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Melanie Mannarino is an editorial and brand strategist who spent the bulk of her career editing digital and print content for national media brands including Seventeen, Marie Claire, Real Simple, Cosmopolitan, and Shape. She brought her editorial depth of knowledge to Weight Watchers International, as Director of Content, where she led global innovations, developed new digital products, and developed and starred in video franchises.
Melanie writes and edits branded and native content as well as editorial features across digital and print, and has been a content lead and strategist for various financial and wellness startups. A lifestyle expert, Melanie covers the relevant issues and concerns of our culture—from complex issues like domestic violence and the American healthcare system, to everyday lifestyle topics like food and entertaining, health and wellness, career, relationships, money, and parenting.
Melanie is the author of The (Almost) Zero Waste Guide (Tiller Press, January 2021), The Best Gender-Neutral Baby Book (Tiller Press, July 2019), Epic Baby Names for Girls (Tiller Press, October 2019), and The Boyfriend Clinic: The Final Word On Flirting, Dating, Guys and Love (HarperTeen). Other career highlights include judging Iron Chef America: Battle Broccoli and guest-starring as “Melanie Mannarino, editor of Seventeen magazine” in a multi-episode arc on the soap opera As the World Turns.