Copywriting
I specialize in direct response copywriting via ads and marketing copy (landing pages, emails, display ads, snail mail, etc.). I’ve also frequently written UX and UI product copy.
Script/Video Work
I do a lot of video writing/script writing. That includes commercials, educational videos, tutorials, social media ads and more. I collected some of my favorites and put them on their own page. Turn your sound on and check em out!
Other Writing
From 2007 to 2012 I reviewed video games off and on for a few outlets, including Gamespot.com, GamesRadar.com and CinemaBlend.com. Yep, I was payed to play video games. Most of the time it was as fun as it sounds. Many (not all...I did tons of these) of my reviews are still kicking around out on the internet. The best part was discovering gems like Locke’s Quest or MySims Racing that I wouldn’t have otherwise played.
I was a small business news reporter once. I don't have most of the articles I wrote because I wrote them in 2009 before the paper put stories online, and now that newspaper doesn’t exist (RIP The Mecklenburg Times). My beat was mostly small businesses, sustainability, and some local government.
While at the paper I won a North Carolina Press Association award for a profile I wrote about a book store created and run by a mentally disabled young man, but since that's not online, you'll just have to trust me. I can't link to the award either, but I wouldn't if I could--the printed certificate (third place in profile writing) they mailed me said: "Tirst Place: Sports Writing." Sigh.
I also served as an editor for a teen magazine right after grad school in 2006-2008. I did a little bit of everything on our tiny staff. Notable moments include interviewing Taylor Swift (some would argue spending half an hour on the phone with Taylor Swift should be at the top of my resume), talking to that guy from High School Musical (no, not that dude, the other one, with the hair), and getting turned down by Johnny Depp's very nice publicist.