Jesse A. Millard is a Phoenix-based writer. He currently works as a senior web content strategist and writer at Insight Enterprises. Jesse recently finished his Masters in Creative Enterprise and Cultural Leadership at Arizona State University. Previously, Jesse worked as a journalist covering the Phoenix metropolitan area. He’s written for several publications, including Az Business, AZRE, the Phoenix Business Journal and The Arizona Republic.
Jesse grew up in Arizona and has lived here his entire life. He enjoys the challenge of developing exceptional stories using his strategy, copy writing and collaboration expertise. Each project involves a diverse team of stakeholders, designers and writers and Jesse finds it a privilege to work with such an amazing team.
In his master’s program, Jesse explored the relationship between art and community and how storytelling enables placemaking. Through his studies, Jesse focused on design thinking, social entrepreneurship, public policy and media literacy. Jesse completed the program through an applied project that created a prototype for a literary and visual arts publication.
As a practicing writer, Jesse focuses on many topics in his free time from personal narratives about life to speculative futures. His fiction works are unpublished, but some select works can be found on this site. Jesse has also developed his own zine, Already Seen.
Through past jobs, Jesse gained a breadth of experience behind the camera as a still and video photographer. He can edit both photos and video.
Jesse has also been known to create a few clay bodies on the wheel and hopes to build a clay studio in his home one day with his wife. He also enjoys running, backpacking and hiking, bike riding, and fly fishing.
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