Technical writing was a big part of my early career in communications, so helping someone pull together a technical report recently was a snip. The best part of this job was teaching my client how to do things himself. The
Architect-pleasing
The brief for my latest copy-writing gig on the website of some local architects was: ‘make us sound welcoming, human and energetic’ as opposed to ‘wanky and self-absorbed.’ While the site has yet to be launched, my clients were happy
Interesting case studies about farmers and researchers
I love interviewing interesting people and writing case studies and articles about their work. I’m currently having a ball writing for Cradle Coast NRM in Tasmania, contributing articles about sustainable farming for their newsletter, Across the Paddocks.
Design and copy-writing for OneTonne
I was a happy collaborator with the uber-creative Nathanael Jeanneret at OneTonne here in Hobart, helping him to magic-up amazing design, words, letterpress, illustration, apps, e-newsletters, websites and promotional material.
An Aldermanic Adventure
In October 2014 I was elected as an Alderman with the Hobart City Council. I created and ran my own campaign for a year, using some ideas I haven’t seen done before to target people who don’t usually vote in
Copy-writing for busy ad agency
I’m very happy to be working on a variety of projects with a local Tasmanian ad/design agency. I love collaborating with other creative people and stretching my brain.
Indecent proposals
Well, the proposals weren’t indecent, they were pretty straight actually, but they were done in indecent haste. My clients have a technology company and wanted some consistent proposal templates created. So that’s what I gave them. They were happy.
Communications for government IT project
Since August 2011 I’ve been creating the structure and content for a WIKI, training WIKI contributors and writing all kinds of communications for a government IT project. A WIKI is a web site that stores information about an organisation and
TV comedy spot on 7Mate
Chuffed! One of my comedy sets was recorded and played on 4 August 2012 as part of a 10 Year Comedy Special to promote the Hobart Comedy Festival.
Documents for Aboriginal labour hire company
I wrote and edited a business plan and submissions for contracts for a Western Australian labour hire company. This job had a short turnaround, a slew of background documents and a details-focussed client.