Kristen Romanelli is a writer and interactive media professional based in the Boston area. In 2003, Kristen graduated from Fairfield University with a B.A. in English/Creative Writing. While at Fairfield, she devoted most of her time to the university's television station and media center where she became Executive Producer in her senior year. After graduating, she took a position in Baltimore, MD at Laureate Education as an associate video editor.

From 2005 - 2010, Kristen worked full time in a freelance capacity for Liberty Mutual's Creative Services department. In that time she managed their digital media needs from creation to execution and helped usher the department into the age of HD media. She's familiar with several video editing platforms, including Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer, as well as a number of other production programs such as After Effects, Flash, and Photoshop. The high-profile projects Kristen worked on while at Liberty included videos for the Boston Pops, The Responsibility Project, The Coach of the Year Award, and Responsible Sports.

From 2010 - 2011, Kristen was an interactive producer at Vantage Deluxe World Travel. She helped relaunch Vantage's email marketing campaign, managed the company's first passenger video contest, and became involved with Vantage's blog and social media projects. During that time, the interactive department was responsible for approximately 40% of Vantage's business.

Currently, she's a web production analyst for Sallie Mae where she works with stakeholders and developers to create and maintain content on SallieMae.com and CollegeAnswer.com. She also actively volunteers as the web editor for the online media studies journal Watcher Junior and she writes for Film Score Monthly Online, a monthly periodical.

In her spare time, Kristen enjoys knitting, sailing, crossword puzzles, and following Boston sports. (Go Sox!)