Karla Jacobs

My website, complete with more samples, blog, contact info, and other fascinating content.

If you're invited to crew on a sailboat, you'll want to read this first. See pages 10 & 11.

Ever wanted to see the world from the top a glacier? Climb Snæfellsjökull Glacier, Iceland in a rattling tractor. Not for the faint of heart.

Don't know much about graffiti, but I know what I like. Photo essay about interesting graffiti art in a very creative city.

Five times I've made this trip, and each time was intensely fun with sprinklings of personal drama, sunburn, drinking, and a touch, now and then, of danger.

As an independent brokerage that doesn't do proprietary trading, ITG prides itself on sharing essential trading data with clients. This page tells the story.

I've been working with ITG for more than three years as a copywriter. Originally contracted to rewrite all their collateral after a major rebranding, I've continued to serve as senior copywriter on new initiatives.

NetApp hired Eleven Agency to create a library of new imagery and write a brand guideline document for their staff to use when creating marketing materials. I was chosen to write the guide, which taught me volumes about how to think about every detail of branding.

I wrote this website for e-storm (except for blog entries). Contact me for more examples of website and marketing writing.

Announcement of e-storm International's new branding.

Infographic for CTB/McGraw-Hill on the new Common Core State Standards program. Writer: Karla Jacobs, Designer: Kit Artig, Illustrator: Nick Shoen

In Iceland, pretty much everyone believes in and respects the property rights of elves.

5 steps to living the traveling life.

Because it's a remote island, Icelanders make up their own rules. Some of them seem strange to outsiders, but all of them work out fine for the locals. Know before you go.

Be the type of sailing crew who's always welcome.