Experience

Prose

• United States
• Business Content
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writer and editor

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Write and edit articles, white papers, social media posts, case studies, and marketing content for leading brands across a wide range of industries. Write and edit articles, white papers, social media posts, case studies, and marketing content for leading brands across a wide range of industries.



Matt Palmquist LLC

• Oakland, California, United States

• Freelance Writer

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  Provide freelance writing and editing services for media outlets, companies, and PR firms. Specialize in travel, humor, history, and translating academic research into jargon-free, readable articles for a general audience. Provide freelance writing and editing services for media outlets, companies, and PR firms. Specialize in travel, humor, history, and translating academic research into jargon-free, readable articles for a general audience.



strategy+business

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writer and Contributing Editor

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2021

  Writer and contributing editor for a magazine with more than 1.3 million print and online readers. Conceptualized and wrote the weekly Recent Research column for the website and back page of the print magazine. Worked closely with leading academics, business practitioners, and consultants from around the world to contextualize peer‐reviewed research on a wide array of cutting-edge business topics, including best practices, brand strategy, DE&I, CSR, shareholder engagement, and environmental sustainability. Analyzed more than 400 academic journals per month to stay up-to-date, and distilled the most relevant studies into concise, approachable, and jargon-free language to provide insights for a general audience.



Thumbtack

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Content Writer

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2018

  Wrote blogs for a local-services platform that connects customers to skilled local professionals. Wrote blogs for a local-services platform that connects customers to skilled local professionals.



Moravia

• Czechia
• Translation and Localization
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Content Writer

  • Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

  Researched and wrote entries for a global hospitality-based content project. Researched and wrote entries for a global hospitality-based content project.



Thank you!

• Netherlands
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • Feb 2018 - May 2018

  Worked with cutting-edge firms and non-profits to craft magazine articles and blog posts that bring attention to their innovative approaches to business and sustainability. Worked with cutting-edge firms and non-profits to craft magazine articles and blog posts that bring attention to their innovative approaches to business and sustainability.



Twitter

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Content Writer

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

  Wrote and edited posts for Twitter’s official blog, using data and analytics to explain social media trends. Also wrote technical guides on how to use the platform. Wrote and edited posts for Twitter’s official blog, using data and analytics to explain social media trends. Also wrote technical guides on how to use the platform.



Pacific Standard Magazine

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Writer and Contributing Editor

  • Jan 2008 - Sep 2011

  Founding staff writer and associate editor at 115,000‐circulation award-winning monthly magazine and daily website focused on research‐based solutions to public policy problems. Wrote cover stories, features, and columns for print and online, covering topics ranging from nuclear waste disposal to the environmental issues surrounding hurricane levees. As an editor, developed a roster of freelance writers, assigned and edited articles, and helped plan the magazine’s editorial departments, layout, design aesthetics, and tone.



SF Weekly

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Writer and Editor

  • Sep 2001 - Jan 2007

  Staff writer and assistant editor for 100,000-circulation San Francisco newsweekly. Wrote several award-winning cover stories . Also wrote biweekly humor column. As editor, assigned and edited weekly columns on film, music, theater, food, and the arts, overseeing freelance and in-house writers. Staff writer and assistant editor for 100,000-circulation San Francisco newsweekly. Wrote several award-winning cover stories . Also wrote biweekly humor column. As editor, assigned and edited weekly columns on film, music, theater, food, and the arts, overseeing freelance and in-house writers.