About

James Jung, a graduate of Middlebury College, is an award-winning writer, editor, producer, and content strategist with more than 15-years experience in the digital space. He is the Editorial Director at Blackbird, a loyalty platform for restaurants, where he oversees content, copy, and hosts the TikTok series “Take Me To Your Spot.”

Previously, James served as the Senior Editor of Branded Entertainment at InsideHook and the Director of Sponsored Content for NBC's Owned Television Station sites, creating custom content experiences for advertisers such as BMW, Capital One, JetBlue, McDonald's, and Visit Seattle. Her has been on the editorial staffs of NBC OTS, Travel + Leisure Magazine, and Blender.com. His feature stories and other journalism regularly appear in Bicycling, Bloomberg Businessweek, Men's Journal, Outside, Vice, Jetsetter, SKI, Watch Journal, and other publications, and his essay—”Chasing My Father’s Ghost”—was recognized in Best American Essays 2021.

In addition to his professional work, James earned his MFA in Fiction from Stony Brook University, where he was awarded The Deborah Hecht Memorial Prize. His short stories have appeared in Narrative, The Southern Review, and The Southampton Review.

If you are interested in working with James, you can email him here.