About Jonathan Kranz
Today, I enjoy the confidence of numerous clients and agencies, but unlike most independent copywriters, my career didn’t begin with them. Instead, I had stints as a follow-spot operator in a regional theater, a park ranger on an allegedly haunted island in Boston Harbor, and as a summarizer of documents in large-scale litigations (think: Melville’s Bartleby the Scrivener).
After completing my MFA in Creative Writing in 1995 (and publishing a number of short stories in literary journals such as the Missouri Review and the Green Mountains Review), I leap-frogged agency life and jumped into freelancing with both feet. Since then, I’ve written a huge stack of content, advertising, direct marketing, and public relations materials for consumer and B2B clients in financial services, banking, insurance, high-tech, healthcare, education, and other industries.
On the side, I’ve written columns for local newspapers and have been a guest essayist on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. My radio commentaries include: Bricks and Metaphor, Signs, Some Better Ideas, Lawn Care, and Failed Artist. I’ve taught writing courses at Harvard University Extension School, Emerson College and Northeastern University, and I sit on the board of directors of Notre Dame High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
