I launched my career working with brands to create content at high volume. Since then, I’ve partnered with several companies and nonprofit organizations to manage content production and write lively, informative marketing material. I believe in using research, data, and storytelling to produce consumer-facing and B2B content that informs, inspires, and builds loyalty.
I have experience in personal finance, travel, public lands, and health and fitness. My clients include Tripadvisor, Ness, Nike, REI, Rover.com, The National Forest Foundation, LevelTen Energy, Loup, Kinship, Linkwell, and The Bellevue Collection.
Services I offer include:
Content and copywriting
- Reported features, profiles, and case studies
- Short-form educational marketing material such as PDFs and thought leadership content
- Long-form material such as eBooks
- Newsletter production
Content strategy and editing
- Developmental editing for medium and long form content
- Building quarterly content strategy
- Generating story ideas
- SEO research and keyword recommendation
- Competitor analysis
- Content management
Work Examples
Person-Focused Features
Marcus Rosten Is Helping Others Reconnect with Nature – Nike
Favia Is Bouldering Back in Life and Strength – Nike
Outdoors for All: Plus-Size Climbers Challenge Stereotypes – REI
Travel
How to Travel and Explore Vietnam – REI
Snowflake Lane: The Most Magical Winter Wonderland – The Bellevue Collection
The 12 most beautiful places in Washington – Tripadvisor
The planning perfectionist’s guide to improvising a trip – Tripadvisor
7 things to do ASAP when planning a National Parks trip – Tripadvisor
Product Reviews
The Best Greens Powders – Ness
The Best Period Tracking Apps of 2023 – Ness
The Best Running Apps of 2023 – Ness
Testimonials
“[Colleen] created and managed a big editorial calendar and sorted through the analytics to provide solid content recommendations for our new markets. I continue to hire her for freelance writing now that that project is completed and recommend her wholeheartedly.” – Irene Keliher, former Content Strategist at Rover.com, current Manager of Content Marketing at Remit.ly
“Colleen has proven to be an invaluable freelance resource to our business, at a time when we needed fast, accurate editing on a range of health and wellness content for a US market… Reliable, professional, and work quality is of a consistently high standard. Always a pleasure to work with Colleen!” – Barbara Macciolli, Head of Content at Loup
“Colleen brought an extremely fresh take to sponsored content at SheKnows. She pushed boundaries with her creativity, always thinking outside the box. She was always professional and organized when working with both clients and writers to make sure content was original and shareable.” – Catherine Conelly, former Senior Editor at SheKnows, current Content Editor at Hawke Media
If you need an effective and deadline-oriented strategist and writer to help with your content plan, let’s get in touch. My email is stinch.ca@gmail.com, or you can contact me through the form here.
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