Prior to joining the SPY team as an e-commerce editor, Joseph worked in television/event production and entertainment news, where he covered a wide range of stories and red carpet junkets. He graduated from Howard University with a B.A. in broadcast journalism and graphic design. Outside of media, he is a hand model as well as the CEO and founder of his own candle brand yasaf, lit, which has been written about in publications such as WWD and Esquire.