Shanice Jones

I wasn’t always a copywriter, though looking back it seems pretty natural I’ve become one. I fell in love with literature and writing at a young age, before taking a long tangent through the world of computer science. After majoring in computer science at Harper College, I started working for a local IT company. The work was pretty repetitive, so I started a blog on Japanese anime.

Before I knew it, that blog was more popular than my code :)

I decided to branch out, and started offering my services as a freelance copywriter. After writing hundreds of articles for clients on Upwork, and getting pretty damn good at B2C copywriting, I was offered a writing gig at Audible. Since then, I’ve been writing for major corporate blogs in the tech sector.

Building a writing career as a black woman has been difficult, and probably more so because I’m writing about technology. To my mind, there is still too little attention paid to the role of minority voices in catalyzing change in the tech world. I’ve experienced this first-hand, and don’t want the next generation of black and minority women to have to repeat those experiences.

That’s why I’m now going out on my own. I’ve been told that my writing is as technically rigorous, as readable, and as inspiring as any other tech writer out there. But - more importantly - I’m also acutely aware of the social and cultural issues that still plague the tech world. In other words, I think I’m the complete package: able to write Python tutorials as well as exposees on discriminatory hiring practices.

That might sound a little ambitious, but I’m determined.