ABOUT US
We’re classically trained storytellers (and we have the student loan debt to prove it).
Who we are
Our Why
We believe a better world can be built through storytelling.
Our How
Our highly-trained storytellers collaborate with key stakeholders to put their story to work.
Our What
We use storytelling to create strategy, brands, web design, and content for transformative organizations.
Our Why
We believe a better world can be built through storytelling.
Our What
We use storytelling to create strategy, brands, web design, and content for transformative organizations.
Our How
Our highly-trained storytellers collaborate with key stakeholders to put their story to work.
We’re an eclectic group of artists, professors, entrepreneurs, and marketers with creative and curious minds. We choose our partners carefully. We don’t work with people we don’t trust, but we’ll lasso the moon for those we do.
We strive to emulate the following core values in our work:
We offer solutions for all of your marketing needs.
Think of us as the crew you bring in when your customers demand premium content and design. We jump in seamlessly to help you successfully execute your organic traffic growth strategy.
Our Team
David Ebner
President
David Ebner
President
David J Ebner founded Content Workshop in 2013 while earning his M.F.A. at the University of Tampa. David has adapted his creative writing and storytelling skills for commercial use and has built an agency around that core premise. He authored Kingmakers: A Content Marketing Story and has coached dozens of writers and students in the craft of storytelling.
Riley Manning
Senior Director of Content and Brand
Riley Manning
Senior Director of Content and Brand
Riley Manning is a writer and strategist with extensive journalism and creative agency experience. A master wordsmith and the second employee hired by Content Workshop, Riley leads Content Workshop’s Brand Identity services, including all voice and verbal messaging projects. Riley’s Master in Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing has solidified his ability to tell stories across the commercial and creative spectrum.
Susan Ishmael
Senior Director of Partnerships
Susan Ishmael
Senior Director of Partnerships
Susan Ishmael is a writer with 20+ years of advertising and marketing experience. From copywriter to VP of Sales, Susan has worked in writing, sales, and leadership roles for both agencies and media companies. She has an MFA in creative writing and has been with Content Workshop in various roles since 2018.
Christina Rowell
Director of Content
Christina Rowell
Director of Content
Christina Rowell, Ph.D., is a content production and strategist expert. She has over ten years of experience leading content production teams that write, edit, and create content for a variety of industries. Her experience in academia has added diverse layers of detail, research, and strategy to the deliverables that Content Workshop produces for clients.
Leah Segawa
Director of Web Design
Leah Segawa
Director of Web Design
Ryan Payne
Director of Web Development
Ryan Payne
Director of Web Design
Fran Panto
Director of Marketing
Fran Panto
Director of Marketing
Morgan Floyd
Content Strategist
Morgan Floyd
Content Strategist
Morgan Floyd, MPH, is a content strategist with over 7 years of experience leading international projects and accounts in the healthcare, finance, and non-profit sectors. She believes the best stories incorporate many different perspectives into one impactful narrative, and she enjoys helping her clients craft such stories. You’ll find her working remotely from various countries around the world.
Lori Steuart
Content Strategist
Lori Steuart
Content Strategist
Lori Steuart is a strategic content marketing consultant. With a Master of Arts and almost a decade of experience coaching early- and mid-stage startup content teams, Lori knows how to coach teams to break complex ideas into digestible, emotion-driven narratives to connect with customers at every stage of the buying process.
Steve Howell
Copy Editor
Steve Howell
Copy Editor
Steve Howell, freelance writer/editor, has worked with Content Workshop since its inception in 2013. A retired U.S. Army officer, he holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Tampa and an MS in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College.
Daniel Collins
Copy Editor
Daniel Collins
Copy Editor
Dan Collins has worked with Content Workshop as a writer and editor since 2022. He earned undergraduate degrees in English and Communications and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Kentucky.
Tony Garcia
Designer
Tony Garcia
Designer
Tony is a Graphic Designer who has been part of the CW team since 2013 and holds a BFA in Graphic Design from the Art Institute of Tampa. He loves designing brand identities and eating Tostones.
Jenn Glass Brittain
Designer
Jenn Glass Brittain
Designer
Meet Jenn, a creative wizard with over 16 years of web design, graphic artistry, and consulting. By day, she crafts captivating websites, curates stunning graphic pieces, and offers insightful consulting services, while moonlighting as a mom of three. When not at her digital drawing board, she's either unschooling one of her kids, lifting heavy weights, or exploring nature with her quick-witted IT wizard husband.
JB Clark
Copywriter
JB Clark
Copywriter
JB Clark is a storyteller who has helped brands build and execute effective content strategies for more than a decade. He holds a B.A. in Journalism and an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communications. JB serves Content Workshop clients as a content marketer and teaches PR at TCU.
Kait Willis
Copywriter
Kait Willis
Copywriter
Kait, a third-year law student and part-time copywriter, joined the Content Workshop team in 2022. She is also a senior staff editor for the Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Law. During her free time, Kait enjoys creating content for social media, trying new recipes, and hanging out with her cat, Rosie.