Previous to my 15+ years as an international educator presenting chiefly English Language and Literature in Germany and Wales, I held a range of roles in editing, writing and project management, mostly in line with education and some in the philanthropic realm, in Chicago, Seattle and NYC. Highlights include serving as editor-in-chief an annual magazine for Earth Day Chicago, editing technical articles for Microsoft, and producing (product managing) award-winning children’s educational software for Edmark. I also worked as a copywriter at a German high-tech industrial ad agency for some time.

I am now seeking to solidify a career shift into comms and/​or development in EA or another impact space. This might include responsibilities in outreach, PR, movement building, education/​training or curriculum development. I am interested in exploring ways to apply my strengths in communication and writing, editing, storytelling, planning, creative problem-solving, project coordination, relationship development and other areas, in a role collaborating with others to explain, explore and inspire solutions to today’s problems.

I am currently communications lead (PT) for the Charity Elections program, a project supported by Giving What We Can, and (as of summer 2024) Donor Relations Coordinator at ALLFED, responsible also for fundraising systems. I continue to seek an additional part-time role, as both of these are PT. I am likely to return to the EU in 2025.

Current interests related to EA include deepening my understanding of various areas of EA including longtermism and cause prioritization, exploring and developing the stories we use to bring EA to a wider audience, and looking at current thinking around the application of EA approaches and ideas in educational contexts and the working world.

I’m also a sometime volunteer editor for various EA organizations and Kiva.org, served on the Comms Team for High Impact Professionals, have been occasional copyeditor for The Unjournal, and founded and advised several student green clubs. Outside all this, I’m an amateur songwriter (www.lyricist.net) with musical theatre cred in the form of a Tisch MFA and various readings in Chicago and NYC. highlight: An original poem of mine was read on NPR by the poetry editor of the New Yorker magazine. I’ve got one especially nice blog entry up for Giving What We Can. Meanwhile, writing and editing stuff can be glimpsed at www.adamedit.com. Thanks for reading!