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Content Producer, Writer, Social Media Manager, Data Analyst

About Me

Experienced writer, blogger / social media marketer, and online content producer.

Data analyst with several years of experience as a business analyst and implementation consultant.

Real estate broker with 15-years of experience.

My strengths include:

• Years of experience writing about diverse subjects for distinct audiences

• The ability to explain complex concepts and procedures

• Excellent organizational & interpersonal skills.  I am a leader with strong communication skills. I thrive at creative problem-solving and working alone and with teams of individuals. I excel at client service.

Skills: Communicating, writing, blogging, essaying, managing, branding, marketing

Technical: SQL, Intermediate Excel, WordPress, Sitecore, Ektron, Confluence, and HTML

Industries I Write About

Real Estate

Real Estate

Real Estate

Real Estate

Real Estate

My Writing Samples

Notorious Boston Nightclub Gets New Life as Apartments

A notorious Boston property is about to embark upon what is at least its fourth life. Back in the 1920s and 1930s, Charles “King” Solomon was a Boston gangster, smuggling rum imported from Latin America between Boston and New York and New Jersey. He, and other bootleggers, ran a rum-running fleet, as it transported rum by ships on the Atlantic. Solomon owned several nightclubs, including Boston’s Cotton Club, and the infamous Cocoanut Grove, from 1931-1933, prior to its burning down, in 1942.

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/property/blog/2014/06/25/notorious-boston-nightclub-gets-new-life-apar

Why would anyone spend $3,000 on an apartment?

I’m going to break the news to you gently. There are plenty of people in Boston who can afford to pay $3,000-even $4,000-to rent a one-bedroom apartment in the city; in fact, there are thousands of them. According to the Census Bureau, there are more than 64,000 households in Boston where annual income is in excess of $100,000; 17,000 households made more than $200,000 last year. Paying $3,000 per month is considered “affordable” to these couples earning more than $100,000 a year.The fact is

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/property/blog/2014/06/23/anyone-spend-3000-rent-one-bedroom-apartment/

Chinatown Is Changing, Yet Again

After spending an afternoon in Boston’s Chinatown, you’ll come to the conclusion that only people of certain incomes can afford to live there: the rich. And the poor.The rich live in tony condominium complexes that cost $1,200+ per square foot and apartment buildings that rent for $3,000 a month for a studio. The poor live in subsidized housing, with the gloomy exteriors to prove it. Beyond those extremes, there’s not much else in terms of housing stock.If there’s a reason for it, it’s that few

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/property/blog/2014/05/12/boston-chinatown-changes/

Experience

Owner

During the past fifteen years I have established myself as a successful real estate agent. I create all of the content for my websites. I use organic search results to boost readership levels on my website, leading to inquiries from potential clients, who then let me assist them in purchasing and selling their homes. I negotiate on each client's behalf and manage the entire process from start to finish, involving agents, home inspectors, lawyers.

Company: John A Keith Real Estate

I worked there from 2/2002 until now

Communications Operations Consultant

As a consultant at Uber during this 12-week assignment, I was tasked with updating their in-house knowledge base and creating and rewriting rider-response form letters. (Anytime you send a complaint through their app, the reply you receive was probably written by me!) This was a high-energy / intense project requiring me to learn fast, write well, and adapt quickly.

Company: Uber

I worked there from 1/2017 until 4/2017

Contributing Writer

I wrote daily columns about Boston real estate, development, business, and politics for the Boston magazine website. Worked under tight deadlines to turn around timely stories.

Company: Boston magazine online

I worked there from 5/2014 until 9/2014

Content Producer

A temporary position, I helped with a major data conversion project, editing descriptions of some of the seven million products that exist on the Wayfair.com website.

Company: Wayfair

I worked there from 1/2014 until 6/2014

Freelance Writer

I wrote weekly columns for the local edition of Patch, a nationwide network of hyper-local news and opinion websites, focused on real estate, development, business and politics.

Company: Patch

I worked there from 10/2010 until 5/2012

Content Producer

On an as-needed basis. I used various content management systems including Ektron and Sitecore to input, update, and create content for client websites. I edited HTML code.

Company: Genuine Interactive

I worked there from 12/2009 until 5/2012

Freelance Writer

I wrote a daily real estate column for Boston Herald online focused on buying and selling your home and about living in the city of Boston and its history, politics, and business. I wrote ~240 columns over a period of 2 1/4 years.

Company: Boston Herald

I worked there from 12/2008 until 3/2011

Content I Write