Hi there! I'm Jess, an editor, nonfiction writer, and copywriter based in Portland, Oregon. I'm currently at work on a book-length essay about queerness on the page, bisexuality, and Carson McCullers, and I have an essay forthcoming at Catapult. I'm currently also probably listening to The National.

my work

EDITING

Contributing editor: 

• Bitch magazine, Chaos issue (#73, Winter 2016), Family Values issue (#74, Spring 2017), Invisibility issue (#75, Summer 2017)

​Proofreader:

• Tin House magazine, issue 73 (fall 2017)
• The Tunnel at the End of the Light by Jim Shepard (Tin House Books, Fall 2017)
• Ninety-Nine Stories of God by Joy Williams (Tin House Books, Summer 2016)
• Sex from Scratch, second edition by Sarah Mirk (Microcosm Publishing, TBD)

​Copy editor:

• Bitch Media online (July 2015 to April 2017)
• Bitch magazine, Money issue (#71, Summer 2016), Kids These Days issue (#72, Fall 2016), Chaos issue (#73, Winter 2016), Invisibility issue (#75, Summer 2017)​

WRITING

Selected:

• Interview with Elena Passarello, author of Animals Strike Curious Poses, for Tin House's blog, The Open Bar (interview also briefly featured in the NYT Book Review)
• On Alana Massey's All the Lives I Want for Bitch Media
• Interview with Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America for Bitch Media
• On Maria Bamford's Lady Dynamite and mental illness for Bitch Media​

​More:

• "Compassionate Creations," a profile for Leading Edge, the alumni magazine produced by Oregon State University's College of Liberal Arts (PDF)
• Profiles and college news for Honors Link, the web magazine produced by OSU's Honors College, are listed on my Contently portfolio.
• All other articles for Bitch Media and Bitch magazine are listed on my Contently portfolio.
• BookBub: https://media.bookbub.com/blog/author/jesskibler
• I was the lead copywriter for iVET360, a veterinary marketing firm, for about two years. I wrote blog posts, e-newsletters, website copy (including for the entire iVET360 website), advertisements, social media posts, and press releases. Here are some samples:
  • ​Copy for Portland Monthly advertisement (PDF)
  • Copy for Fourth of July social post (JPG)
  • Press release on millennials in the veterinary workplace
  • Blog post on domain scams
  • Thought leadership on veterinary hospital operations for AAHA
  • Thought leadership on Nextdoor for veterinary hospitals for MWI's Messenger (PDF)
• I have been copywriting and editing for Xenium HR since May 2017. Projects include writing and editing website copy, descriptions for podcasts, blog posts, headlines, and other marketing materials, like e-books.

Get in touch! kiblerjess[at]gmail.com