Places I've worked

When I started, I was the first and only Content Designer on Trello. My role was establishing the Content Design discipline in the company, figuring out how Content Design plays with existing processes, how to improve the overall voice, and align with the rest of Atlassian. We grew to 4 Content Designers (now down to 2) and I've taken on the role of craft lead. I continue to work at the project level, but now I also mentor our other Content Designers and contribute to the overall strategy for Trello within the Atlassian portfolio of products.

Amazon’s Device Design Group has launched revolutionary products like Echo, Fire TV, Fire Tablet, Alexa Communications, and more. As one of only two Senior UX Writers, I collaborated with over 50 designers to craft elegant, customer-focused experiences, and define the voice, tone, and style for user interfaces across all Alexa devices.

I was excited to take this role. Managing a team was something I had aspired to, and this was my opportunity to—as I was told in the interview—build a Copywriting team and help lead the upcoming rebranding from the creative side. Unfortunately, that didn't exactly pan out. It didn't take me long to realize that the role described to me in the interview was a far cry from the role I was in, so I made the decision to leave.

I was part of the team that led the REI brand. Anything that was enterprise-wide went through us. During my time here, I helped create a summer-long, interactive campaign that launched the newest REI Flagship store in Washington D.C.

I was the writer for the worldwide treasure-hunting adventure known as Geocaching. I was part of the UX Team and the Video Production Team, although my day-to-day included anything from writing marketing blog posts to wearing a giant frog costume while riding a Segway in front of thousands of German geocachers.

Anything that has words on it came to me, including ads, landing pages, SEO pages, and even a little bit of Gnome-speak. I was the entire Editorial Department for one of the largest Online Travel Agencies in the United States and Canada.

I worked at agencies like Publicis and RAPP writing TV, print, web, radio, and out-of-home ads. I learned a lot, including that I hate working in advertising.