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Name: Mel

Title: Freelance Communications Specialist

Pronouns: she/her

Location: Waterford, Ireland

Available now!

SERVICES
  • Professional Writing

    Crafting most kinds of marketing comms, including SEO blog content, website copy, email newsletters, Help Center articles, UI app copy, and internal documentation. (Please note I do not offer paid ad services.)

  • Creative Writing

    Offering bookings for custom, 100% human-crafted poems, flash fiction, and short stories are open. Prices start from just €3, €5, and €10, respectively. Makes for a thoughtful gift for a loved one.

  • Web Production Management

    Recruiting and managing teams of writers and creators. Editing and publishing their work for correctness, style, and branding. Analyzing performance using industry-standard tools to deliver data-driven recommendations.

  • Project Consulting & Management

    Building and consulting on comms-related project management workflows and systems in docs suites and Notion — backed by 5+ years of experience serving dozens of entrepreneurs, authors, startups, and public companies.

  • Static Web Development

    Designing, building, and managing small static websites for individuals and humanitarian causes using the Bootstrap framework.

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Mel’s the true definition of a self-starter — you can trust her to take any task or project on autonomously and nail it every time.

– Emily DiRenzo, Co-founder at Gridfiti

Mel has the high-level process development skills you need to drive a successful project from start to finish.

– Tim Falk, Freelance Journalist

Mel developed a team of well-trained writers and launched several new SEO content projects.

– Lindsay Lenser, Editor at Outdoorsy

Mel worked with other editors and marketers to plan our content strategy and also spent time editing articles, creating style guides, publishing content, etc.

– Carli Auran, Head of Growth at Wag! Group Co.

It is evident that writing is indeed Mel’s lifelong passion, and that’s something that truly shines through the quality of her work.

– Genna Ash-Brown, Editor at StudyInternational

Mel’s Notion skills were instrumental in helping us build out our content repository, which will be an invaluable resource for our go-to-market team.

– Celina Murphy, Content Manager at Tines

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