My CV
Writer and Editor
Hippocampus Magazine (online)
2019—present
Writing Life Editor
- Curate monthly column about the perils and pleasures of being a writer
GrubStreet, Boston, Massachusetts
2016
Social Coordinator and Administrative Scholar
- Create and maintain a Facebook page for the 2016 Memoir Incubator
- Research and post relevant articles on Facebook page
- Create social events for class members
- Take notes and schedule instructor office hours
QuadWrangle, Boston, Massachusetts
2015
Project Copywriter
- Create email marketing campaigns for this startup’s mobile app
- Create copy highlighting a variety of the app’s features for seven marketing segments during user adoption phase
Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown, Massachusetts
2014 – 2017
Content Specialist, Digital Marketing and Media Relations
- Report on events
- Create content for press releases; magazine; website; and other projects
- Create and manage social media content using Hootsuite
- Make changes to design projects using Adobe InDesign
Framingham State University, Framingham, Massachusetts
2012 – 2014
CMS manager, Center for Academic Support and Advising
- Provide web content management and administrative expertise
SELECTED PROJECTS 2001-2020:
Alimed, Dedham, Massachusetts
- Edited medical catalogue copy
Appleseed’s, Beverly, Massachusetts
- Wrote holiday catalogue and online copy
Care.com
- How do you manage expenses in a nanny share?
- Your place or mine? How to decide which family will ‘host’ your nanny share
- I Think My Child Has a UTI: What Do I Do?
The Charles Hotel, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Wrote copy for brochure promoting on-site weddings
The Corner Office Restaurant + Martini Bar, Denver, Colorado
Copy for thecornerofficedenver.com
Dunkin’ Donuts, Canton, Massachusetts
Franchising web copy
Flexfit USA, New York, New York
Ad, Surfer magazine; print ad campaigns
Framingham State University, Framingham, Massachusetts
Award-winning outdoor campaign, radio, web banners, print ads for Division of Graduate and Continuing Education; tagline
Hewitt Associates, Waltham, Massachusetts
Consulted with communications team to proof, write and edit retirement materials
IDEO, Lexington, Massachusetts
Home laser product naming, tagline and scripts; pharmaceutical concept book; new storage product naming
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts
MassArt Annual Benefit Art Auction invitation campaigns; Folio rebrand; annual reports; viewbook; admissions cards; brochures; visual identity guide; web bios and page rewrites
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts
Admissions viewbook
Masterpiece Cards, Belmont, Massachusetts
Brochure and tagline
McCue Corporation, Salem, Massachusetts
GreenGuard and capabilities brochures; CartPark and Bean direct mailers
360 NeuroMuscular Therapy, Needham, Massachusetts
Created new name, tagline, brochure and copy for 360nmt.com
Pregnancy Exposure InfoLine, Canton, Massachusetts
Transit billboard (also used as tagline)
Reebok International, Ltd., Canton, Massachusetts
Catalogue for buyers
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
Founders Day speech for director of Samuels Dental Center
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network, Boston, Massachusetts
Wrote top level heads, ‘A Year in Care’ annual report
Tech Superpowers Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Newsletter branding, TQ
Turtle Creek Winery, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Tagline, terms, brochure and die-cut concept
Wells & Fox, Boston, Massachusetts and Chicago, Illinois
Quarterly electronic newsletter; wrote copy for company name change; edited partners’
web bios
Wheelock College, Boston, Massachusetts
Rebrand and tagline, Faculty Alliance
PUBLICATIONS: Newspapers, Magazines, Books, Blogs:
The New York Times
BREVITY’s Nonfiction Blog
- The Family as Inattentive Audience 2018
- 10 Ways I Show My Love to You, My Husband, on Our 10th Anniversary 2019
- Exclusive, An Interview with Me 2019
Headspace, The Orange Dot, “A Day With” series
The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts
Feature writer and columnist; copy editor, Living / Arts copydesk
- Wrote more than 50 articles on topics ranging from the World Series and banana bread to single life and the home of restaurateur Jody Adams; wrote headlines and copyedited articles
Brookline magazine, Brookline, Massachusetts
Editor, contributor, Forensic Fashionista columnist
- Formulated and assigned story ideas for this monthly with a circulation of 25,000; wrote articles; edited all content; proofed issues; hired freelancers; coordinated photography with art director; planned issues with publisher. Interviewed Julianne Moore during Mercedes-Benz fashion week fall 2007 collections
Framingham State magazine, Framingham, Massachusetts
Contributor
- Wrote eight features for this alumni publication (2008-2020)
Newton magazine, Newton, Massachusetts
Assistant editor and contributor
- Wrote articles; edited content; coordinated with publisher
Nutrition Week, HCPro, Inc., Marblehead, Massachusetts
Editor
- Researched and wrote eight-page biweekly print and two-page biweekly electronic newsletters about nutrition issues for a national audience of nutrition educators and professionals
Parent.co (now Motherly)
Time Out Boston, London, UK
Copywriter
- Wrote “Guided Tours” and “Shops & Services” copy
Education
Private training in WordPress and SEO, Control Mouse Media, LLC
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts
Graphic Design Certificate
University of New Hampshire, Durham New Hampshire
Dual Bachelor of Arts Degree in French and International Relations
Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Semester of study for Bachelor of Arts Degree in French
2016-2017 Memoir Incubator, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, GrubStreet
Professional Affiliations, Juries and Volunteer Work
- Member, GrubStreet
- 826 Boston Volunteer: Tutor; Tandy Awards Volunteer; Member, Spring 2016 Chapbook Editorial Board,
College Essay Academy - Lit Crawl Boston Volunteer: 2016, 2017
- 2018 Committee Member in Nonfiction, Fellow Selection, Writers’ Room of Boston
- Community Engagement Chair, GrubStreet Memoir Incubator Alumni Board
- Co-founder, Tell-All Boston