Jill Di Donato is a lifestyle writer, editor, essayist, and multi-media brand consultant and digital content strategist. Her portfolio spans digital, print, and video. Select bylines include The Los Angeles Times, HuffPost, NYLON, Salon, Vice, Refinery29, Autre, The Brooklyn Rail, Modern Luxury, Bustle/Romper, Brides, and Byrdie.
She is the author of the novel Beautiful Garbage, a former fashion editor and HuffPost sex and gender politics columnist. When it comes to content marketing and copywriting, select campaigns include Barbie, Mattel, Net-a-Porter, YOOX, H&M, Follain, MÚSED, and ReFa, where she’s the former director of content. The former editorial director of an LA-based events discovery app, she’s an associate commerce editorial director for the beauty and style group at Dotdash Meredith. She specializes in leveraging data analytics to optimize search results and conversions for commerce content and brands, while providing editorial verve and narrative precision.
She is a teacher and university curriculum writer, and has developed and taught academic programs for Barnard College, Columbia University, and The Fashion Institute of Technology.