Résumé · 2026 · Marketing, communications, email + SEO
Claire Szewczyk content that moves.
Marketing & communications strategist
Marketing and communications strategist with 10+ years of experience turning complex expertise into clear content, campaigns, and measurable audience growth across regulated and high-consideration industries.
Operating range
Creative instincts. Systems brain.
A go-to resource for teams in legal, healthcare, finance, nonprofit, and professional services, especially when the subject is dense, the stakes are real, and the audience needs a reason to care.
Professional experience
The work. And what changed.
Independent Marketing Strategist & Content Consultant
Melbourne, FL
Project-based marketing, content, editorial, and publishing work for independent authors and small businesses, maintained alongside full-time roles and continued between positions.
- Develop marketing and content strategies across SEO, email, paid advertising, websites, and audience growth.
- Build and maintain WordPress, Squarespace, and Wix sites to support campaigns, SEO, conversion, and user experience.
- Create and optimize static and video advertising across Meta, Google, TikTok, Amazon, BookBub, and YouTube.
- Built an independent publishing business spanning 38 novels, four Amazon bestsellers, three audio drama scripts, and multiple owned email audiences.
- Produced and edited 16 audiobooks, including a 2023 HearNow Palooza Platinum Winner and SOVAS Finalist.
- Use AI-assisted research, editing, analysis, and prototyping workflows while keeping human review, accuracy, and brand voice central.
Email Marketing Manager, Social Media Manager & SEO Specialist
Irvine, CA
Managed multi-channel marketing for a tax-resolution company and consumer financial-education brand, spanning email, SEO, editorial content, social media, paid campaigns, and audience growth.
- Managed three recurring email newsletters for 12,000+ active subscribers, averaging approximately 38% open rates and 10% CTR through segmentation, testing, and audience-focused messaging.
- Produced and managed 15+ long-form SEO articles per month across tax resolution, filing, deductions, legislation, and small-business topics.
- Created landing pages, lead magnets, service content, and conversion workflows that improved organic visitor-to-subscriber conversion from 1.2% to 3.5% within six months.
- Managed social and paid campaign work, repurposing long-form research into channel-native creative and tracking performance to guide future content.
- Built AI-assisted research, editing, repurposing, and QA workflows that reduced content turnaround time by approximately 40% while preserving editorial review and accuracy.
Digital Content Manager
Orlando, FL
Led digital content and communications for a national Veterans Affairs disability law firm across SEO, email, earned media, educational resources, conversion paths, and cross-functional publishing.
- Managed email communications for an audience of 50,000+ subscribers, averaging approximately 50% open rates and 7% CTR; stronger messaging and segmentation contributed to a 20% increase in lead conversions.
- Wrote, edited, optimized, and maintained 300+ articles and landing pages, helping grow weekly organic traffic from approximately 50,000 to 70,000 visits.
- Spent roughly 18 months identifying and pitching third-party publications, developing story angles, and writing contributed articles for external placement.
- Worked closely with attorneys, subject-matter experts, creative teams, and stakeholders to translate complex legal, medical, and government information into clear, accurate content.
- Created e-books, checklists, worksheets, landing pages, and other educational assets, and contributed to an SEO-first website redesign.
- Scoped, scripted, coordinated, produced, and published a seven-hour VA disability claims course in one workweek; the program reached 5,000+ users.
Office Coordinator
Coordinated administrative operations for a high-volume audiology office, optimizing scheduling, patient care, and workflow efficiency while supporting veterans and audiology professionals.
Flight Testing Administrator
Supported the flight testing department with accurate flight logs, maintenance records, and safety compliance in a high-security military environment.
Technology & software
Deep bench. No preciousness.
The tool follows the problem. Here’s the working stack I draw from to get strategy out of a deck and into the world.
Content Management
WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Google Sites, SharePoint
CRM & Automation
Salesforce, Zapier, HubSpot
Analytics & SEO
Google Analytics, Google Data Studio, Ahrefs, Semrush
Web Development
HTML, CSS, SQL
Advertising
Google Ads, Meta Ads
Project Management
Asana, Trello, ClickUp
Design & Creative
Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Wondershare, DaVinci Resolve, GIMP
Email Marketing
Mailchimp, Klaviyo, MailerLite, Constant Contact, Beehiiv, Substack, Ghost, Patreon
Education
B.S., Communication Sciences
Utah State University · 2012–2015
Let’s make the complicated useful