Meet Your Writer
Andrea Shah
she/her
Andrea is a copywriter and translator based in south Florida with a BA in Spanish & Portuguese from New York University and an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Iowa.
She's been helping brands pinpoint their voice in original and translated copy for over 10 years.
When she's not figuring out how to get copy to do its thing in English, she's testing cookie recipes, tending to her mango tree, or being Extremely Online. Also, she will never quit Diet Coke.
📍 LOCATION: Baton Rouge, FL
✨ INTERESTS: Pilates, the smell of jasmine when I'm jogging at night, empanadas, baking, horror movies, extra-gingery chai
🌎 CAUSES I CARE ABOUT: Gun control, voting rights, environmental justice
✏️ WRITING PREFERENCES: Sales copy, email copy, brand voice
🔮 BIG THREE: Sagittarius, Taurus, Taurus
Once completed an extremely difficult Milky Way jigsaw puzzle.
Completed 3 Copyhackers courses (10x Launches, 10x Sales Pages, 10x Landing Pages)!
i can speak French for half an hour without needing a break.
Education
Masters of fine arts Literary translation, University of Iowa, 2009
Bachelors of Arts Romance languages, NYU, 2007
Skills
Client Communications
Translation
Voice-of-Customer Research + Interviews
Project Management (but I don’t love it)
Work Experience
MotionPoint Corp Senior Quality & Branding Specialist (2017)
Project Manager (2010-2015)
““Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think.””
An album I have on repeat is…
The Strokes, The New Abnormal (I'm a sucker for anything Rick Rubin touches)
I know the best spot in town for…
Homestyle Indian food
never have i ever…
Gone scuba diving
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