Kate Kearns Email & Phone Number

I'm the keeper of the brand narrative at Lendistry, a minority- and women-led, small business fintech lender. I lead the Communications team and develop our strategies to ensure our social media, blog, internal communications and PR serve campaigns within the marketing department and the company's mission. Other writing responsibilities often include providing company narratives, experience and thought leadership when opportunities arise to share our expertise supporting underserved communities. I also support the CEO and other leaders as they prepare for public speaking engagements and media relations.

As part of the marketing team, I write external materials in a style that reflects the company's bold but accessible brand personality. This includes social media content, blog posts, press releases, proposals, website copy, and other texts that we send out into the world. I collaborate with media contacts and partner organizations to promote our mission, initiatives, and innovative products. I also coordinate with the CMO and CEO to manage internal communications that keep the whole team informed and engaged.

Brea, California

I coordinate with the fabulous Lendistry marketing team to create positive online messaging with personality. I write, design and share their blog articles and social media posts. I make sure their brand is well-represented across all of their online platforms. This team is a pleasure to work with and makes my job easy with their passion for what they do.

Www.Blacksquirrelworkshop.Com

I own a small business focused on editing services. I have collaborated with independent authors and business professionals to edit dozens of full-length manuscripts, ebooks, transcripts, user guides, websites, articles, bios, and marketing materials. Authors come to me to hone their poetry and prose and get the most out of their unique voices. Companies come to me to develop creative products and to craft language that reflects their brand's personality. Samples are available upon request.

Www.Mashstories.Com

Mash Stories was a writing competition, blog, and writer’s resource based in the UK. As Platform Manager, I oversaw a team of more than a dozen international judges and coordinated with staff based all over Europe and the U.S. My main goal was the overall quality of the platform and the growth of the competition. I did this remotely, meeting my deadlines and organizing my time independently while collaborating with a close-knit team in many different time zones. Specific duties included:• Write, design and schedule delivery of the weekly newsletter.• Upload and write descriptions for the weekly podcast.• Write and recruit articles for the blog.• Assign submissions to judges and follow up with them to ensure they complete their tasks. • Initiate and follow through steps to publish accepted stories, which involves both independent tasks and cooperation with the Founder, Chief Editor, Web Designer, Social Media Director, authors, and podcast narrators.

Westbrook, Maine

At MDA, I acted as liaison between the organization and the people it serves in the State of Maine, numbering over 650. I created and maintained a comprehensive guide to non-medical free resources for the disabled in the State of Maine. I also designed and wrote a monthly newsletter covering local events, resources, and research updates which circulated to approximately 1,000 individuals and businesses. I was honored to connect the people of Maine with MDA's many services, and served as the MDA representative at two free medical clinics, seeing patients and helping the medical team find local non-medical resources. Our office was also the local fundraising branch, and I served as support staff at all events, including the annual MDA Telethon.

Master Of Fine Arts, Creative Writing

While my main focus in my own writing is poetry, I chose this program specifically because it allowed me to take seminars in all genres.

Bachelors Degree, Liberal Arts

Activities and Societies: Annual SLC Poetry Festival: Undergrad Opening Reader, Music Department Usher, Work Study in the Office.