Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
Crankshaft Consulting Owner/Founder: journalist and photographer; PR and marketing consultant. I'm a regular contributor to a wide variety of established publications like The New York Times, Forbes, OVR Magazine, and more. The full publication list is at the bottom of this profile. PR and marketing services include project management, copywriting and editing, blog and newsletter content generation, photography, social media management, product promotion, event coverage, targeted research, and more. Crankshaft Culture Editor/Founder: We're united by horsepower, every vehicle is an adventure. Subcompact Culture Editor: the small car blog 2000-2018 LEED AP ID+C Interior Designer/Project Manager: Over my near-20-year commercial interior design tenure, I've completed projects for companies like NIKE, McCormick & Schmick’s, Kohl's Department Stores, Miller Brewing, McDonald's OHSU, American Property Management, State of Oregon, Umpqua Bank, Trillium Family Services Children’s Farm Home, Outpost Natural Foods, and more. Interior design and CAD services are available upon request.
Contributor to The New York Times' Wheels column and other sections (print and online). Topics range from inspiring stories about those without college degrees, artists, women in the automotive field, oddball vehicles, and right-hand-drive runabouts to mainstream auto manufacturers, off-road rallies and more. A variety of my Time's features have won awards and include my original photographs.
Contributor to Forbes and Forbes Wheels, covering a wide variety of feature topics. From being a factory driver of Volkswagen of America's AWD ID.4 EV to automotive manufacturer first-drive events and overlanding shows, most of these articles include my original photographs.
Feature Editor at OVR Magazine (print and online), crafting a wide array of feature articles. From adventure tales and vehicle first drives to stories about events, gear and more, I've written a wide array of articles for this outlet (most which showcase my original photographs). I've also contributed many original images to my husband, Andy Lilienthal's OVR Magazine articles, too.
Journalist and Photographer; PR and Marketing Consultant. Contributor for outlets like The New York Times, Forbes, Car and Driver, Autoblog, OVR Magazine, TREAD Magazine, Popular Mechanics and others. Behind-the-scenes content creator, copywriter and copyeditor, social media manager, business/brand marketer, and project manager. Working with companies of all types and sizes. Filling gaps companies experience, as well as creating engaging content to promote brands, events and a variety of products. Near 20-year LEED AP ID+C accredited commercial interior designer/project manager and AutoCAD specialist (2000 to 2018). Focusing on sustainable and holistic methods and materials whenever possible while maintaining a current LEED AP accreditation.
Founder and Editor for CrankshaftCulture.com, an automotive website that focuses on a wide variety of adventure vehicles (like 4WD, AWD, rad vans and everything in between). Crankshaft Culture (CSC) was formed by husband, Andy Lilienthal, and me. Topics also include adventure travel, off-roading, gear associated with remote traveling and more. Photographs and attends automotive events, co-manages CSC social media campaigns.