Recent Highlights
I'm Peter.
I'm a results-oriented and innately curious creative with over a decade of professional writing experience in journalism and B2B digital marketing.
I’ve built content programs from scratch, led teams of writers and designers, developed company tone and style guides, spearheaded product and brand launches, and written stories that garner national media attention.
I use my writing skills to connect people with useful products, turn complex information into compelling narratives, and bring brands to life with effective, strategic storytelling.
If you're reading this, I would love to do these things and more for your company and its products.
Recent Highlights
I wrote and designed the landing page for our Sydney launch and APAC expansion, collaborating cross-functionally with the Morningstar Inc. global brand team, business development leads in Australia and the US, and Morningstar DBRS' editorial and publishing team on the campaign, and garnering final approval from compliance.
I attended this panel and ghostwrote these takeaways on behalf of the analyst who presented. Overall, I attended three company-hosted events and provided five takeaway articles, all covering niche financial subsectors and topics, including home equity investments, residential transition loans, data center financing, and subscription credit facilities. These were all featured as press releases on the Morningstar DBRS website.
I wrote the captions and provided creative direction for this promo video for one of the Toronto-based brand's key annual conferences.
Wrote copy and led creative direction for this ad featured in Bloomberg Markets' Japan Issue.
I wrote and provided creative direction for these product ads that were featured on the Bloomberg site and in Bloomberg Terminals.
Landing Pages
I wrote the copy and designed the flow of this webpage featuring one of Payability's core products.
At Payability, we pivoted often. One big pivot in 2021 was toward funding Shopify stores in addition to third-party Amazon and Walmart.com sellers. I wrote and continually optimized this landing page during the company pivot toward Shopify.
I worked with our partners at Volusion to build out this landing page for a co-branded fintech product aimed at ecommerce start-up founders.
I wrote the copy, consulted on design, and helped build out the site architecture for the original Give Lively homepage. In this iteration, we added a section to address feedback from potential customers who believed the products would ultimately cost them in either fees or wasted time and energy. The section links out to a page that I pitched and wrote fully outlining Give Lively's "Forever Free" pledge.
Lighthouse.lgbtq (now-defunct) was a portal that connected members of the LGBTQ+ community to supportive, affirming medical care. I wrote and edited the copy featured on the home and "About Us" pages (included in the pdf attached to this link). I also contributed UX writing to the platform and copywrote subject lines and bodies for email campaigns targeting healthcare providers.
Product Announcements and Tutorials
A family friend launched this consumer quote-a-day app in 2023. I joined as a freelance consultant toward the end of the year. I developed the concept, wrote the copy, and provided creative direction for this Instagram Reel announcement.
I co-wrote the script, collaborated with the Product team on UX writing, and interfaced with an outside graphic designer on this dashboard tutorial video.
I put this together as the lone marketing team member during a company transition. I worked with the Product team on the copy in the post and the video, but otherwise, I created the video entirely on my own with zero budget. (I even recorded and edited the voiceover.)
I co-wrote the script and contributed to the creative direction of this announcement video for Payability.
I provided creative direction and wrote the script and on-screen copy for this video about Give Lively's Peer-to-Peer fundraising platform.
I wrote the help article, video script, and the UX writing featured in this tutorial walkthrough for Give Lively's Text-to-Donate service.
I wrote this product announcement blog and an accompanying press release in collaboration with the Product team and the CEO.
This 6-minute step-by-step tutorial video made onboarding much more efficient for Customer Success. I wrote the script and all of the UX writing featured in this video, collaborating closely with the CS team and the Product team.
Editorial, Journalism, and Blogs
I collaborated with the CEO and COO to write this concise response to the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and customer questions about its impact on Payability's services.
Our sales and customer success teams requested I write this blog post that ultimately turned into a smashing SEO success. In 2022 and 2023, it was featured as the number one organic Google search result and was highlighted by Google at the top of the page for searches around high-intent keywords for Payability's products.
I wrote this post, which increased engagement on our blog, nonprofit signups, and brand awareness on social media.
I wrote this listicle-style, SEO-driven blog post for Payability. It led a weekly newsletter edition that garnered substantially more opens and clicks than any other email over a 6-month period.
This is the post I wrote for eComEngine's blog as a part of the blog swap mentioned in the blurb for the article immediately to the left of this one.
I wrote this SEO-driven blog post about #GivingTuesday to improve search visibility while also encouraging nonprofits to use Give Lively's fundraising platform.
I interviewed dozens of locals, analyzed thousands of in-app messages, and wrote this long-form article about racial disparities in Georgetown's community-led digital surveillance efforts.
CBS This Morning featured my investigation from the Georgetowner and interviewed me for a segment on digital crime prevention.
I reported this story on the Georgetown BID dismantling their app promoting digital crime surveillance in the neighborhood following my story in the Georgetowner and a follow-up piece by the Washington Post.
I researched and wrote this piece as a freelance contributor for Architectural Digest Online.
I researched and wrote this piece as a freelance contributor for Architectural Digest Online.
I contributed 140+ music journalism pieces to EARMILK, covering emerging and established electronic and indie artists, writing a mix of new music features, premieres, remix spotlights, album reviews, and occasional artist interviews.
In the early days of VR, I wrote this article for Architectural Digest Online as a freelance contributor.
I reviewed a show featuring works by Italian Renaissance painter Piero di Cosimo, diving into art history for the first time since studying it in high school and college.
I co-wrote, edited, and oversaw the design for this 3-page spread print roundup of the best concerts to see in DC during Fall 2015.
B2B Testimonials
I wrote interview questions and helped edit this video testimonial into multiple ad formats.
I collaborated with the customer success team, the product team, and our top nonprofit customers to write the copy for this video showcasing a handful of success stories from the previous year.
I interviewed Aria, selected highlights from the conversation, and helped edit this video testimonial for Give Lively's Text-to-Donate service.
I wrote the script and helped shoot and edit down interviews for this case study about Give Lively's 'Simple Widget' product.
I interviewed a representative of DC Scores and wrote this testimonial article about the nonprofit's success using Give Lively's fundraising tools, including Text-to-Donate and Live Display.
I interviewed the development director of the US Luge Foundation and wrote about their fundraising success using Give Lively's free platform.
Influencer and Sponsored Content
I conducted outreach and negotiations, developed the creative concept, and co-wrote the script with this Amazon FBA-focused YouTube creator. This video brought in regular SQLs for our Sales team.
This piece of influencer content helped boost WYSR's brand awareness among a target audience identified during customer persona research. I helped develop the personas, provided talking points, and consulted with the influencer on this Reel.
This Reel drove downloads and engagement while also helping increase WYSR's early follow count by more than 100 followers. I developed the concept in collaboration with the influencer.
I conducted outreach, negotiated a contract, and collaborated creatively with this YouTube Creator. This video's impact on brand awareness among our niche target audience exceeded our team's expectations.
I led outreach, negotiated terms, and developed the video concept with this Instagram and TikTok influencer.
Assorted Social Posts
A sample of Facebook and Instagram posts I created for WYSR Quotes in 2023 and 2024.
Here are a few samples of Facebook ads that I wrote the copy for at Payability between 2019 and 2023.