ABBY NORWOOD

WRITER | EDITOR | CREATOR

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abbynorwood.com

Portland, OR

Relevant Experience

Senior Copywriter

DigiCert 07/2022-present

  • Write web copy, ads, newsletters, emails, ebooks, and other long- and short-form assets.
  • Write marketing scripts and assist with video production.
  • Translate technical information into copy that's easily understood by a variety of audiences.
  • Write copy that aligns with brand voice and tone guidelines.
  • Ghostwrite, edit, and curate thought leadership content for company blog.

Writer, Editor, Designer, & Producer

Freelance 01/2011-present

Clients & Projects Including:

serialove (forthcoming) 02/2022-present

  • Lead development of brand identity, website, content calendar, documentation, and asset design and production for upcoming fiction podcast project.
  • Conduct user and industry research.
  • Write and edit full-length fiction manuscripts.
  • Produce and edit 20-minute podcast episodes.

Graphite 08/2022-present

  • Write 7,500-10,000 words/week of SEO content for clients like Grindr, BetterUp, Lenny's Podcast, and Webflow.
  • Utilize Clearscope and Grammarly to ensure strong SEO performance.
  • Coach writers to assist with skill development.
  • In prior role as content editor, performed line and developmental edits on approximately 30,000 words/week for clients like Linktree and Bergdorf Goodman.

EMyth 03/2022-05/2023

  • Wrote blogs, newsletters, guides, ebooks, social posts, and CTAs to attract and engage clients and boost brand awareness.
  • Edited tentpole assets, including guides, ebooks, and quizzes.
  • Proofread and QA articles and newsletters prior to publication.
  • Utilized SEO guidance to write and optimize new and existing content.

Technical Writer/Auditor

Selmet 06/2017-01/2019

  • Developed technical writing program, including template and process creation.
  • Observed and interviewed operators and SMEs for process documentation.
  • Performed QA audits of multi-hundred-page customer-specification documents.

Education

Skills

Tools

MFA Creative Writing

Oregon State University

BA English

Southern Illinois University

Copywriting

Copy editing

Transcription

Proofreading

Content writing

UX writing

Localization editing

Medical editing

User research

Proofreading

Personnel management

Project management

WordPress

Clearscope

Grammarly

Adobe Suite

Microsoft Suite

Google Workspace

Jira

Slack

Asana

Monday

HubSpot

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