Contents:
- Corporate Communications
- Julia’s Dictionary
- Online Archive of Scams & Con Artists Project
- Publications
- Performances & Presentations
- Zines
Corporate Communications
When I write communications, I approach it with the intent to not only inform employees but also to make the company you work with feel more like a community. When you look at my drive to connect audiences with the most up-to-date information in my earlier journalism and public relations work in nonprofits, it makes sense that I ended up here in corp comm.
BNP Paribas | Communications Writing | As a temp-to-perm converted employee, I write and edit enterprise-wide content and executive communications with BNP Paribas, Corporate and Institutional Banking, Americas platform. I write and edit communications in a multi-channel approach to internal audiences, which include email marketing, intranet news posts, and employee engagement events like leadership discussions, fireside chats and town halls. In addition, I design and edit the weekly corporate and investment banking newsletter for newsletters, which seems fitting as a “Zine Queen.” #UncommonJobs
Apple | Communications Editing | In a “Career Experience” with a communications and design team under AppleCare, I had the opportunity to work closely with technical writers to learn Apple’s Global Service Exchange (GSX) platform and copyedit service news communications for global AppleCare accounts. When editing, I looked for clarity, consistency, grammar, localization, and alignment with Apple Style Guide, Chicago Manual of Style and in-house style guides. Through the experience, I developed Service News templates for the team based on common article requests so that the team has more time to work on requests for communications by AppleCare accounts.
My Dictionary
Every week, I publish a “Word Poem” on the homepage. In a Word Poem, I create a new definition to a common word. Sometimes I editorialize.
To view my dictionary, click here.
Online Archive of Scams & Con Artists Project
In May 2018, I created Anna Delvey Foundation, found at annadelveyfoundation.org, an online archive and digital resource center for cult news and grift reviews. The online archive followed the story of Anna Sorokin (“Anna Delvey”) who took New York by storm when she ran up a $200,000 tab primarily on hotels and investment banks. The Anna Delvey Foundation was a blog dedicated to collecting, preserving and cataloging records on con artists, cult figures, and scammers (both real and imagined) for socio-cultural research in order to bring light to the darker side of humanity.
The website was created in 2018 to track news updates on the evolving story. As much as it was a hobby project, it quickly gained notoriety. In 2019, the site had over 10,000 unique visitors.
Photo Credit: Riposte London (Facebook). Learn more about the art in this post.
From 2018 – 2022, I blogged under annadelveyfoundation.org, which was part exercise in media studies, part experiment in SEO, and part digital resource center on con artists. I occasionally will post a new blog there based on demand from organic search traffic.
Read more on annadelveyfoundation.org.
Publications
Some of the publications don’t exist anymore. It happens. That’s why we archive.
“Zine Libraries: A Source of Design Inspiration,” Communication Arts, July/Aug 2017
“The Best Lesson for New Readers Might Be The One They Teach Themselves,” GOOD Magazine, Oct 2015
“Interview with Do Not Track Film Director,” The Awl, April 2015
“Interview with Captain of Gotham Girls Roller Derby, the Queen of Brooklyn,” Brokelyn, February 2015
“Love in the Time of Wintry Mix: 12 Winter Dates in Brooklyn for 12 Neighborhoods,” Brokelyn, February 2015
“Learn Everything About Zine Making You Were Too Afraid To Ask,” Brokelyn, February 2015
“See Free Art Along Myrtle Ave During Black Artstory Month,” Brokelyn, February 2015
“The Art of Awareness: Interview with Melody Nixon of Apogee Journal,” The Hairpin, December 2014
“4 Brooklyn Film Pros on What To Buy A Cinemaphile,” Brokelyn, December 2014
“Web Service Will Turn Your Email into Pretty Letters for Free,” Brokelyn, November 2014
“Pay Tribute to All Your Favorite Witches at the Bell House on Monday,” Brokelyn, October 2014
“The Value of Cataloguing Zines and Zine Libraries,” SLANY Bridge to Excellence, June 2014
“Your Badgeless Guide to the 2014 Northside Festival,” Brokelyn, June 2014
“10 Surprising Careers that Make You A Mint in New York,” Brokelyn, May 2014
“Get a Glimpse of the Future at the Silent Barn’s 100% Robot Party,” Brokelyn, May 2014
“Find Some Rebellious Gifts at Next Weekend’s Renegade Craft Fair, in Greenpoint,” Brokelyn, May 2014
“The Cost of Accidentally Dropping Your Phone,” The Billfold, May 2014
“The Life Cycle of a Pop Song,” The Awl, April 2014
“Talking Zines with the Tablers of the Brooklyn Zine Fest,” Brokelyn, April 2014
“Living Situations from Seattle to NYC,” The Billfold, April 2014
“Music I Listened To While Working As A Temp,” The Billfold, March 2014
“Fourth Arts Block: Leading Cultural Advancements in New York City,” Catalyst Review, January 2014
“Get Lit! Author Profile: Sally Tisdale,” Pacific Northwest Inlander, Apr 2010
“Bands to Watch: Spokane Battle of the Bands,” Pacific Northwest Inlander, Feb 2010
“ZAPP is Back: The Zine Library Hosts Reopening Party,” Three Imaginary Girls, Aug 2009
“Local Artist Spotlight: Mistress and the Misters,” Spokane SiDEKiCK, Feb 2007
Performances & Presentations
1 Oct 2017. Panel presentation on behalf of ABC No Rio Zine Library. “ARTZINES: Show and Tell.” Every presenter told stories about 10 zines based in NYC at Printed Matter, New York.
8 May 2016. Panel presentation as part of Lower East Side History Month. “Handling History: How do we preserve and present materials and knowledge from the social movements and subcultures we participate in, while staying true to their politics and spirit?” at ABC No Rio in New York.
16 Apr 2015. Co-Curator and facilitator of The Personal Experience of Surveillance’s interactive exhibit in “Storyscapes: A New Celebration of Interactive Storytelling” at Tribeca Film Festival. Read about the exhibit on the Wall Street Journal.
20 Sept 2014. Moderating and participating on the panel, “Personal Experiences of Surveillance” at the Silent Barn in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
13 Aug 2014. Panel presentation. “Zines+ and the World of ABC No Rio: Zine Social” at Center for Book Arts, New York City.
28 Jan 2014. Panel presentation. “Zines and Handmade Publications: Possibilities for Personal Expression and Alternative Education” at Teacher’s College, New York City.
31 Jan 2012. Performance. “Release Show: One More For The People by Martha Grover” at Richard Hugo House, Seattle. I opened the show that featured performances by Martha Grover, Michael Heald, and the anonymous author of Love is Not Constantly Wondering if You’re Making The Biggest Mistake of Your Life.
15 June 2010. Performance. “Grandma ZAPP’s Rolling Thunderheart Mountain Variety Show” at Richard Hugo House, Seattle. A fundraiser for ZAPP Seattle featuring performances by Megan Kelso, Jim Woodring and more.
Zines
I’ve been publishing zines for most of my life. In 2007, I started volunteering in zine libraries. I’m passionate about zines and independent media because I’m always looking for new and affordable technology that give people a voice.
1. Pin Up Doll Astrology
Printed Feb 2020. Fictionalized astrological profiles paired with images of pin up girls that look like their zodiac sign cut up from a Taschen art book. It is a small print run of <25. Every cover is uniquely made and the writing is my own.
2. Speak It All The Time
Printed in the year 2015. Through personal creative nonfiction comics, I tell the story of living as an adult with speech problems that started in childhood.
3. Thought. Mouth.
Printed Jan 2019. Personal creative nonfiction zine with random collages, essays, and drawings about music, art and commerce, the kind of thoughts you may have on an evening train leaving Penn Station on Christmas Eve.
4. One Ear Bud Free
Personal zine with a list of temp jobs and the music that got me through them.
5. The Personality of Subway Trains If They Were Ex-Boyfriends
Printed 2015. Humor zine.
Zines by Julia Lipscomb. Interested in a copy of a zine? Contact me.