Julia Byrd Email & Phone Number

Serve as the liaison between College Essay Guy (CEG) and families whose students work with CEG through the college essay writing and/or college counseling processes. I use my familiarity with the role of the college essay in college admissions as well as my deep knowledge of the CEG approach to college essays to support families throughout their experience with CEG.

Working with the College Essay Guy team to provide students the support, resources, and expertise they need to brainstorm, structure, develop, and edit their college admission essays.

Review and revise all agency-produced written content to ensure it's clear, concise, and error-free. I work closely with writers, inbound marketing specialists, and other team members to deliver content that meets the agency's high standards for quality and consistency.

Houston, Texas, United States

There’s a lot of pressure for students to spend their high school careers cultivating a resume that generates attention-getting college applications. But one thing that doesn’t have to be stressful for students is writing their personal statements and supplemental essays. While I don’t have a magic wand that makes essays write themselves, I do have the next best thing: smart, effective strategies that make the brainstorming and writing process simple and, dare I say it, sometimes fun.I’ve been a professional writer for more than 12 years, writing the corporate bios, website copy and blog posts that attract attention and generate business. While I loved this career, in 2018, I combined my master’s degree in counseling psychology and my extensive writing and editing background to become a college essay coach. My unique background and combination of skills let me help students find their deepest stories, develop their voices, and write the essays that stand out to admissions officers.I ensure I’m always providing the highest level of service to students by continuously learning from industry leaders, participating in ongoing training, and poring over books and blog posts.Working one-on-one or in small groups — in person and online — I help students recognize their accomplishments and draw the unique connections between their life experiences, their values, and their college and career goals that help their essays stand out. I offer a customized approach to writing the college essay, and my accessibility to students to answer questions and provide support is a cornerstone of my business model.

Montgomery, Texas

Whether big or small, local or global, all businesses can benefit from a professional writer they can depend on. Understanding the importance of clear, concise communication, we take on the tasks of researching, writing, blogging, posting and more – freeing you to focus on client interaction and company growth.Through inbound marketing, we can help you reach new audiences, increase market share and promote your business.

Alexandria, Va

Freeman is a world-class provider of integrated services for face-to-face marketing. -- Write more than 400 employee bios for Expo, Exhibitor Sales and Audio Visual personnel, adhering to company style. -- Maintain current resources for proposals and presentations, including employee headshots and standardized bios.-- Collected news and updates across the company and edited and distributed a bi-monthly sales email to more than 1,500 employees. Performed monthly analysis on readership and recommended strategies to increase readership.-- Assisted the Strategic Sales Support department in creating and delivering information to the Freeman enterprise-wide sales teams--Maintained SharePoint information portal for sales team, including soliciting, editing. and posting materials and building and editing SharePoint pages.

Montgomery, Texas

Write the monthly "Making a Difference" article, focusing on community residents who are changing their neighborhood and the greater community through their volunteer and charitable efforts.

Greater St. Louis Area

Provided communications support as needed, including substantive editing and proofreading services for print materials.

Fairfax Station, Va

-- Lay out, edit and proofread The South Run Letter, a newsletter distributed monthly to 550 households-- Manage print advertising and work with the South Run Board of Trustees and committee heads to prepare articles-- Manage community’s social media presence and Constant Contact database, design and send electronic communications

Boulder, Co

Write custom blog posts for a variety of companies and subjects, according to direct specifications, to increase Web site traffic and revenue

Rosslyn, Va

-- Developed, and maintained existing, online user help files and online and print user manuals for the United States Department of State (U.S. DoS) Immigrant Visa Information System and Diversity Immigrant Visa Information System-- Perform functional testing and give feedback on internal computer applications and end-user materials-- Created and conducted training programs for new computer applications

Greater St. Louis Area

-- Developed online user help files and online and print user manuals for internal computer applications-- Performed functional testing and gave feedback on internal computer applications and end-user materials

Greater St. Louis Area

-- Responsible for copy editing and proofreading all marketing and advertising external pieces and all internal communications in a timely manner-- Edited and proofread materials for the company’s Web site-- Responsible for managing and editing weekly sales ideas newsletter distributed to the firm’s brokers-- Managed staff of three copy editors/proofreaders-- Conducted interviews and performance reviews for team of copy editors/proofreaders

Greater St. Louis Area

-- Assisted Public Finance investment bankers with writing and editing proposals to earn municipal bond business-- Developed and maintained extensive database of proposal information-- Assisted investment bankers with research for refinancing public finance clients’ municipal bonds

M.A., Counseling Psychology

Bs, Psychology