“Lisa is a master at creating engaging, professional content people will actually read. During our 6 years of working together, Lisa helped shape me into a fellow content queen. She will get the full story, find the hook, and create content that tells a story without the fluff. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Lisa on full features and entire magazines as well as short content to drive search engines. Lisa a rare gem.”
RAVEN PETTY (FORMER COLLEAGUE)
“Lisa is an incredible talent! She has a gift for telling a story and painting a picture with words like a skilled craftsman. She cares deeply for her clients, immersing herself into their world to gain a great understanding of history, present and the future. Lisa is also a pleasure to work with, listens to her clients and creates a bond of friendship.”
JULIE DANIELS (FORMER CLIENT)
“Lisa is at the top of my list of those whom I highly respect at Journal Communications. She has continuously been a joy to work with and I learned a lot from her in my first year with the company. She was committed, timely, and especially cognizant of clients wants and needs. I was at ease to team up with her on any publication because I knew she would produce her best work every time.”
RACHAEL MILLER (former colleague)
“I had the pleasure of working with Lisa over several years on one of our most important selling tools, Livability Williamson County, TN. Lisa was an absolute pleasure to work with, and I enjoyed collaborating with her on articles for the piece. Her ability to successfully project manage the site and magazine was evident by the high quality production value and content created that our team used on a regular basis to sell Williamson County to the world. That partnership with Lisa led to an opportunity to co-present with her at a national conference. Lisa was incredibly well-prepared and did a great job presenting on a very important topic on millennial expectations for a community.”
MATT LARGEN (FORMER CLIENT)
“I had the pleasure of working with Lisa for four years. Each year she helped my organization produce an effective marketing tool by providing oversight and guidance throughout the planning and development process. She was fun, enthusiastic and offered creative ideas to present our message. She was always willing to listen to any concerns and was committed to taking action to get things right.”
Mindy Kenworthy (FORMER CLIENT)
“When working with Lisa, I have found that she has the ability to take the ideas I have in my head and put those ideas onto paper in a way that’s both interesting and fun. This has helped my business build our brand awareness and keep customers engaged across several platforms.”
HOLLI FORNIQUET (FORMER CLIENT)
“Lisa did an amazing job and we really enjoyed working with her. She has great communication and project management skills. Our project was so well received by our community.”
CINDY LARSEN, (FORMER CLIENT)
“I worked with Lisa for more than two years, and she is unerringly accurate. From client preferences to content plans to typo corrections, she doesn’t overlook a single aspect of producing a quality magazine. I enjoy reading her work, and I’m continually amazed at how much she can recall offhand about any of the 30+ publications she’s directed for communities across the country. As a designer, I appreciate how she sees our work as a whole and invests her time in communication across departments to build a solid publication.”
SUSANNA BAXTER, (FORMER COLLEAGUE)
“Working with Lisa Battles is always a pleasure. She demonstrates high professionalism, work ethic, courtesy and knowledge of her company and services.”
GERRY GARCIA (FORMER CLIENT)
“Lisa takes pride in her work and truly cares about her clients’ needs. She is an excellent editor and overall project manager. She can spot a typo just as effectively as she can come up with a creative idea for a new story. She’s a trusted leader and respected colleague.”
JILL WYATT (FORMER COLLEAGUE)
“Lisa Battles is one of the most thorough, organized and professional editors I’ve worked with. As a senior editor at Journal Communications, she handled the multiple job responsibilities exceedingly well. AT JCI, you juggle multiple projects in differing stages of production. Lisa would not settle for mediocre articles just to say a project was done. And she met her deadlines. I’ve worked with people who think deadlines are a moving target – not Lisa. No matter the job, she gives it her all.”
JOYCE CARUTHERS, (FORMER COLLEAGUE)
“Lisa Battles takes good work and makes it great. My first experience working with Lisa was as a freelance writer for Journal Communications, Inc. She is a sharp and knowledgeable editor who has a talent for recognizing good story angles, assigning them to the right writers, and providing the constructive feedback and guidance to make them into informative and engaging articles. We worked together on dozens of projects and I was always impressed with her ability manage multiple publications at once while overseeing everything from concept and design to advertising and content. She’s an organized leader and manager who is tactful, strategic, reliable, tech-savvy and someone I would always choose to be on my team. I learned a lot from Lisa, she helped make me a better writer.”
VALERIE PASCOE (FORMER COLLEAGUE)
“Lisa is a creative, hard-working, personable and detail-oriented editor who always goes the extra mile to make sure her projects are stellar and completed on time. She is enjoyable to work with, and she is quick to help colleagues who need a hand.”
Rebecca denton, commercial food & lifestyle photographer (former colleague)
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