Professional Experience

Comedy Mentor and Instructional Designer| LiveNation, Greater Than The Sum (servicing Google), Mountain View, CA | Oct 2016 - PRESENT

  • 4.9/5 review score across courses, with hundreds of reviews saying stuff like “highlight of my life” and other very nice quotes that you can find here.

  • Write 60,000-word text book that breaks new ground in simplifying complex process of creating comedy for audiences including digital and social audiences.

Content Writer and Content Strategist | Freelance, San Mateo, CA | Jan 2008 - PRESENT

  • Utilize written and visual skill sets to design digital content for TED Talks, Fortune 500 companies, and TV appearances for public figures, retaining clients for years and growing client roster 8x through word-of-mouth.

  • Strategize, design, edit, and write for Amazon best-selling book, resulting in review score average of 4.9/5 on Amazon, including positive reviews by Vice President at Meta, Senior Manager of Global Workplace Experience at Adobe, and Director of Employee Experience at LinkedIn.

  • Write, edit, and visually design successful microcopy, user journeys, copywriting, social media, and speechwriting for clients including Hitachi, Starbucks, Salesforce, TED Talks, LinkedIn, and Nasdaq.

Digital Content Creator | AJ+, Washington, D.C. | Sep 2017 - Jan 2024

  • Developed and improved web content strategy, ideation, project management, copy writing, editing, motion graphics, videography, and microcopy for video series, resulting in organic subscriber growth from 0 to 331,348 in 11 months.

  • Developed in-house feedback processes, resulting in more than 100x increase in organic views and many awards including a a Gold Telly, multiple Emmys, a Peabody, two Webby Awards, a Society of Professional Journalists Award, and more. 

  • Guided audience journey of web video for maximum impact, increasing retention 22.6% over average and resulting in Daytime Emmy Award.

  • Maintained content calendar, balancing digital video publication schedule of evergreen projects with tight production cycle of breaking news projects, never missing a deadline.

General Writer | Accenture (servicing Google), San Jose, CA | Oct 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Simplified web content design on tight deadlines to convey complex technical information clearly, concisely, and accurately, leading to 32.5% increase in user satisfaction.

  • Partnered with research team to improve user journeys for more than 1 billion Google users, reducing support tickets by 41.3% and resulting in largest number of internal accolades throughout entire content department.

Headline Contributor | The Onion (Onion Gamers Network), Chicago, IL | Oct 2020 - Jul 2022

  • Utilized creative thinking and problem solving in fast-paced environment to write thousands of funny headlines and narratives on tight deadlines, producing 21.7% increase in user engagement.

Words With Friends Live (Game Show) Writer | Zynga, San Francisco, CA | Dec 2017 - May 2019

  • Ensured smooth user journeys through microcopy, trivia sets, and monologues as part of daily trivia game show.

  • Successfully blended engaging humor, keen anticipation of player knowledge, captivating narratives, and overall strong content strategy to increase retention 21.9%.

Head Writer, Editor in Chief, and Curator | eBaum's World [sic], San Francisco, CA | Oct 2012 - Nov 2015

  • Utilized multidisciplinary digital content skill set to create entertaining content for social media audiences, leading to organic monthly user increase from 10.1 million to 20 million over 1-year period. 

  • Applied keen editorial eye to homepage content, increasing user engagement by 31%.

  • Iterated to improve microcopy and UX on site, increasing CTR by 18%.

  • Proactively improved content systems, procedures, and products, leading to frequent promotions.

Education

The Academy | Goodby, Silverstein & Partners

Master of Arts, Communication Studies | San Francisco State University

Bachelor of Arts, Journalism | California State University, Sacramento
Dean’s List Award Winner.

Recent Awards & Honors

Daytime Emmy, Lifestyle Program, Winner, 2023
Panel Speaker, TED, 2023
Webby Award, Food & Drink Video, Academy Winner, 2023
Webby Award, Food & Drink Video, People's Voice Winner, 2023
Amazon Best-Selling Book, 2023
XRLive VR, Official Selection, 2023
Peabody Award, Winner, 2022
Lone Star Emmy Award, Public Affairs Programs, Winner, 2022
AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award, Silver Medal, 2022
Raindance Immersive, Best VR Immersive Performance, Nominee, 2022
Raindance Immersive, Best VR Debut, First Runner-up, 2022
Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories, Outstanding VR Performance, Winner, 2022
Michigan Emmy Award, Societal Concerns, Winner, 2022
LA Press Club, SoCal Journalism Award, News Feature, Finalist, 2022
Gold Telly Award, Winner, 2022
Society of Professional Journalists, Excellence in Journalism Award for Commentary/Analysis, Winner, 2018
Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Short Form Variety Series, Honoree, 2018

Services

Copywriting
Stand-up Comedy
Comedy Coaching
Comedy Punch-Up Writing
Script Writing
A Ton Of Other Content-Related Stuff (Ask Me About It!)

Comedy Clients

Live Nation
The Onion Inc.
Google
TED Talks
Zynga
SF Sketchfest
AJ+
Many, Many More