Katarina C.
Vision to Reality: designing systems that turn Potential into Results
I’m a creative strategist and scriptwriter who designs systems that help organisations and brands create lasting change. Whether I’m developing a strategy, shaping a campaign, designing a customer experience, or writing a script, my approach is the same: understand how people think, create ideas that hold attention, and build experiences that people actually want to engage with. As a scriptwriter, I write narrative, audio-visual and animation scripts, with a particular focus on storytelling, structure, pacing and audience attention. My background is in psychology, but over the years that has evolved into something broader. I combine behavioural science, marketing strategy, learning design, experience design, AI, and systems thinking to solve business problems from a human perspective. EDUCATION & TRAINING 2026 — Digital Marketing Course, Hubspot Academy SEO, content marketing, email marketing, paid advertising, lead generation, analytics, customer journeys, and digital campaigns. 2026 — Product Marketing Manager Marketing Data and Performance Measurement, GTM Planning and Campaign Execution, Market Intelligence and Audience Insights, Brand Strategy and Messaging. I hold a Master's degree in Psychology (2007) and completed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) training at PCI College in Dublin (2014). For ten years, I worked as a psychologist within the Irish Education and Training Board, carrying out cognitive assessments and designing and delivering programmes on social skills, personal development, resilience, stress management, and higher-level thinking skills. That experience shaped the way I approach every project today: understand people first, then design systems that help them succeed. ◇ Coaching & Behaviour Change I continue to work with individuals through coaching, accountability, and behaviour change. I help clients turn ambitious goals into practical action by creating clear plans, building sustainable habits, and maintaining momentum over time. My work combines cognitive psychology, behavioural science, motivational interviewing, and structured accountability to create lasting rather than temporary change. ◇ Strategy, Marketing & Experience Design Alongside coaching, I work with businesses and organisations on strategy and growth. Rather than creating isolated campaigns or one-off pieces of content, I design complete systems where positioning, messaging, customer journeys, content, community, AI, and customer experience reinforce one another. My work includes: * Brand strategy and positioning * Customer psychology research * Marketing strategy * Growth strategy * Customer journey mapping * Community and ecosystem strategy * Content architecture * Social media strategy * AI-supported marketing workflows * Learning and onboarding experiences * Experience design * Behaviour change strategy ◇ Campaign Strategy & Creative Systems I also design campaign systems rather than individual advertisements. My focus is understanding why people make decisions and building creative campaigns that can scale across multiple channels and formats. This includes: * campaign strategy * messaging systems * creative concepts * advertising frameworks * content ecosystems * social media campaigns * animation scriptwriting * short-form video concepts * storytelling frameworks * scalable creative systems My Approach Across every project, I ask the same questions: * What problem are we really solving? * How do people think, feel, and make decisions? * What experience should we design? * What behaviours do we want to encourage? * How do we build a system that continues creating value over time? I developed my own consulting methodologies, bringing together psychology, behaviour change, learning, branding, marketing, AI, customer experience, and community design into one coherent system.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $1.7k
Billed in all: $1,967$2k
$116 in the last 6 months
Across 16 contracts
Across 19 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 15% in Academic Writing
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