Who am I?
Hi. I'm Matt Sailor. I'm a professional copywriter and editor based in Portland, Oregon.
I help companies figure out who they are and where they're going through the power of brand storytelling. I'm looking for a place where I can continue to do so alongside a team of professionals who are committed, creative, and maybe a little crazy.
I spent the earlier part of my career mixing a double-strength cocktail of journalism and creative writing. I spent a few years covering the tax and accounting beat for a professional business publisher (I know, right?), where I worked my way up from a research assistant and copywriter to the lead editor on a bi-monthly trade publication on state and local taxes. Along the way I took some time off to pursue an MFA in fiction writing. My work has received awards and recognition from the MarCom Awards, Georgia State University, the Best American Essays and Best Small Fictions anthologies, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
I've been working in creative services for about three years, first at a small-sized agency and now in-house at a company with a national footprint. I specialize in taking huge amounts of complicated, even conflicting information, boiling it down in the witch's cauldron of my brain, and distilling it down into compelling, inspiring content. Part poetry, part science. Part precision, part wonder. A little bit copy, a little bit rock and roll.
Contact me to talk about how I can help your team make great work, to discuss contract and freelance engagements, or to talk breathlessly about the latest Star Trek: Discovery episode.
I help companies figure out who they are and where they're going through the power of brand storytelling. I'm looking for a place where I can continue to do so alongside a team of professionals who are committed, creative, and maybe a little crazy.
I spent the earlier part of my career mixing a double-strength cocktail of journalism and creative writing. I spent a few years covering the tax and accounting beat for a professional business publisher (I know, right?), where I worked my way up from a research assistant and copywriter to the lead editor on a bi-monthly trade publication on state and local taxes. Along the way I took some time off to pursue an MFA in fiction writing. My work has received awards and recognition from the MarCom Awards, Georgia State University, the Best American Essays and Best Small Fictions anthologies, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
I've been working in creative services for about three years, first at a small-sized agency and now in-house at a company with a national footprint. I specialize in taking huge amounts of complicated, even conflicting information, boiling it down in the witch's cauldron of my brain, and distilling it down into compelling, inspiring content. Part poetry, part science. Part precision, part wonder. A little bit copy, a little bit rock and roll.
Contact me to talk about how I can help your team make great work, to discuss contract and freelance engagements, or to talk breathlessly about the latest Star Trek: Discovery episode.