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I've solved them for Lincoln, SoundCloud, Goldman Sachs, and Pepsi. I've led campaigns that won awards and built brand voice systems that probably should have. Now I train AI models on writing quality and build the systems that keep them on voice.
Four vehicle launches and the brand's centennial. Film, social, OOH, retail, CRM, and .com, held to one brand voice.
J.D. Power site ranking: 16th to 6th in twelve months.
Forty-plus attractions, each its own brand, all had to sound like one place.
Thirty pages, ten weeks, one writer.
I wrote the brand voice, then used it to ask 175 million free users to start paying.
First dedicated writer in the company's history. The voice is still running.
A voice and content system for a platform serving clients with $10M+ in investable assets.
Written to survive compliance and still sound like a person.
Brand voice, manifesto, and taglines for a vodka distilled from carbon pulled out of the air.
Fast Company Top 10 Product Launches. Stocked at Michelin-starred restaurants.
First writer on the platform that redirected Pepsi's $20M Super Bowl budget into public grants.
87 million votes cast. Pepsi went from #16 to #5 among America's most reputable brands.
With twenty cards most people couldn't tell apart, I built the campaign out of interviews with real cardmembers.
Sole writer. Silver Award for Best Mobile Marketing Campaign, NYC Design Awards.
I built the editorial framework for the rebrand and reported the stories that filled it.
30+ properties, dozens of languages. International Design Awards: Gold.
This is a small sample of a large body of work. If you want to see a particular type of project, writing style, or sector, I'm sure I have something to show you. Just ask.