Illuminate your campus stories.

With over 20 years of experience as a writer, editor, and content creator for books and magazines, I specialize in giving voice to a school’s unique stories.

From alumni magazine features, people and donor profiles, news copy, and web copy to Head of School letters, blog posts, and any number of other marketing, advancement, and communication needs, I will craft the words that you are too busy to write.

Because sometimes a bird’s eye view—and the fresh perspective of an outsider—can help reveal stories you weren’t even aware of.

Or strategically frame messaging in a way you may not have considered.

I love speaking with the people and personalities that make a school go ‘round. And I love figuring out how best to share their stories, not only to illuminate what sets a school apart, but to help build community and connection in their telling.

What are the stories waiting to be told in your community?

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  • Are you a busy K-12 independent school, college, or university straining under the demands of day-to-day communication?

  • Are you unable to devote the time or focus necessary to find and convey the unique stories in your community? 

  • Do you wish your alumni magazine was filled with articles that inspire your community members to take action—to engage, reconnect, donate, or enroll? 

 

“Put simply, Andrea Dawson is a wizard with words. . . she always made the words I wrote (or even better, the words that were just dancing in my imagination) sound better, more accurate, and truly alive. Her work is not only impeccable, but she always made it look easy by doing things quickly.”

—Allison Brunhouse, Chief Enrollment and Strategy Officer,
Kent Place School