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Who this document is for: people who need accessible and engaging content written about their projects or products. My strengths lie in wrapping complex concepts in a friendly and conversational tone. If that's what you need, please let's have a meeting. 🤝

If you want to hire me for game writing or other kinds of fiction, you're better off **visiting my website 👩‍💻**

🙋🏻‍♀️ Hello there potential employers and collaborators.

What do I do?

• I create content that is not boring: blog posts, emails, reports, you name it. Have a look at some **writing samples** and check out Computer Says Maybe, a weekly technology politics podcast that I produce for The Maybe
• I explain complex ideas in a way that anyone can understand
• I help organisations make content tell stories about why what they’re doing is important.
• I also write and produce Horrific/Terrific, a weekly newsletter about media and platform power

What am I like?

• Thank you for asking, this is my website.
• This is a printed publication of short fiction that I produce
• I am on Bluesky 🦋

📝 CURRENT WORK

Producer | Computer Says Maybe podcast | 2024-present

• I designed a production process & editorial calendar to fit with our unique subject matter, fully remote team, and working style of the host
• Designing the narrative journey of mini-series, cutting singular episodes, and programming episodes in a way that is aligned with the story The Maybe wants to tell
• Researching guests, formulating questions, prepping both guests and host for complex interviews

Founder & writer | Horrific/Terrific| 2020-present

• A popular newsletter outlining thoughts & learnings on why/how technology is horrific for some, and terrific for others
• I take a critical view on AI & big tech, while analysing internet culture and shifting our media landscape – and interviewing experts in the process.

Founder & Organiser | Marked as Urgent | 2024-present

• An event series in London that I run with Ben Whitelaw (Everything in Moderation) and Mark Scott (Digital Politics)
• We convene communities working in Trust & Safety and the digital rights space for networking and themed talks

⏪ PAST WORK

Work I’ve done with a range of clients including The Wellcome Trust, AWO, and Careful Trouble.

**Funding Open Source Science Software | The Wellcome Trust | 2024**

A report on the current state of open source science software funding. I conducted interviews with researchers, engineers, and community managers, and put my findings in a report that is easily understood by funders and other senior leaders with a range of technical expertise.

Writer & Researcher | Hattusia | 2020-2023

• **NetWorthy: How to get budget and buy-in for tech ethics:** a report on how to build a comprehensive, practical set of tools for those wishing to introduce tech ethics into their organisations
• The Words We Use in Data Policy: Putting People Back in the Picture: commissioned by Defend Digital Me, outlining the ways in which the language we use to describe data changes the way we perceive and use it.
• **Privacy Enhancing Technologies: We produced a chapter** For The Royal Society’s annual report on PETs

Strategic comms consultant | AWO | 2022

I managed the overhaul of website copy, set up their Algorithmic Governance newsletter, and designed comprehensive writing style guides for case-study write ups, and other written comms.

Report Editor | Careful Industries | 2021-2022

I supported the research team in writing up their research into strong, engaging reports, with a consistent tone of voice, clear narrative, and accessible writing style – designed for a range of audiences including community organisers and politicians.

Data Strategist | Turn2Us | 2020

Turn2Us are a charity who support those experiencing financial hardship in the UK. Most of Turn2Us’s services are digital, and at this time did not have any kind of data strategy or internal policies in place. I conducted external and internal interviews, synthesised the results, and wrote a report consisting of both short-term and long-term recommendations for an effective data strategy.

Content Writer | Metomic | 2019-2020

• Maintaining the blog and other written comms for an early-stage startup making data privacy tools to help websites comply with the GDPR
• Keeping abreast of lawsuits and regulations relating to data privacy, online speech, and trust & safety

🤹🏻‍♀️ Other work

This list is highly 'curated' to ease your boredom...

• I wrote the script for a branching narrative game called Sort Your Life Out
• Worked on story development and character sheets for Crescent County
• I was a contributor for Novelty Magazine, a quarterly online publication
• I've had short fiction featured on blogs such as Literati Pulp
• In 2015 I wrote and directed a short film called Cold Coffee (please don’t watch it; it’s cringe; but I managed the entire production on a tight budget which is saying something)

References

Alix Dunn CEO and founder of The Maybe

Alice Thwaite: founder, Hattusia

Rachel Coldicutt: founder, Careful Industries

Rich Vibert: co-founder, Metomic

• Full client list