About
Commence short biography.
Laura Olin was born in Lahti, Finland. Insert jokey clause assuring reader that infancy spent in country ruled by Social Democrats did not yield inclinations in later years toward Che Guevara t-shirts.
Reference youth and upbringing in suburbs of Washington, D.C., where all the kids get into politics for want of anything better to do.
Mention education, including college, in public schools so that reader can marvel at own tax dollars at work. Devote a few words to early misguided plans to be a lawyer, explaining two years spent as a paralegal at a civil rights nonprofit.
Segue into grad school years, mentioning growing interest in online campaigning. Follow with reference to content strategy, email marketing, and social media work of recent years. Avoid words like “guru,” “maven,” and “ninja” at all freaking costs.
Name-check employers: the Center for American Progress, People For the American Way (insert parenthetical explaining that it’s a liberal advocacy organization with a right-wing name), Blue State Digital, and the campaign to re-elect this guy.
Finish with sentence about hobbies in order to end on a warmer note conveying personality. Mentions of ukulele-playing and/or pie-baking and/or writing about self in third person all acceptable.
Obligatory reference to content of blog not being representative of employer’s views, only blogger’s own. Joking-but-not-really-joking closing quip asking readers to please not get blogger fired.
