Journalist, copywriter, and storyteller based in Phoenix.

Hi there!

Additionally, I’ve contributed as a writer to the book Atlas Obscura: Wild Life. I’ve also helped conceive and co-host several podcasts, including The Life of the Mind: The Podcast About the Coen Brothers, Mental Platypus, and What The Fork? Exploring The Good Place. I’ve been a featured guest on Debatable on SiriusXM Volume and have served as a conference panelist, discussing topics such as marketing and social media management.

As a contributing editor for PHOENIX magazine, I currently write the events section, contribute numerous medical, lifestyle, and arts stories, a regular music concert column, and the magazine’s paid marketing material. I also manage my own copywriting business, contracting with various Arizona businesses and charities, including Phoenix Children’s Foundation and Pinnacle Peak Family Dentistry.

For writing or editing commissions or press inquiries, please email me at jason.keil.writes at gmail.com.

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My Resume

Multifaceted and dynamic writer with over a decade of experience in the Phoenix area and beyond. Skilled content researcher and copy editor. Adept in communicating with internal and external parties regarding content requirements.

Experience

FREELANCE WRITER, PHOENIX, ARIZONA — 2014-PRESENT

  • Currently serving as a part-time copywriter for Phoenix Children’s Foundation, whose duties include creating original and adapted content for the nonprofit's website, acknowledgment letters, event listings, sales guides, advertisements, talking points for the on-air talent of the ABC15 telethon, and ideation for new campaigns and projects

  • Develop content for numerous platforms and publications, including Lifehacker, Rolling Stone, and The A.V. Club

  • Author of numerous medical, business, and lifestyle articles and interviews for PHOENIX magazine and sister publication Phoenix Home and Garden for nearly a decade, as well as a contributing editor of each publication’s event sections

  • Contributing author to the book Atlas Obscura: Wild Life

COPYWRITER, MACUHEALTH, PHOENIX, ARIZONA — 2021-2023

  • Developed powerful advertising and SEO content (landing pages, blog posts, etc.) explaining complex scientific research

  • Increased organic traffic to the eye supplement site by 26 percent monthly with a resulting increase in organic sales

  • Wrote short-form copy for social media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn) that resulted in an over 300 percent increase in performance in 2022

  • Crafted B2B and B2C marketing copy designed to effectively reach customers in the appropriate target markets to promote products and services

  • Created advertising content for Internet and broadcast media using creative concepts

CULTURE EDITOR, PHOENIX NEW TIMES, PHOENIX, ARIZONA — 2019-2020

  • Generated and edited more than 20 articles weekly with a team of over 20 writers and interns for the music and arts verticals of Arizona's largest alternative weekly

  • Utilized SEO techniques to maximize search results successfully

  • Consistently met or exceeded readership goals and increased the company's online presence on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter by 10 percent

SKILLS

  • Digital Marketing, Copy Editing, Web Content Writing, Attention to Detail, Multi-tasking