Miranda Okonek
Hi. I’m Miranda.
Most people call me Mandy, thanks to my mom’s love of Barry Manilow. Yes, that song. It explains more than I’d like to admit.
I write for humans. I write with rhythm, research, and respect for the reader’s time. I write like someone who’s lived a few chapters.
I hold degrees in Broadcast Journalism and English. Along the scenic alleyways of my career, I’ve been on-air talent and a producer for an award-winning radio program, then took a hard left into the record business when my station changed formats. (Nothing against love songs. But there are limits.)
For the next decade-plus, I worked in sales and marketing. B2C, B2B, scrappy, write-everything environments where words had to work. Press releases. Web copy. Email. Social. Record reviews. One-sheets. Campaigns. Radio and Television Spots. If it needed language and creative flair, I was on it. Somewhere in the creaky basement of a beloved music institution, I found my forever vocation.
Like any decent story arc, clarity arrived with conflict. I knew I could write sales copy five ways till Saturday, but could I go deeper? Editorially. Academically. With intention. So I went back to school, put in the hours and graduated summa cum laude.
While building my freelance career, I worked in nonprofit communications, where purpose powered the work and storytelling drove measurable impact. I created a brand and style guide, expanded blog content, curated a donor newsletter, and grew organic social exponentially, solid proof that good writing still works.
I read obsessively. I love English the way some people love power tools or spreadsheets. That love shows up in my content work: I can take any topic—technical, creative, niche, unsexy, or wildly unfamiliar—and turn it into writing that’s clear, compelling, and actually enjoyable to read.
And yes, I write to rank.
I’ve mastered the art of SEO optimization without strangling the soul out of a sentence. Keyword strategy, search intent, structure, internal logic—I use it all so blogs don’t just sound good, they perform. Traffic matters. Visibility matters. Great writing deserves to be found.
If you need content that reads like literature, ranks like hell, and actually moves the needle, pull up a chair. I’m already writing.