About

Jill Elswick is a freelance writer and conference programmer based in Roanoke, Va. With a master’s degree in English from North Carolina State University, she worked as a marketing assistant in the banking industry and as a public relations editor for Virginia Tech before moving to the Washington, D.C., area to become a journalist for Employee Benefit News magazine.

Ms. Elswick launched her freelance writing career in 2005, as part of a move to the Seattle area. She has since worked with over 50 companies on various projects. Her writing experience includes news articles, corporate profiles, advertorials, market research surveys, and short executive biographies. At Employee Benefit News, she covered topics important to employee benefit professionals, including consumer-driven health care, 401(k) plans, and legal and regulatory issues affecting benefit plans.

Among Ms. Elswick’s clients are media firms, trade magazines, insurance companies, and a pharmaceutical consulting firm.

Ms. Elswick’s professional experience includes:

• marketing and public relations writer for various organizations
• journalist for the nation’s top trade magazine on employee benefits (circulation 60,000)
• ghostwriter for leading executives in the employee benefits industry
• conference programmer for events as large as 1,000 attendees and 50 sessions
• program manager for Benefits Forum & Expo, the national conference of Employee Benefit News, since 2005
• recruiter of speakers for business events hosted by Economist Conferences, a division of Economist Intelligence Unit
• interim editor of Virginia Tech Magazine, the alumni magazine of Virginia Tech
• designer of company newsletters, flyers, and postcards

Ms. Elswick is passionate about writing and communication. She enjoys gathering information through interviews and research and then extracting high-level facts into profiles, articles, reports, and summaries. She is an excellent listener and quick learner who offers her writing and editing skills coupled with experience in marketing, public relations, human resources, events, and journalism.