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Karen Johanson

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Content Specialist with 10+ years shaping accurate, inclusive AI-ready content.

Zimbabwe

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a content role where I can blend editorial excellence with AI-human-in-the-loop review—ensuring accuracy, accessibility, and bias-aware outputs while collaborating with distributed stakeholders and refining workflows that scale quality.

I’m a Content Specialist with 10+ years of content strategy, creation, and curation experience, plus almost 3 years evaluating and refining AI-generated content. I bring hands-on AI knowledge, including the capabilities and limitations that matter when building content people can trust.

In my recent roles, I’ve evaluated and refined 10+ AI-generated articles weekly to ensure accuracy, editorial alignment, branding, business goals, and corporate and AP style. As an AI Writer + Trainer, I engineered prompts to improve accuracy, safety, and tone alignment, and I conducted comparative output analysis to identify performance gaps.

Earlier at Microsoft, I served as a Senior Editor + Producer, editing, publishing, and migrating partner-facing content while translating complex licensing information into user-friendly documentation. I also managed a SharePoint repository with strict versioning and access controls, used Azure DevOps to manage projects, and led accessibility testing to align Commercial Licensing content with WCAG guidelines.

Across web, social, and communications work—including Web Producer, Social Media Writer, and Communications Manager—I’ve consistently used human-centered communication in asynchronous cross-functional collaboration. I also continue self-employed photography and writing, conceptualizing, styling, shooting, editing, and publishing multimedia work under competing deadlines.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Self-Employed Content Creator

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Karen Johanson Photography & Writing

Jan 2004 - Present (22 years 3 months)

Conceptualize and create compelling online and print communications under competing deadlines, using analytics to craft data-driven copy. Build, edit, and publish web pages and galleries using SharePoint, WordPress, and CMS tools, and conceptualize, shoot, and edit photography for advertising and editorial work.

Content Creation Photo Editing

Content Specialist

Hilton

Jan 2025 - Jan 2026 (1 year)

Evaluated and refined 10+ AI-generated articles weekly to ensure accuracy, alignment with editorial strategy, branding consistency, and usability with AP/corporate style. Used LLMs to accelerate editorial and production workflows.

AI Content Evaluation Brand Consistency Usability

AI Writer and Trainer

DataAnnotation & Outlier

Jan 2023 - Jan 2025 (2 years)

Engineered prompts to guide LLM behavior and improve accuracy, safety, and alignment with tone. Conducted comparative analysis of outputs to identify performance gaps.

Prompt Engineering LLM Behavior Analysis Safety Alignment

Writer and Editor

Stacker

Jan 2020 - Jan 2024 (4 years)

Created and edited long-form articles covering topics including business, health, and art. Delivered publish-ready copy through writing and editorial refinement.

Content Creation Proofreading Content Curation

Senior Editor and Producer

Microsoft

Jan 2022 - Jan 2023 (1 year)

Edited, published, and migrated partner education content for the Commercial Licensing team, translating complex licensing information into user-friendly documentation. Managed a SharePoint content repository with versioning/access controls, Azure DevOps project work, and accessibility testing aligned to WCAG, while coaching stakeholders on editorial, style, brand, and accessibility requirements.

Content Management Azure DevOps Content Migration Technical Documentation Accessibility Testing Editorial Stakeholder Coaching Microsoft Style And Brand Guidelines

Writer and Editor

Static Media

Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 (1 year)

Created and edited long-form articles for HealthDigest, Mashed, and The List. Produced publish-ready editorial content through writing, editing, and proofreading.

long form content writing Editing Proofreading Content Production Editorial Publication Readiness

Editor and Proofreader

The Riveter

Jan 2019 - Jan 2020 (1 year)

Edited and proofread stories using corporate and AP style guides. Improved writing quality through line-level edits and consistency checks prior to publication.

Editing Proofreading AP Style Editorial Standards

Communications Manager

Microsoft

Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year)

Created communications supporting team transformation, adoption, and engagement within the Data + AI Customer Service SBU. Elevated executive and engineering voices and produced visually impactful multimedia thought leadership content.

Internal Communications Content Strategy Multimedia Content

Web Producer

Microsoft Research

Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year)

Managed creative projects in collaboration with design and editorial vendors. Built and updated web pages using WordPress and sourced, designed, and/or edited multimedia assets.

Web Production Creative Project Management

Social Media Writer

Amazon

Jan 2016 - Jan 2016 (0 months)

Collaborated with program managers and creatives to develop Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube messaging aligned with marketing objectives for the launch of the 2nd generation Amazon Echo. Used native platform tools and Sprinklr for social media posting and listening.

Social Media Copywriting Messaging YouTube Messaging Sprinklr Social Listening Cross Functional Collaboration