Max Kalnitz is an award-winning multimedia journalist, social media strategist, and educator based in Brooklyn, NY, whose work has appeared in Billboard, The Nation, Conde Nast Traveler, and Insider, among other outlets. Max currently works at NYU as a Multimedia Communications Specialist, where he creates video and static content for the university’s Department of Campus Safety. On TikTok, Max has launched and managed numerous successful accounts, including his own, which has over 26,000 followers, and OTOTO Design, which he grew from zero to 233,000 followers, 16.2M likes, and 500M total views. Max earned his master’s degree in magazine, newspaper, and online journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.