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.

50K+Email audience managed
50%Average open rate
300+Articles & landing pages
40%Faster content turnaround

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.

Marketing communicationsContent strategyLifecycle & email marketingSEO & search strategyEarned mediaDigital campaignsCopywritingAnalytics & reportingAudience segmentationProject managementWeb content managementStakeholder & SME collaborationCreative productionAI-assisted workflowsAP StyleStorytelling

Professional experience

The work. And what changed.

01

Independent Marketing Strategist & Content Consultant

Self-Employed · Project-Based · Remote
May 2017–Present
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.
02

Email Marketing Manager, Social Media Manager & SEO Specialist

TaxQuotes / TaxStache · Remote
August 2025–July 2026
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.
03

Digital Content Manager

Hill & Ponton, P.A. · Remote
October 2022–January 2025
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

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
December 2017–September 2018 · Pocatello, ID

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

Hill Air Force Base
May 2016–August 2016 · Layton, UT

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.

01 · Publishing

Content Management

WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Google Sites, SharePoint

02 · Relationships

CRM & Automation

Salesforce, Zapier, HubSpot

03 · Findability

Analytics & SEO

Google Analytics, Google Data Studio, Ahrefs, Semrush

04 · Building

Web Development

HTML, CSS, SQL

05 · Distribution

Advertising

Google Ads, Meta Ads

06 · Operations

Project Management

Asana, Trello, ClickUp

07 · Making

Design & Creative

Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Wondershare, DaVinci Resolve, GIMP

08 · Owned audience

Email Marketing

Mailchimp, Klaviyo, MailerLite, Constant Contact, Beehiiv, Substack, Ghost, Patreon

Education

B.S., Communication Sciences

Utah State University · 2012–2015

3.85 / 4.0 GPA

Let’s make the complicated useful

Need a marketing and communications strategist who can make complex work clear?