Employee Profile

Responsible for the help wanted section (Jobs), both print and online, I help develop products, set prices, and determine what the Web site looks like and does. I’ve been with Washington Post Media for over five years and have had a wide range of jobs in several departments.

I started out in Circulation at The Post, then moved to the Advertising department and then to washingtonpost.com, where I started out in Marketing. Now I’m part of the Product Group.

My internship

I started here as an MBA intern. I was working on a master’s degree in Public Policy, so I really wanted to do something where I felt I was contributing. The Washington Post was a perfect fit. The project I worked on had a lot to do with Circulation, so when I was made an offer to join full time, Circulation seemed like a good opportunity to see the operational side of the business and get my hands dirty. After a couple of years, I moved to Jobs (help wanted). The thing about the MBA Internship Program is that the projects are incredibly meaningful. I know now, from working on the other side, it’s really a competitive process to get an intern assigned to your project. We have to prove that it is going to have an impact on the business and that the project is high-level and strategic. In this internship program, you get exposure to all sorts of people, and incredible access to resources. That makes all the difference in the world.

Moving up

Washington Post Media is a big believer in promoting from within. Most of the senior executives and managers and directors worked their way up. That may be very rare, but it’s great to know that when a position opens up, the question that’s asked first is, “Is there somebody here that’s doing a great job that could fill this role?” We always want to hire that person internally, help them grow and move them up within the organization.

My typical day

Every day, I get to work with a bunch of different people on everything from talking with a developer to understanding why the RSS feed might be causing a problem, to talking with marketing about a project. It’s a really unique set of responsibilities.

The work I do

Even though I’m at Washington Post Digital, my team and I have responsibility for the print side of the business, as well (The Post, Express, El Tiempo). So when we’re thinking about redesigning the Jobs section — what prices should our products be; should we create whole new products — we’re handling those questions for both the print and the online sides of the business. People think of Washington Post Media in a unified way, so it makes sense that we should think about our business in a unified way, as well.