About Me
I'm a dynamic leader, strategist, and storyteller with editorial, marketing, and executive communications experience across multiple media platforms. I’ve written print and digital features and service pieces on topics ranging from travel and health to culture and culinary; developed content distribution and reader/customer acquisition strategies for major brands and media outlets; and drafted DEI statements and crisis responses for international businesses. I have an extensive management background, a history of mentoring writers and cultivating high-functioning teams, and an indomitable can-do spirit.
15
YEARS' EXPERIENCE
My robust skills enable me to engage audiences within a rapidly evolving media landscape. Lightning-fast changes in technology, communication platforms, and reader interest create boundless opportunities for exercising my fresh thinking, clever cut-through, and novel story framing.
9+
LIVES LIVED
I’ve been a tutor and a tour guide; a secretary and a professional dancer; a waiter, a housekeeper, a substitute school teacher. These jobs sharpened my resilience and resourcefulness, and their varied work cultures clarified my "yes and" approach to leadership, consensus building, and problem solving.
999,999
*
MILES TRAVELED
Curiosity has shaped my life, from pouring over the annual Farmer's Almanac in my youth to solo backpacking several continents as an adult. I believe listening cultivates the mind, witnessing expands the heart, and traveling – whether a block or a hemisphere from home – transforms the soul.
*give or take
But Don't Take My Word For It
Here's what former colleagues say about me
"If I were putting together a team for any purpose, from producing a knockout website to waging guerrilla warfare, I'd text Amanda Cargill with fingers crossed that she'd be available.” – Jamie Katz, Editor-at-Large, Smithsonian Magazine
“[Amanda’s] style is clean and economical yet she manages to create edgy and tense turns of phrase that render any fellow writer envious of her skill.” – Veronica Majerol, Senior Staff Editor, The New York Times
“Amanda always has her finger on the pulse of the cultural zeitgeist.” – Geoffrey Wohlgamuth, Senior Brand Manager, Dotdash Meredith
"Amanda is one of the most dedicated, focused, and thoughtful content creators I've ever worked with." – Paul Bybel, Principal Product Manager, Hearst Newspapers