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Your LinkedIn isn’t the problem. Your messaging is. Most founders and CEOs struggle with the same 3 things: ∙ No clear positioning — people visit your profile and still don’t know what you do ∙ No real strategy — posting without a plan produces noise, not results ∙ No authority — your content doesn’t reflect the expertise you actually have This is how it gets fixed: Positioning We clarify who you are, who you serve, and why you over anyone else. Strategy We build a content system that works consistently, not just when you have time. Authority We write in your voice and make sure every post proves your credibility. How we work together: Done With You ∙ Messaging and positioning refinement ∙ Content strategy and planning ∙ Execution guidance ∙ Monthly strategy call with analytics and reporting Done For You ∙ Full LinkedIn account management ∙ Ghostwriting, posting, and scheduling ∙ Daily engagement Monday through Friday ∙ Comment and DM management ∙ Profile updates and ongoing optimization ∙ Monthly strategy call with analytics and reporting 20+ years managing C-suite executives. $300K+ earned on Upwork. 100+ professionals coached. I know what positions people and what puts them to sleep. Message me or schedule a consult to get your LinkedIn journey on track today! —Monica Joy Tackitt 👑

Most people hate working with spreadsheets, but I love it! It puts me into flow state. I first realized I had a special talent for it while working for The Princeton Review, a tutoring company. I had developed a reputation as the "Excel Guy" in my office, so one Friday, one of my colleagues asked me whether there was a way she could quickly see in a spreadsheet which of the tutors we have on staff lived closest to a newly onboarded tutoring student. I thought about the problem, and it turned out to be quite the challenge. I couldn't stop thinking about it, even after I got home that evening, so I decided to keep working on it. One hour melted into the next, and before I knew it, it was Sunday afternoon, and I had built her a fully fledged system for assigning tutors to tutorials, including the ability to automatically calculate the exact distance between the tutors on our staff and a new student (and to filter down to only show tutors within a certain distance). I was so proud of it that I just lay on my bed, staring at my laptop screen for a good 30 minutes. To be fair, that could have just been the daze of working on an Excel project for two days straight. The next day, I showed my colleague the fully functional system I'd built her, complete with a tutor search tool and tutorial profitability calculator. She was ecstatic - so excited in fact, that she showed the tool I'd built to her colleagues at several other local offices, many of whom copied and started using the system themselves. That was ten years ago, and my love and talent for building useful spreadsheet systems has only grown. In early 2026, I started selling my selling my services on Upwork, and have helped several small businesses upgrade their day-to-day operations by building them tools in Excel and Google Sheets. Some of the systems I've built include: An inventory management system for a local plumbing company that sends automated email and Slack notifications when supplies are running low on their service trucks. An elegant, simple-to-use technician scorecard for a window cleaning business that reports employee and company performance. A sophisticated deal management system for a real estate land fund. My client had a complex workbook with tabs corresponding to all of his different prospective land deals. I helped him standardize these tabs and built an external, investor-facing workbook that only shows investors the deal information he wants them to see, while keeping his internal notes private. A CFO-level dashboard for a construction company showing high-level and granular details about sales and operational performance. And more! Check out my reviews: my clients have unanimously given me 5-star ratings and say that I am detail oriented, professional, and that I go above and beyond. I am committed to ensuring that my clients get real value for the money they pay, and that the systems I built are durable, easy to use, and well-documented, so that clients can continue to reap the benefits of my work well after our contract has ended. I charge $75 per hour, but am open to negotiating project rates on a case by case basis.

When organizations face their most complex people, compliance, and communication challenges, they need more than an HR consultant. They need someone who has lived at the intersection of all three. I am a J.D.-trained HR strategist and licensed NBA/WNBA agent with 9+ years of experience building HR infrastructure, resolving high-stakes employee relations matters, and delivering workforce solutions that protect organizations legally while enabling them to scale. My clients get the kind of counsel that was previously only available to organizations large enough to maintain a full legal and HR department simultaneously. **What I bring to your project** ⚖️ Most HR consultants know policy. I know policy, employment law, and how a judge reads a paper trail. That combination means every framework I build, every investigation I conduct, and every compliance audit I deliver is defensible from the first document to the last. **Three areas where I deliver results** 🛠️ **HR Infrastructure & Compliance** Building employee handbooks, policy frameworks, and onboarding systems from scratch for startups and scaling organizations. California multi-state compliance, AB5/ABC Test audits, and audit-ready documentation across 185+ client engagements with zero regulatory findings. **Employee Relations & Investigations** 🔍 Managing complex ER matters end to end, from intake through resolution, with the legal grounding and human judgment that produces fair, defensible outcomes. I coach leaders through the hard conversations and build the documentation discipline that protects the company before it needs protecting. **Training & Learning Design** 🎓 MS-HRM specialized in Online Learning Innovation and Design. I design and deliver virtual training programs for managers and frontline teams that produce behavioral change, not just completion certificates. Train-the-trainer delivery, manager transition coaching, and microlearning systems built for organizations where training windows are tight. **Content, Writing & Legal Research** ✍️ My B.A. in Communication Studies with a Mass Media emphasis and J.D. training combine into a writing and research capability that most freelancers cannot replicate. I have produced original research reports on employment law trends including FLSA, written longform LinkedIn articles across labor economics, public policy, leadership philosophy, and sports agency contract architecture, and built a published catalog of 14 articles across 7 content verticals. I write with the precision of a trained legal researcher and the accessibility of a practitioner who has spent years translating complex subject matter for non-specialist audiences. **Content services I deliver** 📝 Original research reports grounded in primary sources, government databases, and survey data. Legal and HR policy writing. Thought leadership articles and ghostwriting for executives and founders. Resume re-engineering and career repositioning documents. E-commerce and business program evaluations. Employer brand content and internal communications. **Social Media & Digital Presence** 📱 I have been building and monetizing social media audiences since 2010, before most of today's scheduling and analytics tools existed. I currently manage three active brand voices simultaneously across Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Threads, generating 1.8M+ views monthly without paid promotion. I write platform-native copy, direct AI-assisted visual and video production, and use performance data to refine what gets published. For clients who need social media strategy, content creation, brand voice development, or audience growth without buying fake reach, I bring 15+ years of real execution. **AI-Enabled Workflow Design** 🤖 I use AI as a daily working tool, not a novelty. I build AI-assisted content pipelines, research workflows, and document production systems that compress what used to take days into hours without sacrificing quality or accuracy. If your team needs help designing AI-integrated workflows for HR, content, or communications functions, that is a service I deliver directly. Pacific Time Zone. Remote-capable. Available for project-based and ongoing engagements. Ready to discuss your situation? Send me a message and let's identify where the gaps are.

I’m a resourceful, service- and results-oriented team player with a passion for growth and efficiency. I appreciate being hands-on, and quickly adapt to new processes that drive company objectives. I’m a super-organized people-person, equally adept at working behind the scenes crunching numbers and serving as the “face” of the department.

Ryan is a documentary filmmaker experienced in shooting, lighting, and editing a wide range of film and video productions - from corporate and promotional videos to documentaries, sketches, scripted projects, and music videos. As a film-lover, Ryan appreciates the subtleties and details of his craft. He enjoys taking low to middle-budget projects and providing them with a sense of scope and grandeur with his skills. Whether it's the right sound effect, the perfect cut at the exact frame, or music hitting at just the right time, Ryan loves the feeling of a project culminating in that special moment. He's a former public Elementary School Teacher who loves to play/watch basketball and go to the movies in his free time.