As sole copywriter for the company’s new Hello Mobile wireless, I am working to grow the brand and develop atargeted international audience.● Write performance-driven copy for Hello Mobile website content, social media, blog posts, emails, text messages and more● Edit and proof all content produced to ensure that the highest editorial standards are met across all channels● Collaborate with creative and marketing teams to ensure content is accurate and on-brand● Drive brand consistency across all company communications● Work closely with developers, graphic designers, SEO specialists and senior management

Applying my skills and experience with various Fortune 500 companies, I consult with businesses to help optimize content and branding for all aspects of their online presence (website / email / social media / SEO).

• As sole copywriter for the entire Americas region, I created a wide range of multichannel B2C and B2B content for various audiences, to grow demand for DHL products/services, drive revenue and increase brand awareness.• Crafted persuasive, SEO-friendly copy for customer emails, social media/blog posts and web/mobile platforms• Also wrote press releases, white papers, executive communications, video scripts, text and IVR messaging, plus content used for national billboards and in-store media/promotions• Collaborated with marketing, design, sales and social media teams to support content strategy, sharpen brand voice, develop messaging and improve work processes• Served as final editor/proofreader for all marketing content and most communications - reviewing spelling, grammar, factual accuracy and tone• Worked with legal team to ensure that all content was compliant• Managed multiple projects/deadlines at all times• Developed my own new work processes to help me balance my additional duties (writing internalmarketing content and supporting internal communications for the region)• Supported other departments as an SME on DHL products, services and solutions• Created DHL branding and content style guides and analyzed customer feedback to improve content

• Wrote multichannel B2B and B2C copy for emails, website ad tiles, promotional web pages and a mobile app—all in a deadline-driven environment• Collaborated with Creative Department design team, project managers/analysts, business owners, merchants, vendors and other departments to create original, legally compliant copy that aligned with larger company goals and strategies and accommodated all departments’ schedules• Assumed post-merger responsibility for writing web and email copy for OfficeMax.com and its offshoot B2B sites (Reliable.com, OfficeMax Workplace)• Wrote copy for Office Depot Business Solutions Division website, promo pages, ad tiles, emails & more• Assisted SEO team to produce optimized copy for promotional pages and other projects• Monitored online trends, including analysis of competitors’ creative content, to compare and contrast style and approach• Worked to maintain an approved, unified tone/style/voice for all copy output• Constantly researched to stay up to date with Office Depot products and services• Helped to ensure that all copy adhered to Central Marketing/UX/Vendor style guides• Created copy used on special promotional pages for vendors such as 3M, HP, Dell and more• Brainstormed regularly with Creative Team to generate new concepts for promo pages, emails and other campaigns• Contributed to messaging and copy for the Office Depot/OfficeMax merger (emails, promotional landing pages, etc.)• Led Creative Department’s editing, proofreading and fact-checking responsibilities for content on all OD/OM sites

• Created advertising copy used to promote the company’s Engineering titles (professional- and graduate-level textbooks) on third-party Web sites such as Amazon and Google, and in company website content, emails, online advertisements, catalogs, spaces ads, direct mail flyers and newsletters• Worked with Authors/Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), summarizing highly technical information to create clear, simplified back cover copy for books, press releases, and other promotional materials, both for Web and print campaigns• Collaborated with marketing managers, editors, authors (SMEs), and graphic artists to produce above-mentioned materials quickly and efficiently• Ensured that team adhered to strict editorial deadlines and product quotas• Proofread the work of colleagues

• Wrote news articles for two separate journals covering the regulation of the global pharmaceutical and medical device industries• Maintained a collection of sources and monitored the latest industry developments and news to develop fresh story leads• Interviewed government officials, pharmaceutical/device industry organization representatives and various key global players in both industries• Responsible for fact-finding, verifying information and developing contacts and sources• Aided in proofing and editing of both journals• Contributed stories to daily e-mail for paid subscribers

• Rewrote stories submitted by European reporters to implement necessary transition to Americanized English for U.S. readership• Edited and proofread copy on strict deadlines• Worked with editors and writers to verify information in articles• Ensured adherence to style guide • Worked with editors to ensure that writing was clear, concise and as jargon-free as possible

• Responsible for heavy editing and design layout for company’s monthly Financial Intelligence Report and Blaylock Wellness Report paid-subscription newsletters • Acted as commissioning editor for various projects• Served as primary liaison between contributing experts, writers and design staff• Became supervising editor and regular contributor for daily financial MoneyNews e-letter• Served as editor for NewsMax magazine• Helped to launch brand-new financial Web site MoneyNews.com (responsible for maintaining site, constantly writing, updating and editing news content)

• Promoted to copy chief of Globe and National Examiner• Directly responsible for overseeing copy, design and production functions for both magazines simultaneously• Responsible for supervising a staff of 6 to 10 employees • Acted as primary liaison between production branch, executive editors and printing department• Approved final page proofs for all elements of style, grammar, design, veracity and legality

• Promoted to second-in-command of editorial production, working simultaneously on two major national magazines, Globe and National Examiner• Managed a staff of copy editors, page designers and writers, troubleshooting and eventually organizing and finalizing pages for publication• Acted as liaison between executive editors, advertising department and production staff• Approved final page proofs for all elements of style, grammar, design, veracity and legality

• Organized production for Sun magazine (c.190,000 circ.), monitoring the state of work output by networking with editorial and advertising departments to expedite pages• Responsible for ensuring that all pages followed a distinct design format and contained no grammatical or factual errors – all with the use of Quark XPress, Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Word • Designed pages using Quark and Adobe Illustrator, integrating editorial and advertising elements with creativity and method• Managed every page at each stage of development, from initial design to final page proof for publication

• Served as copy editor at Star magazine (c.1,000,000 circ.), one of America’s largest, best-known magazines, and AutoWorld, a major automotive monthly • Created pages using Quark XPress. Responsible for: 1) Generating and setting up pages according to magazine style2) Flowing copy and digital images to pages, then editing for style, grammar and fact errors and 3) Ensuring all corrections from proofs were made on final page proof to go to press• Wrote headlines and captions for the magazine• Worked as a freelance editor for other publications within American Media• Assisted in transition to Star's new glossy format, training employees while working in the New York offices