Hope
Bissell
Creative strategist & Writer
About Me
I am a creative leader who loves rhetoric, strategy and managing people and projects with empathy. I love creating client experiences that transform a product into a memorable experience. I am a Swiss Army Knife—my varied skills in content, production, sales and customer service come together to tackle projects from copywriting to event planning to inventory management.
Production
Roaman’s
- Catalog web photoshoot production on location and in studio
- Location scouting on site in Nashville
Saks Fifth Avenue
- E-commerce photoshoot production for on-figure, mannequin and still images for Saks Off Fifth site
Copywriting
Curves With Purpose: Brand development, product copy and SEO
CBL: Radio spots
Sterling National Bank
- “The Sights Beyond the City Lights”
- “Rolling V: Moving Forward, Family First”
- “Spotlight: Changing the Face of Healthcare from Within”
- “Fashion Forward: Lessons in Adaptability Featuring Amiee Lynn, Inc.”
Roaman’s: Product copy and SEO
Event Planning
Madewell x POMKT Events, 2023
Experience
Store Director, Madewell
2019-present
Associate Store Manager, HR & Operations, Madewell
2017-2019
Special Orders Associate, Genesis Diamonds
2016-2017
Product Coordinator, Saks Fifth Avenue
2015-2016
Account Coordinator, Producer & SEO Copywriter, FullBeauty Brands
2012-2015
Copywriter & Proofreader, True North Custom Media
2009-2012
Creative Writing & Workshops
Selected as member for Common House’s emerging creator program Common Ground (2022)
Finalist Award, Voyage YA Summer First Chapters Contest, with Racquel Henry and Sona Charaipotra (2021)
Writers.com, “Writing for Children,” with Sarah Aronson (2021)
The Muse Writers’ Center, “Writing YA Fiction,” with Erin Beaty (2021)
SCBWI Mid-South Mentorship Program, with Sharon Cameron (2020)
Highlights Foundation, “Getting to Know Your Novel,” with Sarah Aronson and critique by Tiffany Jackson (2020)
SCBWI Winter Conference, intensives with Laurie Halse Anderson and Jill Santopolo (2018)
Rivendell Writers’ Colony, “Writing by Ear,” with David Arnold and Jeff Zentner (2017)
B.A., English Writing, Lee University (2009)
Publishing Immersion Workshop, Simon Fraser University (2008)
Study Abroad Program, Cambridge, U.K., (2008)
Work with me
Chattanooga, Tennessee
hopevbissell@gmail.com