Let me help you get on your way.

Global Brand Strategist / Content Strategist / Copywriter and Editor

“Maria’s verbal skills were excellent and I would characterize her written communications skills as “world class.” She consistently displayed the ability to clearly communicate the right message to the target audience. In my thirty-five years in this business, Maria is the best business writer I have ever encountered.”

~ John J. Shaughnessy, Vice President in Operations and Risk with Visa USA

Forward-thinking, highly adaptive strategic brand marketer, content strategist, and creative copywriter with 20+ years of multi-industry experience, including luxury cruise travel and hospitality, entertainment, finance/banking, health/wellness, retail, telecom, start-up tech, education, and advertising agencies. I even taught English in college.

My approach to marketing ensures cohesive and consistent delivery of a company’s strategic initiatives and communications across all touch-points, platforms, and devices. As both a right- and left-brain thinker, I blend customer data, imaginative storytelling, and rich multimedia to build unique, brand-aligned B2B and B2C programs focused on revenue growth, profit, acquisition, retention, and brand awareness.

Key Achievements Include:

• The global rebranding of an award-winning international travel company

• Content strategist and writer for over a hundred travel brochures, videos, magazines, social media, etc.

• Authoring dynamic, tailored content and materials for VISA’s Risk department utilized by their members, FBI, congressional representatives, congress, Homeland Security, Secret Service, and other financial regulatory agencies

• Collaborating with an Emmy award-winning director on developing a culinary travel show filmed in Italy and aired on the Cooking Channel

• Creative Director for international photoshoots and video productions in Europe, Asia, and Africa