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Charreah Jackson
Relationships Editor, ESSENCE Magazine
Location: New York, NY United States
Joined: Aug 29th, 2014

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Charreah K. Jackson shares a message of empowerment through love as the Relationships Editor for ESSENCE magazine. She is also the creator of BossBride.com, a love and career advice site for women. Charreah speaks around the country and is a featured expert on CNN, ABC News and WEtv. The National Association of Professional Women named her a 2014 Woman of the Year.

Her passion on the power of relationships in our lives is contagious. As a certified family life educator, Charreah provides workshops, corporate seminars, keynote speeches and coaching. She is a featured love and success expert on CNN, VH1, WEtv and ABC News and a career coach for the international women's organization, Dress for Success.

The savvy communicator speaks globally including the 2013 international iDate Conference and the Omega Institute�s Women and Power Conference headlined by Gloria Steinem. Charreah is an ambassador for the sexuality and birth control resource BedSider.org. She is also featured in the book �Daring to be Ourselves� by Marianne Schnall, which includes insight from influential women including Cameron Diaz and Maya Angelou. Charreah is a graduate of Howard University.

Charreah has interviewed newsmakers such as Spike Lee, Sarah Jessica Parker, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She has earned awards in journalism including a Hearst Award. As the Social Media Manager at Siren PR, she connected women to the fashion and beauty brands they love and grew an international network.

The Atlanta-native now lives and loves in Harlem.

Education (request update)

Howard University class of 2007

Undergrad Major: Journalism

Claim To Fame:

� 2014 VIP Women of the Year award by the National Association of Professional Women � 2014 Disney Dreamer�s Academy speaker and guest professor � Professor for 2014 Black and Married with Kids Academy � 2014 Birmingham Hair and Health Expo Keynote Speaker � Keynote Speaker of the 2013 Singles Wives Conference in Atlanta

Experience

I currently work with ESSENCE Magazine as Relationships Editor
I have years of experience working in the Publishing industry.

Relationships Editor | ESSENCE magazine
From November 2011 to Current • 15 year(s)
Manage and create content for leading media brand for African American Women, provide cover stories and manage top-read newsletter.

Educator and Speaker | Self-employed
From September 2008 to Current • 18 year(s)
Provide presentations, speeches and workshops on healthy relationships, professional development, and women's empowerment.

Associate Editor | Heart & Soul magazine
From June 2010 to November 2011 • 1 year(s)
Spearhead and manage online content for healthy living magazine for African American Women.

Social Media Manager | Siren Public Relations
From December 2009 to November 2011 • 2 year(s)
Strategize social media engagement for fashion and beauty clients, managed TRESemmÃ© accounts and grew online buzz by 75%.

Associate Editor | Essence.com
From May 2007 to December 2009 • 2 year(s)
Managed daily content for relationships and lifestyle channels, helped grow website from 500,000 to fifty million visits monthly.

Reporter | Magazine Publishers of America
From July 2007 to December 2008 • 1 year(s)
Researched, interviewed and profiled magazine industry leaders for the international association.

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