups firm- wide on electronic marketing communications for current processes/projects
- Wrote, edited and produced internal e-newsletters
- Devised and communicated content publishing process and calendar to stakeholders
- Liaised with technology partners to implement website solutions benefiting employees globally
- Wrote feature intranet articles about company events and programs
- Analyzed website performance and metrics with Webtrends
Time Inc/Bertelsmann AG, Doubleday Entertainment, New York, NY (February 2006 to August 2007)
Senior Internet Copywriter, Current Member Internet Marketing
- Created content and design for promotional emails that reached 3,000,000 book club members across commercial and niche channels
- Conducted author interviews and wrote author profiles for newsletters and websites
- Developed quarterly e-mail marketing strategy
- Produced content for book club websites describing programs, offers and site usability options
- Collaborated with multiple departments to ensure accurate copy
- Managed and supervised the email team’s intern
- Implemented marketing of book clubs through MySpace and other online communities
RELATED EXPERIENCE
NBC New York, New York, NY (March 2011 to Present)
Contributor, GO Healthy NY,
- Write health and fitness articles for NBC New York’s GO Healthy NY blog initiative
- Established “Dori’s Quest,” a weekly column devoted to reviewing unique New York-based fitness classes
- Form relationships with fitness studio and health club owners to determine topics to review
Dori’s Shiny Blog. New York, NY (November 2007 to Present)
Blogger, Health & Fitness
- Write original content about health and fitness on a weekly basis
- Leverage blog readership through social media resources
- Implement SEO strategies and analyze site metrics using Google Analytics
- Organize meetups, fitness classes and events for NYC-based bloggers and readers
- Establish relationships with bloggers and readers nationwide
Exhale Spa, New York, NY (January 2010 to Present)
Social Media Ambassador
- Work with communications team on researching, advising and executing details of exhale’s social media strategy
- Create stronger exhale presence in social media outlets including blogging, Facebook and Twitter
- Coordinate and advise spa locations nationwide on Twitter best practices
- Engage social community in conversation to promote exhale’s proprietary Core Fusion® classes
EDUCATION
- Baruch College, City University of New York, Master of Arts, Corporate Communication
- Binghamton University, State University of New York Bachelor of Arts, English Rhetoric & Literature

Photo: Dori at Barre3 by Well+Good NYC
