Hey, I’m Josh.
I do comms and marketing for work,
and make arts and culture stuff for other work.
Another person has a Substack
Interested in snappish criticism, satire, and storytelling exploring art, culture, and other expressions of humanity? You can read that type of stuff on Pique-y.
Work
Creative project management: “Talent Finance at Social Finance.” Worked with external contractors to develop an animated video and paid LinkedIn campaign to launch a new business line.
Brand feature writing: “Soundtrack to Change: Danilo Pérez Makes Panama’s Biomuseo Sing.” Worked with the Berklee College of Music to report a branded feature piece on pianist Danilo Pérez’s collaboration with the Biomuseo in his home country. Panama.
Brand thought leadership: “How Private, Public, and Nonprofit Leaders Can Amplify Their Impact By Adopting Cross-Sector Tools.” Collaborated with Social Finance Co-Founder and CEO Tracy Palandjian on a feature for Leader to Leader.
Publication editing and design: “Pay for Success Issue Brief Series.” Worked with Social Finance Managing Director Jake Segal to revise and redesign a series of 10 issue briefs on Pay for Success.
Interactive report development: “A Decade of Impact.” Worked with Social Finance project teams, external partners, and external contractors to develop an interactive and printed report celebrating the organization’s 10th anniversary.
Web rebranding: Developed new brand positioning, brand copy, and refreshed storytelling features for environmental crisis management company, DataVoice International.
Podcast production: “A Conversation with the Social Finance Institute’s Karen Anderson and David Socolow.” Interviewed the leaders of the Social Finance Institute and turned the conversation into a standalone podcast feature.
Other Work
Feature: WBUR: “6 Boston Writers Share Their Go-To Bars, Cafes and Restaurants.”
Satire: McSweeney’s Internet Tendencies: “I’m the Music Supervisor For All Those Netflix Reality Dating Shows.”
Music criticism: The Post and Courier: “Critic Recalls Key 2012 Performances.” Reflections from a summer of covering Spoleto Festival USA 2012 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Music commentary: Interview Magazine: “Kool A.D.’s La Piñata: 51 or 6?“
Q&A: Syracuse New Times: Spoke with outlaw country legend Steve Earle about his 2013 album, “The Low Highway.”
Cover feature: Syracuse New Times: “Out on A Limb.” A feature story, reported over eight months, on the construction of a treehouse for kids of all abilities at the Jowonio School in Syracuse, New York.
Film criticism: Interview Magazine: “Trailer Face-Off: 4:44 Last Day on Earth Vs. Cosmopolis.”
Music blog: Syracuse New Times: “Points of Reference.” The first and last weekly pop culture music blog published in the Syracuse New Times. RIP.
Even More Work
Earned media: Forbes: Cultivated a reporter relationship via cold social media outreach that led to two feature stories in Forbes on Social Finance’s Dreamer Graduate Loan Fund.
Email newsletter development: Conceived, developed, and managed a quarterly newsletter targeting national, state, and local elected officials; government agency leaders; and others interested in outcomes-based public programs. Cultivated a small but engaged audience including Congresspeople.
Earned media: The New York Times: Collaborated with Social Finance communications team peers and senior leaders to secure an exclusive in The Times on an innovative workforce training program. Drafted the pitch, delivered via text, that helped convince the reporter to do the story.
Speechwriting: Worked with Social Finance Co-Founder and CEO Tracy Palandjian to write a speech on workforce development funding for the Brandeis University Heller School of Social Policy and Management’s Distinguished Management Lecture series.
Microsite development: Partnered with the Social Finance advisory team to create a brand identity and a microsite for their AI Learning and Innovation Hub.
Op ed development: Collaborated with project teams in Social Finance’s government consulting practice and external partners to publish opinion pieces on workforce development and early childhood health in Governing and the Delaware’s The News Journal.
Event collateral design: Designed a collateral package, including a program, signage, and slides, for the launch of the Social Finance Institute’s book, “Workforce Realigned Volume II.”