Story producer with two decades on both the agency side and inside Fortune 100 communications operations. I’ve worked in global health, scientific communications, and institutional storytelling — learning that every expert, breakthrough, and crisis contains a human story worth telling.

My background is unusual. I started in neuropsychological research at Boston University, studying how the brain processes information and forms understanding. That foundation shapes everything I produce. When you understand how people think, you can build narratives that resonate at a deeper level.

Inside AstraZeneca, I executive-produced an award-winning documentary and created a video series seen by 375,000 people. Across earlier roles at Edelman in New York and Singapore, and at the agency now called Inizio Evoke in Los Angeles, I built communications operations across four continents and served as narrative advisor to C-suite leaders at some of the world’s largest health and life-sciences organizations. I work best with teams doing complex, high-stakes work who struggle to communicate why it matters.

Now independent as J. M. Kay — working with operating executives on transitions, founding moments, and unfamiliar narrative ground.