Work with EvanI think through hard things and build what they turn into.
The same hand behind everything else on this site.
I’m Evan Gillissie. I work alone — no firm, no handoffs. This site is the portfolio.
Three fixed-price pieces below, bookable today. Everything else starts with an email.
On the shelf · fixed price
Three things you can book today.
01 · Research
The Research Brief
You bring one hard question; I do the reading and return a written brief that answers it, with the sources shown so you can check the work.
Deliverable: a ~1,500–2,500-word brief, sources cited inline, a short summary up top, one revision round.
Book on Contra →02 · Writing
The Explainer
A complicated subject turned into one clear piece a general reader can follow start to finish.
Deliverable: a ~2,000–3,500-word explainer with a clear arc, sources noted where claims carry weight, two revision rounds.
Book on Contra →03 · Editing
The Edit
You have a draft — essay, article, or post — and want the argument to land and the prose to read clean, without losing your voice. A line-and-structure edit, not a rewrite.
Deliverable: your draft in tracked changes plus a short note on what changed and why; one pass and one follow-up round, up to ~2,000 words. Longer pieces quoted at ~$0.12–0.15/word.
Book on Contra →Contract, checkout, and delivery run through Contra.
New · one-on-one
Claude AI Training
Learn to actually use Claude — built around your own work, not toy examples.
Most people open Claude, ask one thing, take the answer, and never find the rest. The gap between that and a real working partner isn’t technical — it’s knowing how. You bring work you actually do, and we make the tool useful for it in front of you.
No slides and no curriculum. We cover what Claude is good and bad at, how to ask so the answers change, and the features most people never find. You leave able to do it without me.
- $200 Single session One hour, one-on-one, over video. Best for a focused start, or one problem cracked.
- $500 Three-hour bundle A one-hour foundation, then two hours yours — scheduled whenever you need them.
The full range
What I can be hired to do.
01Problem solving
A stuck decision, taken apart — options and a call, in writing.
02Research & analysis
Primary sources, checked claims — something you can act on.
03Writing
Essays, explainers, long-form — my name or yours.
04Editing
The argument lands; the voice survives.
05Policy
Complicated rules in language people actually read.
06Data & interactives
Datasets turned into boards a reader can interrogate.
07Design & build
Pages, tools, whole sites — this one included.
08Creative strategy
What a body of work should be, before anything ships.
09Audio
Written work, produced as narrated editions.
Built by hand
The proof.
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Paper Cuts
Cut a newsroom; watch the civic readings drift.
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02
The Returns Board
Congressional incumbency, 1972–2024, as a working board.
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The Library
Catalogued, shelved, borrowable — live availability.
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The Audioessay
Narrated aloud; the text tracks the voice.
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Sprite Sanctuary
A bad tracker, rebuilt as a full private product — AI clerk included. The case study.
All of it — this site included — built by me.
Hire channels
The three services above, purchasable directly — contracts and checkout on-platform.
Brands commission writers directly. Opening shortly.
The door
If you want to work together, write to me.
Anything beyond the shelf — longer, stranger, or built. Tell me what it is and when you need it.
Say what you need and I’ll tell you honestly whether I’m the right person for it.