INTERNAL COMMS COPYWRITER | NOVEMBER 2022-MAY 2024

USAGM, Washington, DC (contract)

Wrote creative copy for a variety of platforms to represent the Department of Defense Agency supporting Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Africa, and other entities bringing freedom of the press to closed societies and working to inform, engage and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy.

Supplied communications C-suite speeches/communications vehicles; internal and external email, brand messaging, web, video scripts, webinars, marketing collateral, product presentations, SMS, mobile push, blogs, fact sheets.

Collaborated with creative director and clients to deliver in-house publicity campaigns for events, including departmental presentations, educational opportunities, cultural celebrations, charity drives, and agency-wide meetings.

Edited, constructed, and approved social media posts and served as expert in copy style guidelines.

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SENIOR COPYWRITER | JUNE 2021-OCTOBER 2021

Capital One, McLean, VA (contract)

Wrote creative copy for email, brand messaging, web, video scripts, webinars, marketing collateral, product presentations, SMS, mobile push, blogs, fact sheets.

Deliver B2B projects with a team and/or individually

Edit and proofread as an expert in corporate style guidelines
 

DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST | JANUARY 2020-OCTOBER 2020

American University, Washington, DC (part-time)

Curated, wrote, and published TWAU, a weekly newsletter to an audience of 35,000; tasks included writing editorial calendar, headlines, condensed story descriptions, and intros.

Posted news stories using CMS; updated the University Communications page and companion websites with fresh, relevant stories from TWAU.

Conducted interviews to write long-form feature articles for internal news and university initiatives.
 

SENIOR FEATURE WRITER | MARCH 2016-DECEMBER 2019

CulturespotMC, Silver Spring, MD

Researched and wrote articles, news, and shorts on multiple deadlines for a startup online newsletter publication for the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County.

Created headlines, cut lines, intros, blurbs, infographic, and calendar material.

Scheduled and executed interviews; coordinated photography and artwork, acted as photojournalist as necessary.

Assisted executive editor with editorial calendars, story ideas.

 

FREELANCE WRITER/EDITOR| APRIL 2009-PRESENT
Self-employed, Gaithersburg, MD

Contingency writer for government, corporate, technical, and academic publications serving a diverse professional audience in print and online.

Advertising copywriter across platforms, upplying headlines, taglines, landing pages, and full-blown ad campaigns for a variety of agency clients.

Content producer for The Music Center at Strathmore, producing articles for print and online magazines (Applause and Strathmore News) and multi-platform content for social media and the web.

PR consultant crafting speeches, scripts, press releases, and collateral materials.

Rebranding specialist, creating ad campaigns, and implementing corporate style guides.

Contract writer, consultant and brainstormer working directly with creative teams on projects for companies including Marriott, Sirius XM, DC Bar Association, Choice Hotels, National PTA.

 

MARKETING DIRECTOR | SEPT. 2009-APRIL 2010
Blackrock Arts Center, Germantown, MD

Wrote press releases, newsletters, direct marketing materials, speeches, and brochures for arts non-profit theater, art gallery, and education center.

Spearheaded the creation and a complete renovation of internal and external website; maintained website, social media: launched blog.
Implemented Twitter, Facebook page; created and linked online media content.
 

SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER | 1999 – APRIL 2009
THE GAZETTE, Gaithersburg, MD

Covered music, arts, and entertainment for 800,000+ readers weekly in print and online. Pitched, researched, and wrote up to five stories a week under deadline.

Wrote extensively for the company’s specialty marketing publications.

Presented Montgomery Community Television’s “Gazette Newsmakers” cable news roundup.

Won 13 in-house awards for feature writing, headlines, and column-writing, five Suburban Newspaper (SNA) Awards, and a WAMA nomination in 2006.

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