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WHO WE ARE
Charts and Leisure is a collective of internet-native strategists which specializes in working with independent creatives and large brands to create quality content.
We believe that companies and organizations benefit from collaborating with established internet creators — independent writers, producers, performers, directors and makers — and that these distinct voices create quality stories which outperform standard content marketing.
ABOUT US
Leadership Team
JASON OBERHOLTZER
FOUNDER
Jason is a two-time published author, a producer, editor and composer, and a content creator for Longreads, Tumblr, Medium, Forbes and others. He develops and manages content ecosystems while building, leading and scaling content production teams.
As a strategist, he has worked with Adobe, IBM, Colgate-Palmolive, Bloomberg, SkillSoft, Morningstar, The Economist, BBC America, FuelCell Energy, Dentsu International and more.
Meghal Janardan
creative Producer
Meghal is an audio & video producer and director. She has developed original food, lifestyle and business history series.
Her work can be seen at Insider, T Magazine (NYT), Condé Nast Entertainment, RGA, Refinery29, and Dotdash.
MIKE RUGNETTA
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION
Mike is an award winning writer, host and engagement strategist.
He co-created Idea Channel, one of the first wholly digital endeavors of PBS Digital Studios, and created Reasonably Sound, one of the founding podcasts of American Public Media’s Infinite Guest Network.
Michael Simonelli
Head Engineer
Michael is a composer, artist, sound designer, and audio consultant.
He has worked with brands like Chanel, The Markup, Morningstar, IMDb, Carat, FoST, Fashion Tech Forum, Longreads, The Theodore Rosevelt Presidential Library and more.
COLE STrYKER
DIRECTOR OF EDITORIAL
Cole is an editorial strategist and writer. He helps brands like Microsoft, IBM and AMD build and run editorial ecosystems where they can tell human-centric stories in a holistic, thoughtful way that achieves specific business goals.
He is the author of two books, and his writing has appeared in The Nation, nbcnews.com, Salon, Vice, Boing Boing, The NY Observer, The Huffington Post, Storyboard, Rhizome, Nerve, Popmatters and more.