I write the words that make
the whole world sing click.
I am a creative director and copywriter with a focus on brand voice, content design and UX.
Recent Work
About Me
I'm a content strategist, creative director, and UX copywriter.
I spent eight years at Nike as a content designer for in-store retail experiences like Inside Track and Shoe Finder, then dialed in the tone of voice and trained NikeAI's responses for tasks like customer service and review summaries.
As a creative director, startup founder, and journalist, I've worked with brands like Google, American Express, Mercedes-Benz, and The Macallan; launched an on-demand travel itinerary service featured in The New York Times, the FT, and elsewhere; and written about everything from the Albanian Riviera to Portland's best dive bars.
I've been a Rolling Stone intern, a two-time Junior Olympian in fencing, a music-magazine fact-checker, a Comic-Con moderator, and the first person to get the word "gogurt" published in New York magazine. I'm also fun at parties.
Writing from Portland and environs.
- At Heart Coffee, There's No Wi-Fi, to Ensure You're Laser-Focused on the Beans →
- Extracto Coffee Roasts Single-Origin Beans on a 1951 Cast-Iron Probat →
- From the Coast to the Mountains: Rustic Retreats Await in Every Corner of Oregon →
- Deep Dive: Our Guide to Northeast Portland's Dive Bars →
- Gouais Blanc, Little-Known Parent Grape of 80+ Varietals, Is Now Growing in Oregon →
- Portland Secret Dining Society Won't Tell You Where or What You're Eating →
- Portland Pop! Train Is a One-Stop Destination for Toys and Collectibles →
- Oregon Summer Weekend Trip: Bingen & White Salmon →
- Viking Soul Food Sets Sail in a New Brick-and-Mortar Location →
- What to Drink at Every Brewery in Northeast Portland →
- What to Drink at Every Brewery in North Portland →
- Customization With a Side of Sass Is on the Menu at Jojo →
- Sometimes, You Need a Direct Injection of Dopamine in the Form of Grown-Up Kid Food →
- Portland's Bus-Your-Own-Table Culture Must Die →
- Celebrating Thanksgiving With Migrant Farm Workers in the Hudson Valley →
- 'The Big Family Cooking Showdown' Is the 'Great British Bake Off' Replacement You've Been Waiting For
- Fifty Million Brunch Fans Can't Be Wrong, Can They?
- Eating Grasshoppers with My Father
- What It's Like to Eat Six Bowls of Ramen in a Single Day →
- This Pacific Northwest Chain Will Change the Way You Think About Fast Food →
- White Zinfandel Never Really Left Us (VinePair) →
- Thanksgívíng (Medium) →
- Goodbye to Old Hat (Medium) →
- Winging It (Medium) →
- Being Wrong (Medium) →
- Newark Airport Essay (The Awl) →
- C is for Cookie (Substack) →
- The Gift of Sight (Substack) →
- Empathy for the Devil (Substack) →
- A Moveable Feist (Substack) →
- Return to the Mean (Substack) →
- The Emmental Particles (Substack) →
- Nothing Doing (Substack) →
- Fifty-Two Thoughts About 2020 (Substack) →
- The Sadness of Lovers Rock (Substack) →
- Shouldering the Burden (Substack) →
- Better Days (Substack) →