Black Cat Crossing by Patricia Labanauskas

Skills, results, and how I got here

Seven years between communication, culture and customer-facing work, most recently in B2B SaaS marketing.

Aug 2026 – Present
Marketing Sales Associate

Supporting marketing and sales alignment for an intelligent document processing product.

Feb 2026 – Present
Content & Social Media Manager
  • Website copy
  • LinkedIn content
  • Email campaigns
  • Sales outreach messaging
Sep 2024 – Jan 2026
Content & Community Manager
Markets Inside Media GmbH (Smartbroker Holding)
  • Planning, creating, and publishing social media content
  • Maintaining and developing web content
  • Community management, interacting with users
  • Editorial work and topic research
Feb 2024 – Mar 2024
Culture Manager
Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig
  • Supported exhibitions and events
  • Museum education and tours
  • Research and documentation of historical materials
  • Writing for exhibition catalogues and press releases
Feb 2023 – Mar 2024
Communications Project Coordinator
Lidl in Deutschland
  • Resolved customer inquiries
  • Analyzed data to support decision-making
  • Developed internal and external communication materials
20+
wins & projects delivered
7
marketing workstreams owned solo: LinkedIn, SEO, trade shows, success stories, SDR support, newsletter, website
2
trade shows led end-to-end (BVL Supply Chain CX, Logistica Next)
Full-funnel
strategy, copy, and performance tracking (HubSpot, GA4, UTM setup), not just words on a page
Frühjahrspost: multi-channel campaign

A notebook-mailing campaign across email, LinkedIn, and direct outreach that measurably outperformed a prior AI-personality campaign in resonance. A case study in when authentic tone beats a clever concept.

BVL Supply Chain CX 2026

End-to-end coordination of a major logistics trade show presence: speaker logistics, on-site content, and post-event follow-up, run single-handedly.

Self-direction
Communication
Analytical skills
Writing & content
Copywriting Content writing Editing & proofreading Blog writing Email copywriting
Marketing
B2B marketing LinkedIn / social content SEO writing Marketing strategy
Writing & editing tools
Google Workspace Microsoft Office Grammarly Notion
AI writing assistants
Claude
SEO & analytics
Google Analytics Google Search Console Ahrefs SEMrush Yoast SEO
Design & visual content
Adobe Creative Cloud Canva
Marketing & CRM
HubSpot LinkedIn Campaign Manager
Project & team tools
Slack Asana

When I’m not writing your copy

Four things that use the same muscle as good copy.

Literary stationery

Good paper, better pens.

I own more fountain pens than a person with normal handwriting has any business owning. Probably where the sentence-obsession started.

Baking

Measurements are a first draft.

I edit recipes the way I edit copy: cut what's not pulling weight, taste-test, ship it. The kitchen has a surprisingly high revision rate.

Pub quizzes

I write the questions, not just answer them.

Turns out writing a trivia question tight enough that no one can argue with the answer uses the exact same muscle as writing good copy.

Frida

Studio cat since February 2026.

A black cat who supervises most drafts from the windowsill. She's also half the reason the studio is called Black Cat Crossing: a black cat crossing your path is the moment you stop and notice something, which is what marketing should do. In Ireland it is taken as good luck. I'll have the Irish version.