Jen Nedeau is a social media consultant, writer and activist based in New York City.
From June 2009 to January 2010, Jen served as the Director of Digital Strategy at Air America Media. At Air America, she helped transition radio, a legacy medium, into the age of the internet. She promoted Air America’s 15 different radio shows and six different news channels through social media marketing, building SEO and monitoring brand conversation online until the company filed bankruptcy in early 2010.
From August 2008 – December 2009, Jen pursued her passion for writing and activism by serving as Editor of the Women’s Rights Blog for Change.org where she facilitated daily discussion about the feminist movement as it related to politics, technology and social norms. Previous to moving to New York City, Jen worked for New Media Strategies where she employed online campaigns for Fortune 500 companies utilizing the power of social media to promote and protect clients.
Jen has given speeches in front of audiences at Organize 2.0, STAND Against Genocide Conference, Netroots Nation, Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School, Politics Online Conference, YWCA’s 150th Anniversary and many other locations regarding social media or the state of the feminist movement.
She first began her career by pursuing political journalism at The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs. During this experience, she was published by the likes of NewYorkTimes.com, Washingtonpost.com and Stateline.org, among others. She was also a Yitzhak Rabin Fellow at the Israel Embassy in 2007, worked on independent research for The Brookings Institution, and held several internships in places such as Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Congressional office and NBC 11 in San Francisco.
In her free time, Jen volunteers for New Leaders Council, a non-profit that offers exclusive training for young progressive leaders, where she serves as the Chief Technology Officer and participates as a member of the local advisory board in New York City. She is originally from San Francisco, CA.
You can follow her on Twitter @JenNedeau and read her blog on Tumblr.