SUMMARY:
I advise marketers on brand voice, product, and creative concepts. I bring over 12 years of experience as a professional copywriter, plus an arts background and pop culture passion. My specialties are information design for presentations and pitch decks, ecomm creative, and brand books.
WORK:
FREELANCE COPYWRITER, Ascend, Inc. - Feb ’23 - present
I currently advise Ascend’s head of marketing on brand identity & information design.
- Joined to drive a verbal identity ahead of a brand redesign.
- Content & copy for internal brand identity book & site copy
- Information design for presentations & reports
- High-stakes email or outreach communications
FREELANCE COPYWRITER, SCJohnson - July ’22 - Feb ‘23
Part-time contract role on the babyganics retail org
- Tone & voice guidelines for the new babyganics personality
- Collaborated with internal design team and external agencies
- Supplied copy for social, email, affiliate, packaging, in-store signage, brand events
- Supported the method brand as-needed
FREELANCE COPYWRITER, Fivetran - October-November ‘22
Light brand strategy and synthesis-heavy copywriting for a cloud-based data platform.
- Provided brand pillars, tone & voice, & copy guidelines
- Synthesized complicated tech speak into human-esque copy
- Wrote a tagline the client liked so much they made a billboard
BRAND STRATEGIST, The Pearl Source - 2019 - 2022
An advising role with a side of execution: the goal was to elevate the brand.
- Advised on product design + every marketing touchpoint
- Created visual inspiration decks for photoshoots
- Created a marketing editorial calendar to guide sales & design
- Creative direction, copy, UX consultation, brand guardian
CONTENT MANAGER, Walmart.com - 1 year
Editorial strategy, content management, and photography direction for WM.com's content center, focusing on apparel and beauty categories. Emphasis on bringing the team up to speed by employing better creative and visual language.
INTERIM CREATIVE DIRECTOR, American Giant - March 2017-August 2017
Creative team lead for a small but mighty retail start-up. Responsible for art and photo direction, copy and copyediting, brand identity, video editing.
SENIOR COPYWRITER, Levi Strauss & Co. - 1 year
Copy lead for the Dockers brand, Product Copy Team manager, digital marketing content strategist.
CRM DIGITAL COPYWRITER, Levi Strauss & Co. - 2 years
Owner of all email and site copy for Dockers.com. Expert in eCommerce branding and social media integration.
COPYWRITER, Walmart.com - 1 year
Contractor for Walmart eCommerce specializing in banner ads, emails, and site assets for Beauty, Health & Wellness, Financial Service, Homepage, and Apparel teams.
COPYWRITER, FlavorPill - 2012-2014
Weekly editorials on local hotspots and events with a focus on art, theater, and fashion.
CREATIVE CONTENT EDITOR/WRITER, Mamie+James, 2011
Expert in corporate branding, digital and social media content. Emphasis on product copy and in-depth copyediting.
MARKETING & CREATIVE ASSOCIATE, Bloomspot.com, 2011
Responsible for daily brand copy and Photoshop photo editing. Collaborated regularly with merchants and account execs.
COPYWRITER & SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR, Movoto.com, 2010-2011
Created and curated company’s brand voice through web copy, blogging, email blasts, and all social media channels.]
Education
MFA, Creative Writing, St Mary's College of California, 2008-2010
BA English, + Art History & Creative Writing, University of Richmond, 2004-2008
Art Stuff
READINGS/PERFORMANCE:
ZYZZYVA readings, 2020
Subnivean Launch reading, 2020
Beast Crawl 2017 (reading)
DIVAFest Fundraiser Gala 2012 (Diva/reading)
SF Bay Area MFA Mixer (reading)
Conversations at the Wartime Cafe (reading)
Lollapaganza, by West Wind Review (reading)
Queens Nails Gallery (reading + organizing)
DIVAFest Fundraiser Gala 2013 (Diva/reading)
Eleanor, produced by Dark Porch Theatre (ensemble+ vocals), 2010
Tutor: Enter the Exclave, produced by Dark Porch Theatre, 2012 (Maitresse D’, Madame Von Berg)
Staged reading of Pas de Quatre, produced by Dark Porch Theatre, 2012 (Fanny Cerrito)
Storm, Stress, Lenz, produced by Dark Porch Theatre, 2013 (ensemble)
Pas de Quatre, produced by Dark Porch Theatre for DIVAFest, 2014 (Lucille Grahn)
PUBLICATIONS:
miniskirt magazine
SubNivean
ZYZZVA
Lumen Magazine, Spring 2016
Yellow Chair Review, Winter 2016
Hidden City Quarterly, Fall 2013
Conversations at the Wartime Cafe: a Decade of War 2001-2011, pp. 212-221
The Columbia Poetry Review, Issue 24
For VERSE Magazine: