Dani Alexis: Portfolio

Contact: dryskamp@umich.edu

I specialize in marketing, fundraising, communications and volunteer coordination. I look for where the conversation is going - not where it's already been.

My clients include industry-recognized names in law, insurtech, fintech, life sciences, and education.

Major Outlets

• "The Life in The Simpsons Is No Longer Attainable," The Atlantic, December 2020.
• "Homer Simpson vs. the economy," Planet Money, June 2022.

SEO, Social Media, and Tech Communication

• "Any Company That Publishes Content Needs a Thoughtful, Inclusive Style Guide"
• "Can Slow Journalism Save Us From Hyper-Sensationalized Reporting?"
• "Can You Trust What You Read? There's an App for That"
• "Have Pop-Ups, Consent Forms and GDPR Ruined the Web?"
• "How Anonymous, Wikileaks and Hacktivism Have Shaped Public Discourse"
• "How Content Marketing Became a Weapon of Choice for the Far Right"
• "The Internet, Radical Ideas and a 500-Year-Old Lesson We're Still Learning"
• "Online Accessibility: 5 Websites That Get It Right"
• "Why No One Has Been Able to Stamp Out Fake News With Better Technology"

Law

• Legal News: "Amputee Receives Additional $3.7 Million After 'Disingenuous' Hospital Appeal," January 2024
• Legal Practice: "Navigating Camp Lejeune Litigation: 5 More Things Attorneys Need to Know," January 2024
• Legal Practice: "Rule 26, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: A Disclosure Guide for Expert Witnesses," January 2023

Academic

• "It's Not Linear: Neuroqueering Time," The Neuroqueer Handbook (forthcoming 2025)
• "Stories of Autism: What the Rise of Books on Autism Tells Us About, Well, Autism," Disability Studies Quarterly, Winter 2017.
• "Neurodiversity's Lingua Franca? The Wild Iris, Autobiography of Red, and the Breakdown of Cognitive Barriers Through Poetic Language." The Hilltop Review, December 2014

Relevant Skills

• Writing/Editing: Technical whitepapers, longform and shortform content writing, and SEO projects that explain highly complex topics in insurance, law, worktech, project management, and the life sciences, and the potentially controversial applications thereof, to potential customers and the general public. Clients include billion-dollar SaaS companies, SMB and enterprise clients.
• Research: Deep dives into industry-specific topics in insurance, worktech, project management, federal and state regulations, and the life sciences. 
• Media Relations/Social Media: Law firm digital press and social media campaign development to ensure client’s key messages are communicated clearly and logically to target audiences.
• Project Management: Managed several clients’ workloads simultaneously and remotely, often involving trade secrets, high-profile business decisions, crisis communications, and time-sensitive projects.
• Collaboration: Work with creative teams to generate innovative, impactful content that speaks directly to target audiences.
• Teaching: One on one, sectional, and full band lessons.
• Show Design: Designed and taught 2023-25 marching band shows, including choreography, set design, and music choices. 
• Lesson Planning: Created mini-lessons on band room procedures and concert etiquette for middle school students. 
• Classroom Management: Helped students set classroom rules/expectations and manage behavior; communicate with behavior teams and parents as needed. 
• Administrative Tasks: Filing, ordering/stocking supplies, organization, cleanout.