CREATIVE, CONTENT & COMMUNICATIONS
Fine narrative threads
TRANG CAO
STORYTELLER
Hello.
My name is Trang.
I can help communicate your vision by distilling abstract concepts into clear, compelling ideas that make an impact.
I harness the power of wordcraft with language that's limber and muscled with momentum. We can do a lot with
smart content design and agile prose. My training in the Humanities forms the backbone of solid research and thoughtful communications strategies in all my work. I offer 15 years of professional research and writing experience connecting with diverse audiences and command a spectrum of multimedia content types, from web to press, editorial to executive summary, proposals, pagers, videos stories, white papers and other touch points between those ribs. I give special focus to the human story, innovative solutions and more graceful ways of moving in the world.
Let's build something amazing together.
Projects
Design, Production, Direction
Co-building community capacity for human and planetary thriving with compelling stories on pressing climate issues. This environmental nonprofit spurs dialogues
on viable food-water-energy solutions to inspire action for a sustainable future, emphasizing the need to connect indigenous knowledge systems with modern science
and technology.
Creative, Communications, Strategy
Eco-smart clean technology solutions. Sustainable food, water, waste-to-energy systems and breakthrough carbon capture
and conversion platforms that improve lives and environmental health. Technologies that transform excess, “waste” or byproducts into new value streams of clean energy, biofuels, green materials and more. Communities can now capture profits
and resources once lost to traditional production processes.
Stories, PR, Content Development
Ceiling and visibility unlimited. This private equity impact investment firm specializes in early-stage seed funding for startups dedicated to physical, social and digital accessibility. Waytuit, one of CAVU's holdings, makes multimodal wearable wayfinding tools to help people with visual, sensory and cognitive impairments navigate built environments more fluidly.
Storytelling, Creative Communications
An eco treehouse resort unlike any other, nestled in the lush jungle canopies of Nicaragua’s Emerald Coast on 450 acres
of nature preserve. TreeCasa was forged from a collaborative vision to build a world of immersive, interactive experiences with sustainability at its core. This magical retreat space invites people to explore, discover, create and connect in cool,
organic ways.
Special Projects, Campaigns, Spark
Renewable energy empowering action!
The global grassroots movement has
installed more than 350,000 solar lights in homes, schools and community spaces in more than 15 countries, and taught green skills to empower social entrepreneurs at every stop. Liter of Light gives electricity-poor or marginalized communities access to affordable solar light technology with simple, open-source designs that let people build their own affordable solar lights with locally found and recycled materials.
Media, Content Direction & Production
The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network comprised of both government entities and civil society organizations. This global member union harnesses the experience, resources and reach of its over 13,000 experts on species survival, environmental law, protection, social and economic policy, ecosystem management, education and communication Their mission: activate the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place in tandem.
Clothesline Poetry, Thought Pieces, Food and Truths Picked Clean
Here's where you'll get a more intimate peek at the kind of fiber, filth and affection I'm made of. My incandescent heart on a page.
Experience
2015 May - 2018 Feb
GLOBAL MANA FOUNDATION
2015 April - 2016 April
CAVU + WAYTUIT
2008 Dec - 2014 Jan
UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA PRESS
2009 Jan - 2013 Dec
AVIDIAN TECHNOLOGIES
2017 March - Present
TREECASA
2015 Dec - 2018 Feb
ECOMANA
2014 June - Present
LITER OF LIGHT - USA
2008 Sept - 2012 Jan
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
2003 Feb - 2006 June
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ADVERTISING & DESIGN
Creative Content Lead
Capture and communicate TreeCasa's extraordinary vision and identity in
storytelling glory. Produce strategic,
front-facing content and touch-point communications to reach far-flung
travelers and compel creative
badasses to come make a
lasting impact.
Director of Content & Communications
Design and direct compelling multimedia awareness and education campaigns
for sustainable action. Spark climate
dialogues to make some food, water,
waste-to-energy solution magic.
Lead Content Developer
Develop eco-smart content to translate clean tech to human and help grow a portfolio of whole-systems approach solutions for a clean economy.
Writer & Communications Lead
Advance digital inclusion and accessibility
through lucid storytelling. Design impactful
communications strategies to raise a glass to disabilities issues and to blind visionaries working on the frontiers of a new
Age of Awareness
Special Projects Coordinator
Share the global grassroot movement's story far and wide with creative impact campaigns, interactive exhibits and design workshops. Capture the power of renewable energy action in motion. Pass it on and
keep it going.
Managing Editor, Journal of Vietnamese Studies
Gracefully coordinate the many-armed processes in the production of a quarterly, peer-reviewed academic journal. Taking brilliant manuscripts submissions to polished product and professional, high-quality publication standards.
Copywriter & Content Editor
Create value-added content for B2B engagement (blogs, webinars, insights), highlighting the awesomeness of Avidian Technologies' relationship and opportunity building tools.
Graduate Student Instructor
Use multimedia literature and other cultural productions to help students think critically on a broad range of contemporary issues, including colonialism, modernization, development, gender and identity - while strengthening their analytical,
reading and writing chops.
Copywriter
Tell brand stories in a beautiful economy of words and images. Design communications
trajectories to take the story beyond the page and within target reach.