NH.Toronto, Canada · Remote or hybrid · Open to relocation and U.S. opportunities requiring sponsorship
Nicolle Hodges, editorial leader and producer
Toronto, CanadaRemote or hybrid · Open to relocation and U.S. opportunities requiring sponsorship

Editorial & Content Leader · Strategist · Multi-Format Storyteller

I turn complex ideas into stories people understand and act on.

I build publications, newsletters, executive narratives and multi-format content programs that turn complex subjects into audience growth, trust and action across finance, technology, media and emerging categories.

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Selected writing

Finance, technology, executive interviews, profiles, culture, science and immersive reporting.

01The Dales ReportCrypto: Russia/Ukraine Conflict Poses New Ethical QuestionsFinance & technology↗02The Dales ReportPutting Real Money in Virtual Property: Idiotic or Genius?Market analysis & interview↗03The Dales ReportBraxia and KetaMD CEOs on Their AcquisitionExecutive interview↗04Montecristo MagazineChristopher BatesProfile writing↗05DoubleBlind MagazineCan MDMA Increase Women’s Sexual Desire?Science & culture feature↗06DoubleBlind MagazineAuthor Liara Roux on Sex, Psychedelics and SpiritualityQ&A interview↗07Montecristo MagazineTen Days in a Greek Refugee CampImmersive journalism · First-person narration↗08Montecristo MagazineThe Trailblazing Maud MentenHistorical profile↗
10+years across broadcast, digital & independent media
On-camerahost, producer and media trainer for other talent
$150Kpodcast production budget led from concept through launch
1,500+organic newsletter subscribers in two months

Why I’m an asset

Editorial judgment. Commercial awareness. Fast and informed execution.

Builds editorial programs from zeroLeads writers, designers and video contributorsTranslates finance, technology and emerging categoriesShapes founder and executive narrativesConnects editorial quality with audience distributionProduces across written, audio and on-camera formats
Modern content workflows

SEO-informed editorial planning, AEO awareness, prompt design and responsible AI-assisted research, editing and production.

Career highlights

A record of building, leading and delivering.

01Blockchain North

Director & Content Lead

Built the editorial, audience and founder-media engine for a complex category from the ground up.

Problem or opportunity

Build authority, audience and founder visibility in a complex emerging category.

My contribution

Created the editorial strategy and newsletter from scratch, positioned the founder, led interviews and social content, and developed major multimedia projects.

How I approached it

Built an operating structure for consistent publishing and distribution across written, audio, social and on-camera formats.

Result

Grew the newsletter to 1,500+ organic subscribers in two months. Separately, led a Third Culture Leaders podcast production with a $150K contracted budget from concept through launch.

Can build an editorial program from zero, grow its audience and lead high-value production without confusing separate initiatives.
View newsletter archive ↗Visit Blockchain North ↗Explore Third Culture Leaders ↗
02The Dales Report

Strategist & Journalist

Built stories from first pitch to final distribution across reporting, executive interviews and on-camera video.

Problem or opportunity

Make crypto, finance and emerging-market stories intelligible and credible to a broader audience.

My contribution

Identified stories, secured executives, researched, interviewed, wrote, scripted, hosted, filmed, edited and distributed the finished work.

How I approached it

Combined reported writing with executive interviews, market analysis, explainers and direct-to-camera video so each subject could reach audiences in the right format.

Result

Built a sustained body of finance and emerging-market reporting spanning executive interviews, market analysis, explainers and on-camera video.

Can own the complete editorial and production pipeline while making unfamiliar markets clear without flattening their complexity.
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Explore selected on-camera work +
The Dales Report

What Is the Metaverse?

A direct-to-camera explainer that makes an emerging technology clear, concise and useful.

The Dales Report

NFT 101: The Secondary Market

An accessible walkthrough combining subject-matter fluency with confident on-camera delivery.

The Dales Report

Changing the Way You View Crypto

A conversational format built to turn a complicated financial category into an approachable story.

03Herb

Culture Editor

Directed a multidisciplinary newsroom through a pivotal moment in cannabis legalization and public understanding.

Problem or opportunity

Maintain accuracy, relevance and publishing consistency during cannabis legalization at enormous audience scale.

My contribution

Directed a 15-person newsroom across assignments, editing, reporting, design, video, scheduling and trend-led educational coverage.

How I approached it

Connected contributor management, editorial standards and publishing cadence across writing, design and video while tracking a rapidly changing legal market.

Result

Led a 15-person editorial team within a publication generating approximately 200 million monthly video views.

Can keep a high-volume, cross-functional editorial operation accurate, relevant and moving on schedule.
Read access-first feature ↗
04CTV Vancouver

Career Foundation · First-Ever Promotions Host

Hired straight out of journalism school into one of Canada’s top newsrooms as its first-ever Promotions Host, then expanded into traffic and weather reporting and producing for the morning show.

  • First-ever Promotions Host
  • Expanded into live traffic & weather
  • Produced for the morning show
  • Newsroom accuracy, clarity & live deadlines
CTV Vancouver demo reel Watch on YouTube ↗

Advisory and contract work

Trusted to step into new products, growing accounts and pre-launch companies, then make the communication clearer and the execution stronger.

01RealDoll

Podcast development · Co-host · Producer

Built the company’s first podcast from premise to launch.

Owned concept, naming, positioning, hosting, production, guest outreach, scripting, episode editing, distribution and launch strategy for Real Talk with RealDoll, an interview show examining AI, intimacy and human connection.

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02Contact Studios

Client success · SEO strategy translation

Earned trust quickly and was handed the entire client registry.

Stepped immediately into a larger role after a team departure, overseeing 20+ client accounts while translating SEO strategy, reporting performance, surfacing opportunities and protecting client confidence.

Visit Contact Studios ↗

Additional advisory work includes pre-launch communications, campaign delivery, brand voice and launch strategy for AI-integrated products.

Original format

Men Who Take Baths

Transforming the culture of masculinity, from the bath.

Launched in 2017, Men Who Take Baths is Nicolle’s original interview series and men’s mental-health initiative. The playful premise creates an unexpectedly vulnerable setting for conversations about identity, relationships, failure and what it means to be a man.

Explore the YouTube series ↗
Most-watched episode

Masculinity and Disabilities

Men’s Health
Coverage by Men’s Health MagazineI Tried Men Who Take Baths, a Men’s Group Where Everyone’s in a TubRead feature ↗

A journalist for disruptive markets and a strategic storyteller for the teams shaping them.

Nicolle Hodges has built her career in categories where public understanding is still being formed. She combines newsroom judgment with commercial awareness, leading strategy while remaining close to the interview, script, edit and finished work.

She is particularly valuable to ambitious teams entering complicated or emerging territory, where credibility, clarity and decisive execution all matter.

I’m interested in senior editorial, content strategy, brand storytelling and communications opportunities with ambitious companies in finance, technology, media and emerging categories. Permanent, contract and fractional opportunities are all welcome.