About Laura
Currently
Freelance marketing consultant & copywriter
Producer @ You Can't Do That, a hockey podcast
Newsletter-er @ Stuff You Should, an occasional dispatch of recommendations
Previously
6+ years of in-house B2B/B2C creative team leadership, brand narrative work, and copywriting at the rapid-growth insurance startup Policygenius and Zinnia, the enterprise tech services company that acquired it in 2023
6 years of digital video strategy and web production at the A+E Networks family of brands (A&E, History, Lifetime, FYI)
Bylines on theater, boybands, and television at Vulture, Time Out New York, Noisey, and The Hollywood Reporter
Once-upon-a-time intern with the web teams at New York Magazine and National Geographic Traveler Magazine
B.S. in journalism from Ohio University, June 2011
Interests
My cat, Toast
Musical theater
Color-coded spreadsheets
Digital illustration
Cross-stitch
Blooper reels
NHL hockey (Caps, Flyers, Canucks)
Baseball (Dodgers, Blue Jays)
Formula 1 (SV5 forever)
Pro wrestling (AEW, DDT)
One Direction
Mad Men
Hard seltzers
Mint chocolate chip ice cream
New York autumns
Ohio summers