•	20+ years of publishing and marketing experience: research, writing, editing, publishing, content strategy, content creation, marketing, social media messaging, brand messaging, paid  and organic media messaging,  internal and external communications, and SEO.
•	Experience managing freelance writers and copy, assigning articles, designing layouts, and orchestrating marketing campaigns.  
•	Beats have included education, politics, tech, business, youth trends, crime and up to eight municipalities at a time.
•      Extensive experience working on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. I was responsible for the content strategy and the copywriting for Meta's new Business Equity (DEI) page.
•      Experience with podcast production and editing, video production and editing and photography, and photo editing.
•      I was responsible for creating the SEO guidelines and best practices used at Audible. Additionally, I was part of a team that did keyword research and rewrote product descriptions to be SEO optimized for 500 books.
•      I am skilled in prompt engineering. I know how to design, develop, and refine AI text prompts, how to optimize prompt performance, and how to improve the AI prompt generation process for various applications. I can also create, communicate, and teach best practices for using AI.

Heather Kays

I set a goal to have twice as many releases in 2026 as I did in 2025.
At the time, it felt reasonable — two chapbooks or books.

I hit that goal before 2026 began.

I have two chapbooks coming out this year through two different small/independent presses.

This genuinely feels like a dream come true. ❤️


#WritingCommunity #Poetry #IndiePublishing #SmallPress #CreativeGoals

Marketing Manager & Literary Manager ✨💖 | Author of Myths in the Feed (sold out 6x) | Crying Heart Press Best-Selling Author | 2x Pushcart Nominee | I make strategy feel like storytelling — and vice versa.

On Tuesday, my new book 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑖𝑒𝑠 is released.

It’s a collection about generational weight — what we absorb, what we’re expected to hold, and the decision to stop carrying what was never ours to begin with.

This project sits at the intersection of storytelling and responsibility: how honesty becomes a form of change in families, in work, and in the way we show up for the people around us.

#Storytelling #CreativeWork #BreakingCycles #PoetryCommunity

This is a period of transition and growth for me both personally and professionally. It is equal parts exciting and terrifying.

How do you stay grounded and avoid feeling overwhelmed when everything around you is changing? I’d love to hear your strategies.

#PersonalGrowth #ProfessionalDevelopment #ChangeManagement #Mindfulness #GrowthMindset #Resilience

There was always an expectation of secrecy when I was a child. I was made responsible for keeping the family skeletons in the closet. I was forced to hide guilt, shame, pain, trauma—my own thoughts and feelings—and the truth.

In this collection of poetry, I lay that truth bare in short, hybrid poems—part poetry, part prose—exploring what it means to reclaim a voice that was once silenced.

Today is release day for my latest collection, 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑖𝑒𝑠. Link in the comments. 💖 

#WritingCommunity #Poetry #AuthorsOfLinkedIn #CreativeWork #Storytelling #BookLaunch #PublishingLife

Lately I’ve been thinking about how difficult it is to balance professional responsibilities with being a poet, writer, and artist.

Some days, it feels like being pulled in different directions—my priorities and passions competing for the same limited hours.

For those of you who live in both worlds, how do you find the balance and keep showing up for both?

#CreativesInBusiness #WorkLifeBalance #WritingLife

Freelance

Hired on a project basis to write press materials and white papers, edit articles and manuscripts, and develop book proposals. Written more than 2,000 press releases. Clients include Emi Battaglia Public Relations, MOUTH Digital + Public Relations, VSK Public Relations, Caris Hays Public Relations, HarperCollins, American Management Association, and authors including Dave Gaddis (The Noble Experiment) and Justin Loeber (Get Out of Your Own Way Guide to Life).

Copywriter, Editor, Content Developer

Audible, Inc.

Writing and editing articles for Audible blog and writing SEO-optimized copy for landing pages. Writing longform reviews of “Audible Essential” audiobooks. Fact checking and copy editing audiobook series descriptions, commissioned articles, and author and narrator interviews. Curating audiobook lists and creating content for featured editorial pages on topics from neurodiversity to cozy mysteries. Curated more than 600 quotes from wide-ranging audiobooks around 22 themes.

Copy Editor, SEO 

Copy editor for a team of 15 content associates hired for a short-term, high-visibility project: creating enhanced web-based Product Detail Pages for Audible Original productions and select Audible Audiobooks. Established “PDP 2.0” style standards and reinforced Audible editorial voice. Developed and managed a copy workflow process. Collaborated on writing copy elements from headlines to celebrity bios. Copy edited, fact checked, and revised nearly 200 audio series descriptions with a focus on consistency, adherence to house style, and SEO keywords.

Copy Editor, Content 

Experienced, creative, and effective content developer, editor, and copywriter with roots in book publicity. Outstanding communication, collaboration, and organizational skills. Proficient in SEO best practices.  


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