Project 1 Package Copy
Misfit Union
Fresh, sustainable, in-your-face. Misfit Union was on a mission to change the way people bought and consumed food. But they needed a brand story to put on their hundreds of healthy, ready-made meals. A story that would remind their customers, every time they enjoyed a Misfit Union product, that they’d made the right choice. Here’s how I told it. (Package design: RTD︎︎︎)
“Way to go, misfit. You’ve just saved the planet 9 truck trips and made a local farmer happy. And you’re eating good, clean, hand-prepared food that doesn’t come with any ingredients you can’t pronounce. So happy, healthy eating. Enjoy every ounce of this nutrition-packed meal before you recycle our eco-package. Try a new combination every time. And, please, you keep doing you. Don’t fit in. Join the evolution.”
Project 2 Video Script
Tekton
Tekton had just launched a game-changing algotrading platform. Their target audience was young and young-at-heart risk-takers. The Tekton crew wanted a voice that would speak to them: edgy, funny, been there, done that. This is the explainer video the incredibly creative folks at Navajo Digital made with my script. It’s one of my favorites. We went on to develop the Tekton website together, along with a series of how-to blogs for novice investors.
Project 3 Copywriting
Medovie
Medovie is a natural skincare company based in the UK. They had to get their story out over a huge range of print and web media: website copy, user stories, marketing emails, social media, packaging, and a ton of microcopy. I had about four weeks and 400 hundred cups of coffee to get their voice into shape with editor extraordinaire, Lara Bastajian. This is a little taste of our work.
Project 4 UX Writing
Bank of Cyprus
When Bank of Cyprus brought me on board to help out with their new mobile banking app, they had a fairly big problem. They’d designed the mockups without a clear idea of how their customers would move through the app, and the bank brass had signed off on them. User experience, in other words, was something they were hoping we could finesse in with some very effective microcopy. Writing that copy was kind of like dancing over a minefield. One wrong word and an entire section could go up in smoke. In the end, I think we managed to produce something pretty fantastic, with some help from my UX writing partner at Storyline Creatives, Lara Bastajian, and the design team at BoC.
Project 5 Creative Direction
BECCA Europe
BECCA Europe was really good at finding grant money to keep creative organizations rolling. But they weren’t happy with how they looked or sounded online. We started the rebrand with a new website, designed and written from the ground up: colors, type, copy, and flow. When it was time to write, my gut told me to stay away from numbers, which companies love, and talk instead about the people whose visions BECCA had nurtured. Stories not stats. (Read my case study for more on my writing approach.) From the amount of new clients BECCA picked up over the five years we worked together, and their terrific newsletter open rate, I think the new look and message worked out well.
Project 6 Website Writing
WP Clone
WP Clone was an SaaS start-up out to help WordPress developers build faster and safer. For their new website, they didn’t want to sound like an IT manual. They wanted a voice that effortlessly communicated who they were and what they did. Writing it was a lot of fun.
Project 7 Articles
Longform
I’ve written a lot of stories over the years — under my own name and as a ghostwriter. Here’s a small selection of my work. You can also check out my Medium page, Copy Cat, where some of these articles live. (The little means I wrote it but you won’t see my name on it.)