Services & Pricing

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Consulting for organizations

Pricing starts at $175 per hour, with ample opportunity to negotiate a flat fee on complex, long-term projects.

Strategy

  • Audience, content and channel strategy

  • Voice and tone

  • Expanding editorial capabilities

  • Employee engagement surveys

Publications

  • Refresh and relaunch

  • Section development

  • Coaching complex storytelling

  • Developing content for multiple channels

Tools

  • Editorial playbook development

  • Stylebook development

  • Organizational charts

 
 

Editing and writing

Pricing is based on time or space, depending on the type of project. By-time rates start at $175 per hour, with flat fees negotiable for long-term projects.

By-space editing rates start at $200 per magazine page equivalent (2–3 front-of-book stories or about 600 words). Writing starts at $1.50 per word and increases based on complexity of research and reporting.

Editing

  • Special sections and publications

  • Long- and short-form stories

  • Nonlinear storytelling

  • Websites

  • Audio scripts

  • Presentations

  • Temporary work

  • Letters and essays

Writing

  • Short- and long-form stories

  • Restaurant and bar menus

  • Website content

  • Annual publications

  • Obituaries and eulogies

 
 

Personal branding

Pricing starts at $175 per hour, with ample flexibility to negotiate a flat fee for complex, multi-channel projects.

Rates for new graduates (up to five years post-graduation, any degree level) start at $100 per hour, with opportunity to bundle multiple documents and channels.

Resumes and cover letters

  • Coaching

  • Composition

  • Review

Strategy

  • Discovery

  • Skills and values analysis and alignment

  • Theme development

  • Audience strategy

  • Channel evaluation and alignment

Professional website and portfolio

  • Organization

  • Composition

  • Review

“Kristen will bring you creative ideas and energy based on solid groundwork of research and strategy. She is a dedicated professional who will directly tackle the tough questions and conversations needed to make your project stand out.”

— Kristen Convery, senior director of marketing content, The Ohio State University

Let’s work together

Tell me what you’re working on, and I’ll share some ideas about how we can get you to the finish line, polished and confident.