Experience

Solaray
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Copywriter

  • Apr 2022 - Present


Self

• Switzerland
• Business Consulting and Services

• Writer, Editor & Communications Specialist

  • 2007 - Present

  Run an independent business assisting clients in varied fields with an array of communications needs: pitch, write, and edit content for print and digital media, from books to magazines to websites; craft and lead marketing/PR campaigns; and develop social media strategy. Recent roles and clients include: • Managing editor of world-renowned integrative physician Dr. Andrew Weil’s monthly Self Healing print newsletter and editor of Dr. Weil’s special-interest magazines: develop, research, and edit content; fact-check, proofread, and index. • Ghostwriter, editor, and proofreader for well-known health and wellness personalities' latest book projects. • Editor for OCM Publishers’ national health and wellness publications: develop cohesive project scopes and tables of contents; partner with leading health personalities for dynamic content, from fitness experts to cookbook authors to pharmacists; create comprehensive indexes. • Contributing writer at chriskresser.com, website of popular ancestral health practitioner Chris Kresser that focuses on long-form, research-driven consumer and trade health content. • Contributing editor for WNC Magazine, and contributing writer to local and regional publications, including Citizen Times, Mountain Xpress, and the Asheville Visitor Guide. • Marketing consultant and communications generalist for local and national agencies and consumer-facing businesses: provide everything from web and publication content to campaign concepts, retail hangtag copy, press releases, and social media campaign messaging. Show less



Gaia Herbs

• United States
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Marketing Copywriter

  • Sep 2021 - Apr 2022

  Conceive and execute persuasive copy concepts consistent with brand strategy and industry DSHEA regulations for a diverse set of media, from SEO-optimized web content and Amazon A+ content to product descriptions, brochures, and much more. Serve as the gatekeeper and influencer for the brand voice and style guidelines and final editor/proofreader on all marketing materials.

• Marketing Copywriter

  • Jan 2021 - Aug 2021


Mountain BizWorks
• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Communications & Program Manager

  • 2016 - 2016

Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP)
• United States
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Communications Manager

  • Jun 2010 - Dec 2013

New Life Journal Magazine
• Managing Editor

  • 2007 - 2009

Ballinger Publishing
• United States
• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Editor

  • 2006 - 2007

Brown Barge Middle School
• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Teacher, Integrative Curriculum

  • 2005 - 2006

Reminder Community Newspaper
• United States
• Writing and Editing
• Editorial Production Assistant/Staff Reporter

  • 2004 - 2004

Dr. Andrew Weil's Self Healing Newsletter
• Editorial Intern

  • 2003 - 2003