ALEXANDRA LEO
Product, UX Design, User Growth
ABOUT ME
Alex Leo is the SVP of product & strategy at RebelMouse. She has served as the vice president of audience development at The Daily Beast and Yahoo, the head of product for Reuters.com, a senior editor at The Huffington Post and an associate producer at ABC News. She was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 and Mogul's 35 Under 35. She has written for The Guardian, The Atlantic, Elle, Jezebel, Reuters, and more, as well as the play "Love, Loss and What I Wore."
Leo graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA in English and has her Master of Science degree in User Experience Design.
WRITING
The Atlantic June 2012
“I look at it like this,” Trey added. “I have a cat, I love my cat and it’s like someone coming in and saying, ‘Hey, is that cat a Republican or a Democrat?’ He’s my fucking cat, leave him alone.”
Tumblr 2011
The two most common manifestations are “Something can be good, but also bad” and “Something is new, but also old.” Whatever form they take, these titles always remind me of the “Simpsons” Halloween episode in which an evil alien presidential candidate proclaims “Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others.”
The Guardian September 2014
Want to blend in with the startup crowd? These all-purpose clichés mean absolutely nothing. Which goes a long way at a cocktail party full of founders
VIDEO CLIPS
MSNBC 2014
Everything from Ebola to Jennifer Lawrence made the 2014 list
One of these four is not like the others
Is hashtag activism worth the hype?
I've heard of second hand smoke but never second hand salt.
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