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Nelson I.

Senior Editor & AI Content Strategist | Editorial Automation & Workflo

Senior Editor and AI Content Strategist with 20+ years in digital publishing and editorial leadership. I specialize in bridging the gap between editorial operations and technology — building systems that make content teams faster, smarter, and more efficient. Recent highlights: • Built a full-stack publishing automation platform on Retool that replaced a legacy Zapier system, integrating Monday, WordPress, and Slack with automated error handling — delivered in 2 weeks • Lead editorial operations for Kelley Blue Book (Cox Automotive), managing content strategy across one of the most-visited automotive sites in the U.S. • Developing Chessalyze, an Android app (Kotlin), as a solo developer — from architecture to Play Store deployment What I bring to projects: → Editorial strategy & content operations at scale → AI integration: prompt engineering, LLM pipeline deployment, workflow automation with Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini → Technical implementation: JavaScript, Python, SQL, API integrations, Retool → SEO & content performance optimization → CMS architecture and migration I'm especially effective on projects where editorial expertise meets technical execution — content automation, AI-assisted publishing workflows, editorial tool development, and content strategy backed by data. Available for content strategy consulting, editorial automation builds, AI workflow design, and technical writing projects.

🇺🇸Long Beach, United States$100/hr100% JSS5.00 (1)Since Mar 2025

Earnings and projects

MRR
$12

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#170,390 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#22,363 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $74

Total earnings
$1.2k

Billed in all: $1.3k

World#377,226 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#57,680 / 62.1k
Per project
$608

$74 in the last 6 months

World#164,880 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#27,949 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
1
100% fixed0% hourly
World#128,092 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#16,472 / 62.1k
Projects in all
2
50% fixed50% hourly
World#328,886 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#47,959 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$1.3kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$1,260$1,280$1,300$1,320Oct 9Oct 24Nov 8

Skill rankings: Top 34% in Writing

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #126Editorial324 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #24Top 39%
  2. #186AI Fact-Checking330 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #32Top 56%
  3. #658Ad Copy1,861 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #177Top 35%
  4. #1,080AI Consulting2,321 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #303Top 47%
  5. #1,291AI Implementation2,382 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #219Top 54%
  6. #1,683AI Image Generation2,564 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #89Top 66%
  7. #2,283AI Content Creation3,795 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #215Top 60%
  8. #2,364Content Strategy4,813 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #448Top 49%