Gabrielle Wathen

Gabrielle Wathen

Strategic Brand Storyteller & Content Marketer 


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Creative by nature, strategic by practice — I’m a content marketer and brand storyteller with 8+ years of experience translating complex products, services, and customer experiences into clear, compelling narratives that drive understanding, trust, and growth. With a foundation in journalism, I am an innately curious storyteller at heart. I bring an editorial instinct for clarity, narrative structure, and audience empathy.

My work sits at the intersection of customer storytelling, product messaging, and strategic content — helping SaaS startups, founder-led businesses, and emerging technology companies articulate their value in ways that resonate with real audiences. Across agency, in-house, and consulting roles, I’ve developed integrated content programs that translate complex ideas into clear customer value — spanning case studies, webinar campaigns, lifecycle email, website messaging, newsletters, social content, and sales enablement materials.

I do my best work in fast-moving environments with emotionally intelligent leaders who value direct communication, where thoughtful storytelling helps bridge the gap between innovation and real-world impact.

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DIY Diploma

When high school graduation was approaching, I was eager to get as far away from my hometown as possible. So much so that I paid for my own application fee to the University of Alabama, hitched a ride with my friend down south to check out the campus, fell in love with it, came home to an acceptance letter, and was ready to pack my bags. My parents quickly reminded me that I’d forgotten one thing—I was a 17-year-old with no money and very little direction about what I actually wanted to do.
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An Interview With SNL DP Alex Buono About His New Filmmaking Workshop

Note: I conducted this interview while working for MZed, whose blog is currently down. This entire piece is my original work, only sponsored and shared via Ogy Stoilov. Alex Buono is a dedicated cinematographer with incredibly unique experience best known for his work as Director of Photography for the Saturday Night Live film unit since 1999. “Quite frankly, when I began there (SNL) I really had no business shooting a television show,” Buono admits in a conversation with me. “I was 25 years old and looking back on it, I can see that I was truly a real rookie. But the show gave me this incredible platform to really learn my craft.”
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And now the superlatives for last weekend's Moonrise Festival

"Shoes off!" and "I need you to lift up your hair so I can see behind your ears" are two things I have rarely, if ever, heard when going through a security check to enter a festival. Additionally, sealed water bottles had to be emptied but were permitted to be refilled inside. It is with good reason that staff security at Moonrise Festival, held Aug. 9-10 at Pimlico Race Course, was enforcing extra measures, in light of the two deaths and several hospitalizations that stemmed from the recent Mad Decent Block Party at Merriweather Post Pavilion.