Bridget Armstrong

I scripted, produced and hosted Instagram and TikTok videos covering pop culture, zeitgeist, race and gender.

• Conceptualized, produced and hosted theSkimm's highest performing hosted social series
• Strategized ways to grow and diversify theSkimm's audience
• Elevated the social team's standards for fact-based social commentary
• Wrote a best practices guide for on-camera talent
• Trained potential on-camera hosts
• Worked with the social team to conceptualize new ways to reach and grow our audience across platforms
• Hosted live events for theSkimm's audience including celebrity interviews and book club discussions

I developed, piloted, produced and hosted "Pop Cultured" a weekly podcast that focused on major pop culture stories and why they matter through the lens of race and gender.

• Developed the podcast from ideation to launch
• Collaborated with the marketing, social and editorial teams to create and carry out the podcast launch plan
• Managed the podcast including creating production plans that aligned with our weekly publishing schedule
• Researched and wrote weekly scripts for 30-45 minute episodes
• Booked and interviewed weekly experts and talent
• Supervised and edited one full-time producer
• Collaborated with the social team to promote the podcast including producing, hosting and writing weekly social first videos

I produced, edited and managed several podcasts across Vox Media's network that covered pop culture, politics, tech and news.

• Produced the award-winning podcasts "Land of the Giants: The Netflix Effect, and "Switched on Pop"
• Developed and piloted new podcasts with Vox Media reporters and outside talent
• Managed and supervised podcast seasons which included creating production schedules, workflows, launch plans and managing talent and freelancers
• Provided production and editorial support for narrative, talk and roundtable podcasts across Vox Media's brands including showrunning, editing, pitching, researching, reporting, script writing, and mixing

I produced NPR member station WYPR's live broadcasts "Maryland Morning" and "Midday".

• Pitched, scripted and produced live segments covering local news and politics, race, pop culture and the arts
• Reported and produced narrative field pieces
• Coordinated and produced live remote shows
• Managed social media accounts and wrote and edited web stories
• Guest hosted live shows and created and hosted a regular pop culture segment

I worked as a production assistant on the daily talk show "Tell Me More"

• Pitched, booked, scripted, produced, and mixed roundtables, two-ways and music interviews aligned with "Tell Me More's" commitment to highlighting and elevating voices, perspectives and stories from communities of color