Looking to hire a freelance writer, editor, podcast producer, or speaker?
Image: Jacqueline Raposo is a white Azorean-American woman wearing a black top. Her hair is piled messily on her head stuck through with pens, and she is mock-smoking a red Sharpie marker. Around her are logos of various companies she has worked with. Photo Hanna Agar.
Or could you use some help with content writing ideas or marketing plans for your magazine, agency, creative business, or brand?
As you can read in my rambly bio, I’ve worked with so many glorious humans over two decades as a freelance writer and creative producer. My lived and professional experiences combine in stories that are analytical, human-centered, inclusive, and motivating.
Explore my services below and get in touch when ready to talk about how I can bring that little extra something-something to your brand, publication, or podcast.
“Cannot recommend Jacqueline highly enough. I mean, she literally swooped in, listened, created, and blew my mind! I’m so thrilled.”
— Kim Griffin, Off the F*cking Rails with Kim Griffin podcast
Food + Hospitality
Content Writing for Food Industry Publications
Could your industry magazine or blog use fresh content from a former private chef and recipe builder with hundreds of chef interviews swirling around her brain?
As a freelance food writer for food industry publications, I specialize in hospitality know-how, industry trends, food history, and stories about those in marginalized communities. My informed and welcoming reported features, cuisine guides, trend roundups, Q&As, and how-to’s encourage conversation and inspire action.
Food trade publication writing includes: Plate Magazine, Food Fanatics, El Restaurante, EZ Cater, Workman Publishing, San Daniele Magazine
Food Writing for Consumer Food Magazines
The best food magazines publish stories that show we’re not just what we eat, we’re how we eat. My informed and empowering stories for food magazines connect those dots.
I’ve written hundreds of interview-based cooking how-to’s, profiles, trend features, and food history guides for print magazines and blogs—often providing stellar original photography, too. I specialize in topical food history, specialty cooking, and marginalized voices/experiences. So if you’re looking to hire a freelance food writer who can balance the macro and micro, let’s talk about how I can help.
Consumer publications include: Food & Wine, Saveur, Serious Eats, Tasting Table, Shondaland, NY Magazine’s Grubstreet, Vice Munchies, Pitchfork’s October, The Village Voice, Vinepair, Epicurious, Kitchen Toke, and many more.
Content Writing for Food Brands
Do you want to kick customer engagement up a notch, but publishing engaging blog posts and newsletters confounds you? Hire a freelance food content writer to clarify your audience, goals, content storytelling content, and style!
I create consumer-focused website copy, blog posts, and marketing materials for small food and creative businesses.
For those needing marketing guidance, we talk through your work and target where and how your content can make a bigger impact. Then we’ll craft and implement a system of blog posts, newsletters, and marketing materials guaranteed to increase traffic and get your audience interacting!
For brands with robust marketing departments, I am a reliable and collaborative contractor who nails assignment deadlines and revels in writing in your company style. Need some ideas to boost your blog traffic? I can do that, too!
Clients include: Cardoz Legacy LLC, Burlap & Barrel, Brent Herrig Food Photography, Pennyville Station, Symrise
Intentional Lifestyle
Content for Creatives + Brands
Want to launch a blog? Host an event? Publish a book? Get your product to market? Increase your newsletter engagement?
I help creatives and heart-forward small businesses make sure their content is as powerful and impactful as they want it to be. I can write or edit your newsletter, marketing materials, blog posts, and product packaging so that it stands out and motivates your audience into action.
Health + Wellness Content Writing
Looking for a writer who covers the intersection of illness/wellness and everything else?
As a chronically-ill and disabled writer, I specialize in translating complicated medical jargon into accessible and uplifting stories for consumer, trade, and brand publications. Calling upon skills honed over a decade as an interview-based journalist, let’s create reported features, commerce roundups, op-eds, essays, and culture stories that inspire bodies and spirits!
Podcast Production
Podcast Consultation
Do you have an idea for an amazing podcast but have know idea where to start? Or do you have some puzzle pieces together but need help pulling them into a bigger picture?
As a freelance creative podcast producer and technical editor, I’ll help you craft a podcast pitching treatment or production plan that is achievable, sustainable, and targeted for your particular audience. You’ll know exactly what storytelling goals to aim for and all the people and parts you need to make it happen.
…or Hire a Freelance Podcast Producer!
As a freelance podcast producer, I love both the creative and technical sides of podcasting. I field report, record, script, edit, engineer, and produce podcasts.
Note: I am currently looking for new production partnership for Service: Veteran Stories of Hunger and War. Email with interest.
Update: I am not available for full podcast production through 2021.
Speaking
Food Writer Panelist & Moderator
As a seasoned New York-based freelance food writer and first-generation American, I lead and contribute to multicultural panels discussing the intersection of hospitality with everything else.
Disabled Speaker
Decades of living well with chronic illness combine with my studies on habit and happiness when I speak at events for book clubs, fundraising organizations, and workshops. How can we incorporate slow living to help ease pain and encourage emotional equilibrium? What is the practice of living without and how can it help us appreciate the here and now?
“She is a talented writer and project manager. She brings creativity and great energy to everything she does … organized, efficient, warm and fun!
— Erin Fairbanks, Executive Director, Heritage Radio Network