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| Professional/Personal Overview |
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Writer. Book author. Syndicated columnist. A man who can't tan.
Esquire called Jeff their "marriage guru." (Jeff has never been married.) He's the author of "The Maxims of Manhood," a collection of humor essays about being a guy. His work--mostly on relationships, culture, travel, and men's interests--has appeared in print or online at Glamour, Esquire, GQ, Mental_Floss, VH1, and MTV. He is also the author of Pulitzer-bait "The Man Cave Book," from HarperCollins.
Jeff is the founding editor of ThePlunge.com, which syndicated its content to a network of over 1,000 newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, and LA Times.
Jeff is represented by Rob Weisbach Creative Management. |
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Expertise |
| Book Author |
3 Years |
| Editor |
7 Years |
| Writer |
10 Years |
Specialty |
| Entertainment |
7 Years |
| Lifestyle |
7 Years |
| Relationships, Dating, Men's Interests |
7 Years |
Total Media Industry Experience
7 Years |
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
GQ (11+), MTV (11+), ThePlunge.com (11+), VH1 (11+), Miami Herald (6-10), LA Times (6-10), Chicago Tribune (6-10), Detroit Free Press (6-10), Esquire (1-2), Glamour (1-2), Mental_Floss (1-2) |
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Scholastic Inc. (11+), Pepsi (3-5), Boeing (1-2) |
Other Work History
Extensive media experience. (Morning shows, radio interviews, TV including the Tyra Banks show). Marketing analysis. Corporate consulting. |
Computer Skills
Joomla, Movable Type, Word, Wordpress, Excel, HTML, Powerpoint, Access, all that kinda stuff. |
Technical Skills
Photoshop, basic html, mastery of fantasy football software. |
Equipment
Photoshop, digital camera, digital audio recorder, laptop, pens, some paper clips. |
Unions
AvantGuild |
Other
Former Marine. Squad leader for a mortar platoon. Six years in the US Marine Corps Reserves.
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Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car. |
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| Work Samples |
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(Glamour Magazine, 7/1/2011)
3-page feature for Glamour. I gave myself a mission to fall in love. This is what happened.
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(Glamour Magazine, 6/1/2011)
Essay in Glamour. Mostly accurate.
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(HarperCollins, 5/1/2011)
Clearly the most substantive book published in 2011. A best-seller in Amazon's Interior Design... briefly beating out Martha Stewart, who must have been pissed.
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(GQ.com, 5/1/2010)
Regularly contributed to GQ's website, mostly about pop culture, tv, and film.
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(Esquire online, 4/10/2010)
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(5/18/2009)
Humor. Collection of essays and rules about being a man. Example: Maxim 84: Your dog must be larger than a toaster.
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(The Plunge, 5/17/2009)
Founding editor of ThePlunge.com. Wrote 100+ articles on relationships, grooms, dating, and weddings. Nationally syndicated. Over 2 million page views since launch.
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(ThePlunge.com, 5/16/2009)
What every groom needs to do before his wedding day. (The minimum. And not a damn bit more.)
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(ThePlunge.com, 5/15/2009)
A poker game with buddies (obviously) isn't cheating. Sex with a woman (obviously) is. But how about the gray area?
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(ThePlunge.com, 5/10/2009)
How to buy the right tux the right way.
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(New York Magazine, 5/1/2008)
Over cocktails at the Tribeca premiere, quick chats with Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau, Terrence Howard et al.
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(Clubplanet.com, 11/28/2007)
For thousands of years, man has looked to the weekend as the flickering beacon of hope. This is changing.
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(New York Daily News, 11/15/2006)
Cover story feature that (possibly) coined the term "stripey shirt."
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(VH1.com, 6/1/2006)
Shockingly, Hilary Swank's "The Next Karate Kid" didn't make the list.
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(Clubplanet, 7/21/2005)
Things you should never, never, ever wear to a club. Sorry. No glow-sticks.
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(New York Daily News, 4/26/2005)
Fashion's new must-have accessory: the hipbone. (Is this a good thing?)
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