VICKIE CARTER
Copy & Creative
I'm a creative leader, word nerd, and dog mom in the Boston area.
Professional Highlights
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​Fractional:
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Cool Story Buffalo
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In-house:
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Vista/VistaPrint
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Grand Circle Corporation: Overseas Adventure Travel, Grand Circle Cruise Line, Grand Circle Travel
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Life123.com (IAC Media Group)
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Live Nation New England
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The Burlington Free Press
Freelance:
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Buffalo Magazine
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Bostonist.com
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The Boston Phoenix​​
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Skills & Experience
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Multifunctional creative direction (copy & design)
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Makerketing strategy
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Brand-building
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Inclusive, multicultural people management
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Remote-first teams
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Concepting & refinement
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Style guides & frameworks
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Copywriting, copy editing & proofreading
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Website product copy
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Multi-channel campaigns
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Editorial & content articles
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AI copy generation & prompt engineering
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User testing
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Atlassian: Confluence & Jira
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CMS
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Figma (beginner)
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Creative strategy
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Cross-functional collaboration
I'm Not All Work, Folks
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Dog mom to 2 sassy rescue pups
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MSPCA volunteer
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2-time marathoner
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Travel enthusiast – 18 countries & 5 continents (so far)
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Bigtime sports fan – Boston teams & Liverpool Football Club (YNWA)
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Fought in an officially sanctioned boxing match
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Jumped out of a perfectly good airplane
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Retired Fenway Park tour guide – during my 4 seasons, I received 5 marriage proposals from Red Sox fans & a "Hey, you're pretty OK" from a Yankees fan
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For the Word Nerds (My People!)
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Oxford commas
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Dashes
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Sentence-case capitalization
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Parentheses
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But always defers to the approved style guide