Writer, Content Creator, & Journalist
Resume
Recent Work
Experience
2022-2023
Copywriter, Group SJR (A WPP Agency)
SJR is an award-winning content consultancy that combines journalistic rigor and creative intelligence to sharpen the conversation, decode complexity, and build trust.
Duties included providing editorial, social, and video content for top tier international brands across various industries.
Tools used: LLMs, Semrush, Monday, Slack, WordPress, Airtable, Microsoft Office
2019-present
Freelance Content Creator, The Social Smiths
The Social Smiths is a progressive and diverse digital agency that works with artists, small businesses, BIAs, and non-profit organizations to create a fun and informative social media experience for their followers.
Duties included drafting original social media posts daily and providing editorial blog posts for a wide range of clients from BIAs to immigration law firms.
Tools used: Google docs, Buffer, Semrush
2011-present
Freelance Culture Writer
Drafting contributions of various lengths that primarily cover the drinks business. Subjects range from drink suggestions, pairings, and the social and industrial growth of the sector to more socially-focused topics like public representation of marginalized communities and issues faced by BIPOC, women, and LGBTQIA+people within the industry.
Additional awareness is spread through social media platforms along with appearances on television, radio, podcasts, live events, and print as a global expert and co-author of two editions of The Ontario Craft Beer Guide.
Publications: Quench Magazine, The Growler, October, Canadian Business Magazine, NOW Magazine, Metroland Media (syndicated monthly column)
Interests
I have a wide range of interests that include writing fiction, discovering new music (Bandcamp is my friend), and the wonderful world of niche perfumes. As a writer, I also have a fondness for my "tools of the trade", fountain pens and mechanical keyboards.
Outside of hobbies, I am a strong proponent of disability, LGBTQ+, and BIPOC rights.
Education
2006
Humber College
Film & Television Program