Once I began Wit & Delight at twenty-four, the world as we all know it at present seemed very completely different. For a little bit context, the iPhone had simply been launched, the financial system was in a tailspin, Obama had simply been elected president, and I used to be broke, insecure, and scared. Regardless of how exhausting this time was, I used to be extremely optimistic in regards to the future and excited to share no matter I had inside me with the world.
Wit & Delight was the place I grew up. I wrote posts about what frightened me, delighted me, impressed me, and made me really feel at residence. This web site has supported me as I’ve damaged down, gotten married, blown my life up, despatched myself to remedy, grappled with psychological well being challenges, birthed infants, created product strains, and labored with the most effective manufacturers and other people one may hope for.
A Season of Change
It is exhausting to think about ending one thing that has in the end been about creating issues for a group of people that share a typical thread: the sweetness and enjoyment of being alive. You’re my folks, and I’ve beloved this time with you.
I’ve felt the delicate calling to step away from publishing for a while. It terrifies me if I am being sincere. I’m not sure of what I am going to do subsequent. I am realizing that it is okay to not have all of it found out. So I am taking an identical leap as I did once I revealed my first weblog submit, stepping optimistically into the unknown.
Whereas I’ll proceed to point out up on social media and share essays and challenge updates on Home Name, working Wit & Delight full-time is one thing I do know I’ve to step away from.
In brief, you may nonetheless be seeing me—just a bit much less usually.
The Workforce That Constructed Wit & Delight
As a result of I’ve determined to step away from publishing content material full-time, it means the group who creates all of the unbelievable content material for Wit & Delight shall be transferring on as properly. I’m devastated to lose the individuals who put a lot of their time, creativity, and fervour into making this area what it’s at present.
Merely put, Wit & Delight would not be the identical with out the group that constructed it. I’d not have been in a position to proceed to supply the quantity of content material we have now on the high quality we have now been dedicated to with out this group. Interval. My gratitude and appreciation for many who have believed within the model, me, and the worth of what we do can’t be absolutely expressed. Whereas I will be stepping away from working this model full-time, my group is able to transfer on to large issues.
If you’re searching for rockstar individuals who know editorial technique, content material creation, or challenge administration, I’d love so that you can join you with my group members. They know this enterprise higher than anybody on the market. I can’t wait to see them go on to a lot greater and higher issues shortly.
Bridgette Dutkowski
Bridgette has been with me for eight years as our model director. She does all of it and makes it look straightforward (spoiler, it hasn’t been). There is not a challenge or drawback she could not determine, and I’m fortunate to have been in a position to work alongside her. I would not be right here penning this submit with out her sensible thoughts and skill to clarify and actionable paths out of my inventive chaos and sometimes half-baked concepts. She is aware of influencer advertising and marketing inside out. You possibly can join together with her through e mail at [email protected] or ship her a message on LinkedIn.
Jackie Saffert
Jackie has been with me for the previous 4 years as our editorial director. I am grateful for her steadfast steerage, instinct, and detail-oriented strategy to modifying. Her editorial technique and present for storytelling are baked into every thing we submit on Wit & Delight. I’m a greater author and storyteller from working alongside her. Learn extra about Jackie’s experience and background on her web site. You possibly can join together with her through e mail at [email protected] or ship her a message on LinkedIn.
Greta Philip
Greta has been working our social media accounts for 3 years. She has her finger on the heartbeat of real-time shifts in social media. She has been our Swiss Military Knife for balancing the artwork of creativity and technique round all of our social content material. Not solely has she been a sounding board for navigating a altering panorama, however she can be as dependable as they arrive. Greta is hoping to search out one other place within the social media area working as a social media supervisor or social media strategist. She is on the market for distant work in each the US and Canada, or in-person work in Toronto, ON. You possibly can join together with her through e mail at [email protected] or ship her a message on LinkedIn.
Nancy Lausch
Nancy has been my government assistant for 3 years. She’s been the glue that has held me collectively and an unbelievable coach. She has the intuitive sense of understanding what must be carried out earlier than the remainder of us understand it. It’s usually the issues we don’t see that take advantage of influence, and I have been fortunate to have had the chance to study invaluable classes from working together with her. As Nancy steps away from her function at W&D, her purpose is to develop her life teaching enterprise with extra particular person purchasers, in addition to group and small enterprise teaching. She has beforehand carried out inside design consulting and styling and hopes to proceed as a private assistant in a contractor capability. You possibly can join together with her through e mail at [email protected] or ship her a message on LinkedIn.
Carolyn Monke
Carolyn has been our designer for 3 years. Whereas additionally working for different manufacturers and purchasers, she has managed Wit & Delight’s graphic design wants, including her personal flare and creativity to our branded content material, theme graphics, and social feel and look. I can at all times depend on Carolyn so as to add worth to our inventive concepts. She’s a fast research and has been adaptive to no matter design challenges we have confronted. You possibly can join together with her through e mail at [email protected] or ship her a message on LinkedIn.
What’s Subsequent and The place You Can Proceed to Comply with Me
We are going to proceed repeatedly publishing content material on Wit & Delight by means of the tip of June. I will be digging into the archives and highlighting a few of the articles which were most significant to me—and to you, the Wit & Delight group—over the past fourteen years.
We’ll be publishing a couple of sponsored posts I am excited to share, each in June and all through the summer time. I may also sporadically share design updates we make to our residence. The web site will stay stay this summer time and past. I’ll pop on now and again to share extra updates.
I’ll proceed to publish my e-newsletter, Home Name, on the common cadence. Please observe alongside right here for essays and design challenge updates. I may also proceed to point out up on Instagram every time the temper strikes.
Wit & Delight product strains will proceed to be bought with our present stockists. We are going to proceed to share updates, new product choices, and collaborations on Wit & Delight and our social channels.
If you would like to attach with me sooner or later, my e mail would be the greatest place to achieve me: [email protected].
Thanks for being with me throughout such a transformative time.
I am going to see you quickly.
Kate is at the moment studying to play the Ukulele, a lot to the despair of her husband, children, and canines. Comply with her on Instagram at @witanddelight_.
