Who I am
- A relentlessly user-focused creator of findable, usable, readable, and accessible content.
- A curious word nerd with agency, enterprise, and editorial experience.
- A strategic thinker and persistent what-happens-next? asker.
- A constant collector of new skills and tools.
Where I’ve been
Hilton
Manager, Content strategy and design (2022 – )
- Lead a team of full-time and contract content designers specializing in user experience across web and mobile platforms
- Maintain and socialize content design style guidance and best practices
Lead content strategist (2020 – 2022)
Senior copywriter (2017 – 2020)
- Led content strategy and content design for a web project migrating luxury hotel sites to a new platform, creating “bespoke” websites at scale
- Lead a fully remote team of writers in the US and UK
- Managed content creation and editing for more than 6,000 hotel websites
- Develop style guides, taxonomies, training materials, and guidelines for content maintenance
- Write UX copy for internal and customer-facing web and app interfaces
- Work alongside Agile product and development teams
Sullivan Branding
Communication strategist (2016 – 2017)
Digital strategist (2014 – 2016)
- Facilitated audience research and developed messaging and creative strategies
- Wrote B2B and B2C campaigns for social, web, print, online display and email
- Led internal culture committee
- Curated and contributed content for agency storytelling initiatives
- Created content calendars and implemented community management and customer care workflows
- Reported and analyzed traffic and engagement
Memphis Flyer
Freelance columnist (2016 – 2020)
- Contributed a widely shared and read monthly back-page column
- Covered a range of topics from local politics to culture, tech, and sports
Entercom
Digital content specialist (2013 – 2014)
- Managed social, email, and web content for four radio stations, each with a unique audience persona
- Aligned digital campaigns to on-air content and advertising with earned, owned, and paid media
University of Memphis
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism (News/Editorial)
- Society of Professional Journalists
- Daily Helmsman newspaper staff