Professional Experience
A specialist in menswear, Marilise has worked across channels including websites, magalogs, blogs, e-commerce, display advertising, and traditional print in addition to creating and managing custom publishing projects for clients like Cadillac, Mercedes, and San Francisco Ballet.
She has worked in-house (Bergdorf Goodman); as a consultant (Supima Cotton); and as both a short- and long-term freelancer in menswear, textiles, accessories, and beauty. With a knowledge of performance fibers and treatments, she specializes in translating technical advances into consumer-friendly service copy.
Marilise came to copywriting after stints as a senior editor at Glamour, InStyle, Mirabella, and Fairchild Publications, and a two-time columnist ("First Look"; "Secret Addresses") at Elle.
She has taught at Mediabistro, has been editor-in-chief of fashion trades, and is the author of Color Stories (Simon & Schuster, 2002) and The Fairchild Encyclopedia of Menswear (Fairchild, 2008).
Expertise
Content Editor (online)
10 Years
Copywriter
10 Years
Editor
15 Years
Specialty
Fashion
20 Years
Lifestyle
15 Years
Other, Specify
10 Years
Industries
Advertising, client side
7 Years
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
15 Years
Online/new media
7 Years
