Kate Rice

As part of the myQ Residential creative team I have been at the helm of creating branded messaging across a large ecosystem of smart home products that focus on the uniquely owned space of the garage. I have enthusiastically shepherded products and services from a single concept –to– market launch using data driven brand writing that informed every step of the creative and marketing process. I have also prided myself on training/coaching other writers within the organization to become the best copywriters they can be.

Tasked with creating efficacible PR campaigns, wildly creative social content and strategy, measurable marketing content — my team provided ROI that kicked our client’s KPIs in the B-U-T-T. Over the course of 8-years with ComboApp, I was proud to create campaigns and strategy for Fortune 500 clients — such as Intel, Cox Communications, and SeaWorld Digital. Equally, I enthusiastically guided bootstrapped startups —like SchoolRise, Good2Go, and FareFetch— to successful product launches.

During the tumultuous years of the COVID-19 pandemic, I was privileged to have ongoing contract/short-term work with Creative Circle’s client list. Working primarily in the education and non-profit spaces, I took on challenges that ranged from creating the concept for, launching, hosting, and producing a highly visible podcast for a national University —to— ghostwriting speeches for a C-suite executive. The work was never boring, no matter how long or short my consultancy was.

My professional career started in tech PR. When a former colleague was starting their own agency, I was brought in on temporary basis to help her absolutely crush the media coverage for her first three big clients. As a media relations ringer, I had deep connections with high profile tech media and top-tier journalists. Over the course of 5-months, I consistently landed coverage for our clients in publications such as TechCrunch, Mashable, Fortune, Forbes, and The Washington Post.

It was my pleasure to help this Chicago based hospitality startup create a brand identity and communications model that provided scalability as they launched in 4 additional markets: Detroit, Boston, Washington D.C., and Austin. The most fun I had in this position was networking with and recruiting high-level chefs and mixologists to provided the curated master classes that were the keystone of this company’s business model.