Jamie Garcia

Managing Editor | Content Producer | SEO/Creative Copywriter | Communications Professional

United States

With a background in journalism, I have a passion for storytelling. My 10+ years of experience span digital publishing, content marketing, voice/tone/brand development, SEO, social media, and creative copywriting, and end-to-end editorial management.

I worked on the in-house creative team at a branding and marketing startup, with multiple enterprise clients at a content marketing agency, and as an independent freelancer. In these roles, I've helped clients develop their voices and messaging to reach target audiences across blogs, websites, social media, email newsletters, digital ads, and product packaging.

My work with clients in the tech (SaaS), health care, and financial services industries has helped me gain familiarity with varied target audiences, brand voices, style guides, and regulatory compliance standards. I also have extensive experience converting SEO content briefs into editorial outlines for a contributor network. I'm used to managing high-volume production timelines, working with contractors/freelancers, building and optimizing processes, and upholding strict quality standards.

I hold a professional editing certificate from the University of Chicago and a TEFL certificate. The latter allowed me to work and live in Nagoya, Japan, where I taught English at a private language school. In my free time, I love exploring all that Portland has to offer with my chocolate lab, Banksy, frequenting indie bookstores and coffee shops, and obsessing over film and TV.

If you're interested in working together, please connect with me on LinkedIn or shoot me an email!

Portfolio

Editing Work — Clients include: Slack, Salesforce (Service and Sales Cloud), BrightStar Care, HCA Healthcare and Thrivent

Brightstarcare
04/08/2025
A Practical Guide to Medication Management for Seniors

Keeping track of multiple medications and dosage schedules can be a significant challenge for seniors, which is why medication management often falls to caregivers. Here's how to support seniors and ensure they take their prescriptions as directed.

Thrivent.com
04/09/2025
How to invest during a market downturn

Recessions are an inevitable part of the economic cycle, but they also present potential investment opportunities. Discover tips and strategies for investing during a recession.

Web, Blog, and Creative Copywriting

Sycamores
Behavioral Health & Child Welfare Agency

The aim of this project was to capture the organization's refreshed brand voice and mission and translate it across all pages of its redesigned website. I worked with the client and graphic designers to bring this project to life.

Bellflask
BellFlask

I helped this e-commerce brand refresh its website copy to better reflect its product, communicate its intended usage, and capture its target audience to drive them to purchase.

California Divorce Mediator
Bill Ferguson, CDM

I worked with this client to refresh the copy on his website as part of a larger website design project. His goal was to clearly communicate his services, while also highlighting his years of experience and compassionate approach to divorce mediation.

The Perfect Finish Blog by KILZ®
Destination Restoration: A Home Improvement Show | KILZ®

This was a series of blog posts I developed for KILZ Primer's 2023 "Destination Restoration" project. This series followed an interior designer and pro painter as they helped refresh a house with DIY fixes instead of major renovations to create one couple's dream home.

The Perfect Finish Blog by KILZ®
02/01/2022
Nursery Inspiration for Your Growing Family

This is a blog post that I wrote for KILZ Primer's blog, The Perfect Finish. I was contracted to write SEO content for their inspiration section to motivate and educate DIYers to tackle their home improvement projects in 2022.

The Perfect Finish Blog by KILZ®
11/17/2022
Our Favorite DIY Paint Projects of 2022

This is an end-of-the-year wrap-up blog post that I wrote for KILZ Primer's blog, The Perfect Finish. I was contracted to write SEO content for their inspiration section to motivate and educate DIYers to tackle their home improvement projects in 2022. This post showcases the best projects of the year.

Outshine
04/12/2022
Brand Book

Collaboration with designer and client team to update copy and design guidelines for Outshine Fruit Bars by Dryers.

El Monterey
10/18/2022
Brand Book

Collaboration with designer and client team to create copy and design guidelines for heritage Mexican frozen food brand.

Film/TV

Medium
06/21/2021
Bo Burnham is Healing the World with Comedy

There it is again, that funny feeling... After a year and a half of staying inside, Burnham gives us a reason to smile. While I'm roughly the same age as Bo Burnham, I don't know him from YouTube.

Medium
06/06/2021
"The Woman in the Window" Isn't Sure Why We Should Care, So We Don't

What could have paid tribute to the Hitchcock classic, Rear Window, is instead messy, disjointed, a little dull, and ultimately a letdown to the voyeur-genre film. For as anticipated a release as this was, pushed back several times due o the pandemic, The Woman in the Window was pretty underwhelming and ineffective.

Medium
03/23/2021
A Family Grows Despite All Odds in "Minari"

A Korean family moves to the Ozarks to build their dream and steal our hearts. The performances across the board in this film are so outstanding that it’s hard for me to say who was my favorite, but having been a fan of Steven Yeun for many years, I’m elated with his nomination for Best Actor for his role in the movie.

Medium
03/12/2021
For The Love of Being

When nomadic wanderlust becomes a way of life, what does it mean to maintain one’s independence?

Medium
03/04/2021
Who Are You, Really? | “In & Of Itself” Explores the Impact of Identity, Perception, and Magic

In & Of Itself is described as “an intimate and powerful exploration of what it means to be and be seen,” which I would argue is at the core of love, in this case, self-love. Derek DelGaudio, the creator of this unique one-man show, seeks to find an answer to the question, “Who am I?” and manages to do so through a series of vignettes in which he recounts portions of his own life interspersed with segments of audience participation.

Medium
02/19/2021
The Movie That Gave Me Pandemic Fatigue & All the Feels, "Lover's Rock"

What I loved most about this viewing experience was how it made me feel, and let me tell you something, people are feeling themselves in this film. We’re brought into this world through the emotional pull of its characters as they permeate inside a West London house party one summer night in 1981.

Medium
02/12/21
To Love is to Suffer in “Malcolm & Marie”

Dialog heavy, full of firey social commentary and gender politics, not to mention what I would argue was the most forceful devouring of a bowl of mac and cheese that I’ve ever seen committed to film, this screenplay gave its viewer a lot to take in over the course of its nearly two hour run time. Some of it satisfying, some of it confusing, all of it, contentious.

Travel

ChuMedia | ECC
03/20/2020
The Future is Alive in Roppongi Hills

In January, I made plans for my first-ever visit to Japan's capital city. One of the standout experiences was a visit to the Mori Art Museum on the 53rd floor of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower. An art museum in a skyscraper? Sign me up!

ChuMedia | ECC
12/23/2019
Exploring Japan’s Culture Capital

Kyoto has been a bucket-list destination for me since I can remember, so this break seemed like the perfect time to make the trip. I booked a three-day stay at a hostel close to the train station, and while I had some reservations—Would it be clean? Would it be safe? Would they speak English?—I put them aside with the hopes of having my first Japanese adventure.

Fiction

Vocal
07/13/2021
Initiation

"Your number decides your fate," said Meredith, the leader of The Sisterhood. The six of us were positioned behind a long, banquet table covered with a jet-black, velvet tablecloth. In front of us were six plates, each with a thick slice of decadent chocolate cake.

Vocal
06/30/2021
Wasteland

There it was again. That damn sign. "Rest Stop, 1 Mile." He'd been driving for hours and hadn't seen a rest stop of any kind. No off-ramps or distant towns far as the eye could see, but there it was again. That goddamn sign.