Hi! I’m Joanna:

Seasoned writer, editor, marketer, and product manager with a passion for user-friendly digital experiences. Thanks for checking out my content portfolio.

Specialties

Marketing &
Copywriting

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  • Product marketing
  • Content marketing
  • GTM planning
  • Campaign management
  • Value propositions & message architecture

Editorial & Content Strategy

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  • Lifestyle, finance, healthcare & food writing
  • Content audits
  • Search engine optimization (SEO)
  • Editorial calendars & CMS systems
  • Recipe development
  • Freelance management

UX Writing & Content Design

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  • Team leadership and mentoring
  • Workshopping
  • User research
  • A/B testing
  • Style guide creation
  • Prototyping

Marketing Campaigns

GTM planning and copywriting

Subscription service rollout

Planned, wrote, and managed GTM launch campaign and subsequent optimizations for “Yummly Pro” subscription service, resulting in 75% growth in new signups and a 48% YOY increase in subscribers.

Selected writing

In-store Product Display, Lowes, 2022

Product Marketing

Messaging architecture and sales support

Yummly Smart Thermometer

Project managed and wrote sales and marketing material for Yummly’s first physical IoT product including the overarching message framework, product detail pages (native, Amazon, Kitchenaid), in-store displays (Lowes & Home Depot), third-party sales associate training, and creative agency collaborations.

Selected assets

Content Design

Content leadership and user advocacy

Establishing the content design function

  • Built and led the UX content team, codifying UX writing standards and developing a systematic approach to microcopy.
  • Evangelized the role of content through lunch & learns, workshops, and process improvements, embedding writers in the product development process and collaboration tools such as Figma, Ditto, and Jira.
  • Performed desk research, user interviews, and support ticket analysis to gain user insights that informed content strategy.

Selected templates

Editorial Writing

Content marketing and SEO

Publication: Yummly, “The Dish”

  • Developed content that drove SEO growth, achieving 262% YOY increase in page views and improved user engagement.
  • Created a popular monthly seasonal produce series, ranked among the site’s top 10 articles for 4+ years.
  • Led content marketing efforts to increase subscription service adoption through chef profiles and strategic upsells.

Experimentation

Conversion optimization

Subscription growth

  • Developed A/B tests, experiments, and user-testing prototypes to drive subscription through strategic upsell placement and messaging.
  • Achieved 48% YOY growth in subscriber numbers by unlocking web conversion through a series of experiments, tripling web conversion in 2022.

Selected screens