Brent Gohde

Independent Writing and Editing Professional

United States

Currently open for freelance work or the right full-time role, bringing 20+ years of communications, journalism and marketing experience to our partnership. Happy to discuss how I can bring value to your organization.

Note that my full-time job in 2022-23 was business writing for internal audiences. That work cannot be shared outside of my previous employer's walls.

Portfolio
Lightburn
06/27/2024
11 Ways to Level Up Without Leveling Your Website

Ran with leadership's direction to create a long-form piece that focuses on under-the-radar ways to optimize websites without redesigning or rebuilding. Our goal was to generate new business leads for the agency by inspiring companies to see they don't need to overcommit or overinvest in their website.

Quad
11/29/2021
ESG report | Quad

Served as primary writer and editor for Quad's first ever corporate social responsibility report on ESG goals/progress. This set the template for the company's ESG microsite and subsequent annual reports.

Milwaukee Record
09/21/2022
Sustainable Milwaukee: The shape of (our) water

Conducted extensive research for the third part of my series on how local residents can be more sustainable in daily practice. This piece was on Milwaukee Record's Best of 2022 list.

Quad
10/04/2021
Case Study | More efficient packaging reduces cost

Interviewed leaders from internal teams, the client and a co-manufacturer to understand and articulate the project's success in a brief case study. Several internal and external stakeholders had input, feedback and changes until we landed on this language that satisfied everyone's goals.

Quad
07/12/2021
Process mapping: You can't fix what you can't see

Interviewed the company's in-house SME, then conducted research on industry challenges and competitors to shape how we would present the relatively new product to clients and prospects.

Hanson Dodge
2016
Mass marketing a niche brand

Conceived of the campaign and wrote copy for print, digital and social channels that put brand-appropriate emotion into marketing in an industry that typically lacks it.