Andy Kryza is an award-winning content director, editor, and writer specializing in travel, food & drink, film, and pop culture. An unrelenting explorer, he’s always on the hunt for the unexpected, whether it’s in a faraway country or an overlooked corner of his own refrigerator.

Andy is currently the Director of Content at The Sausage Project, where he leads content strategy for one of the fastest-growing brands in its category, executing everything from editorial and recipes to photography, video, and design with an arguably unhinged enthusiasm for chicken sausage. There, he built and now manages a publishing operation spanning SEO, editorial, retail, email, PR, and creative, helping establish a bold—and wildly ambitious—new voice in the food industry.

Previously, he spent nearly a decade shaping the voice of Thrillist, helping shape its food & drink and travel coverage while influencing the editorial tenor of one of the internet’s most recognizable lifestyle brands. He later moved to Europe, where he launched Time Out Worldwide‘s entertainment news vertical. While living in Sweden, he also served as lead content and creative writer for Stena Line, guiding one of Europe’s most enduring travel brands through a comprehensive rebrand spanning 12 countries and 15 languages.

Somehow, Andy also finds time to work extensively in branded content, collaborating with global brands to create stories that people actually want to read in publications including Food & Wine, Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, Architectural Digest, Fatherly, Time Out, and many others. Along the way, he wrote extensively about the joys and struggles (but mostly joys) of parenting for Fatherly and penned the weekly film column AP Film Studies for Portland, Oregon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Willamette.

A graduate of Michigan State University’s School of Journalism, Andy combines old-school writing with his own brand of humor, heart, and curiosity, whether he’s leading a content strategy, collaborating on a feature package, or quietly toiling away in his own weird corner of the internet. He regularly appears on podcasts and radio shows, mentors writers and editors, and consults on editorial strategy, content marketing, and SEO.

When he’s not writing, Andy can usually be found exploring the neighborhoods of his adopted home of London with his wife, daughter, and Shiba Inu, Kuma—or plotting his next excuse to travel somewhere new or eat something unexpected.

He’s always interested in collaborating on ambitious editorial, content strategy, and storytelling projects.