School
Indiana University Of Pennsylvania
Expertise
Editorial Strategy, Project Management, Team Leadership
- Carmen is the editorial director for Static Media, where he oversees daily publishing on all brands.
- He created Static Media's editorial quality management program, an ongoing effort that seeks to continually optimize Static content to create the best possible reader experience.
- His personal essays on everything from politics to parenting have been published by the humor collectives Frazzled and How Pants Work.
Experience
Carmen's career started in local video production around Central Pennsylvania. His love of storytelling, mixed with his keen interest in pop culture, led him to writing and editing work on The Superficial, a bygone snarky celebrity blog. Carmen began freelancing with Static Media in 2016, writing for Looper, Nicki Swift, Grunge, and The List. He joined the company full-time in 2017, becoming Nicki Swift's lead features editor soon thereafter. Carmen later advanced to editorial management, taking roles overseeing content production and editorial quality for multiple brands. In 2023, he accepted the role of editorial director for Static Media.
Education
Carmen has a bachelor's degree in communications/media from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
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