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West Des Moines, Ia

Copywriter with a focus on digital formats and SEO content. Create content that matches clients' brand voice in ag, health/wellness, and food.- Contribute to the successful launch and continual growth of three new brands under the Hy-Vee umbrella, RedBox Rx telehealth, Hy-Vee Health infusion centers, and WholeLotta Good home delivery food and wellness. - Craft social media caption and graphic copy as the sole social media writer for all agency brands.- Develop long-form, technical content including blogs, web copy, and educational pieces.- Utilize SEO tactics to optimize all content for maximum effectiveness. - Help manage the Meyock's brand with social media and digital content including blogs, job postings, and more.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

I provide clients with a wide variety of content development and content creation services. I specialize in long form content including blogs, professional bios, articles, white papers, and ebooks. Notable Projects:Content Manager: Oversee all aspects of creating content for food and travel site TropicsGourmet including recruiting freelance writers, editing articles, formatting WordPress site, developing content for email newsletter, and social media marketing and analytics.Blogger & Content Writer: Wrote, edited, and formatted dozens of blog posts for popular fitness apparel brand Kunto Fitness. Delivered as many as 5 blogs a week as a contributor to GSMI/SMSS social media marketing blog. Provided content to a wide variety of other blogs including Timber Ridge Cattle Co, The Write Life, Organo, and Ukulele Hub. Ghostwriter: Develop, write, edit, and format blogs, articles, social media posts and other digital content for a wide variety of clients in a broad spectrum of industries. Provide content without attribution to allow the brand to take full focus. Top Rated UpWork professional with the majority of work in ghost writing. Contributing Editor: Appointed contributing editor for Marketing Dive – a daily, mobile publication centered on the marketing and advertising industries. Delivered 5 briefs daily and 2 full length features each week for 2.5 years. Social Media Manager: Managed the strategy and execution of social media programs for a variety of clients including Micky’s in West Hollywood, Kunto Fitness, TropicsGourmet, Timber Ridge Cattle Co., and Natren Probiotics.Resume Writer: Assist job seekers in revamping resumes to meet recruiter guidelines and garner interviews as part of Talent Inc. network.

Daily contributor and feature writer. I covered all the trending stories related to B2B, digital marketing, advertising, social media, and the marketing world in general. Broke down the top stories daily into easy-to-digest pieces so that busy people (like everyone!) can get a good understanding of the trends without having to read a lot of content. Twice a week, I dove a little bitter deeper into timely topics with feature stories.

A regular contributor to the Social Media Strategies Summit and the GSMI Conferences and Training blogs. I covered a variety of topics related to social media and mobile marketing.

At Freestyle, I was responsible for all aspects of clients' PR campaigns from start to finish. I helped clients by securing media coverage, writing press releases, engaging in social media, pursuing award opportunities, and much more.

As receiver, I was responsible for the logistics of all incoming and outgoing inventory and customer orders. As Customer Service Supervisor, I oversaw a team a of wedding consultants and customer service representatives.

In this position, I traveled across the U.S. with the Walgreens Wellness Tour in the pursuit to give back to Walgreens customers by providing free health screenings and important health information.

Worked with director to promote entertainment in the venue through marketing, advertising, and event planning.

Assisted company president with various PR related duties to our clients in the high end fashion world.