Anne Hollyday
Remote (US), Hybrid
About Writer
Strategic Editor and Writer
20 + years of experience in developing, writing, and editing strategic internal communications collateral, marketing materials, newsletters, blogs, and magazine articles. Innovative, articulate, creative strategic thinker. Strong organizational skills and communication capabilities across a wide range of industries and products, including legal, education, financial services, insurance, nonprofit, information technology, and healthcare. A strong writer and editor able to strategize and build consensus with business leaders under daily, weekly, and monthly deadlines.
Education
a two-year part-time strategic communications masters program, including writing and defending a thesis
a liberal arts degree, including a thesis on Thomas Hardy
Work & Experience
Draft, edit, and revise various legal communications materials, including webpages, articles, attorney biographies, and news and feature articles on healthcare, litigation, real estate, and business law issues. Strong project management skills for managing a wide range of deadlines. Collaborate with a remote editing team to revise articles and web pages as needed.
Conduct interview blitzes to draft, edit, and revise attorney biographies in numerous global practice areas, including corporate/M&A, private equity, antitrust, litigation, and project development & finance. Draft narrative legal awards submission content for legal publications, including Law360, the Financial Times, ALM/Law.com, and Profiles in Diversity Journal. Manage and craft editorial/thought leadership projects on an as-needed basis, including biography honor recognitions, partner retirement profiles, and newsletters.
Conceptualized, developed and wrote marketing collateral, including proposals, Internet news and feature stories, magazine by-liners, press releases, firm brochures, practice area descriptions, and presentations to promote leadership and attorney areas of expertise. Worked with attorneys in specific workplace law practice areas to promote legal services to win external clients through proposals, speaking engagements, and business development opportunities. Managed the proposal process including business requirements for Requests for Proposals (RFPs) in employment; trade secret, non-compete and workplace technology; e-discovery; benefits and immigration law from point of opportunity identification through completion of final document for well-respected national workplace law firm.
