Professional Experience
I'm a versatile and experienced copywriter who can handle everything from advertising to websites, via traditional and digital media, for a wide range of professional and business audiences. I also have considerable experience managing website content and projects for small business and nonprofits. Recent writing samples are available at https://shwca.se/Jean_Gazis_Portfolio_Highlights
Expertise
- Copywriter 25 Years
- Copy Editor 6 Years
- Content Editor (online) 15 Years
Specialty
- Entrepreneurship 25 Years
- Technology 25 Years
- Women's Issues 5 Years
Industries
- Pr/marketing - all 25 Years
- Online/new media 10 Years
- Nonprofit 5 Years
Media Client List (# Assignments Last 2 Yrs)
- Corner Media Group(6-10)
- Examiner.com(10+)
Corporate Client List (# Assignments Last 2 Yrs)
- Box of Rain, LLC(6-10)
- Brooklyn Business Base(6-10)
- L&D Computer Consulting Corp.(6-10)
- Taproot Foundation(3-5)
- Cub Scout Pack/Boy Scout Troop 187(3-5)
- A Networking Event Made in Heaven(3-5)
- WebHostNY LLC(3-5)
- Alers Consulting(1-2)
- Urban Organic(1-2)
- Legends Entertainment Group(1-2)
- NYC Department of Education(1-2)
- Pratt Institute(10+)
Other work history
Communications Specialist, Legal Momentum Freelance Copy Editor, Pratt Institute Freelance Writer, Corner Media Group Freelance Writer, Examiner.com Marketing Manager, Royal Media Group Marketing Communications Specialist, Caminus Corp. Marketing Manager, US News & World Report Promotion Manager, Ziff-Davis Central Advertising Sales Marketing Manager, Technical Database Services Marketing Director, Gower Medical Publishing Freelance Copywriter, Bookspan Freelance Editor, Delmar Publishers
Technical skills
Web design, web content strategy, digital photography, graphic design, social media
Foreign Language Skills
French
Unions
Freelancers Union
Computer skills
Social Media, HTML, CSS, Mac/Windows, MS Office, LibreOffice, Lotus Notes, Outlook, Firefox/Safari, Drupal, Joomla, Quark, Adobe Creative Suite,
Equipment
Mac desktop, MS Office, Adobe CS, phone, fax, email, chat, Skype, VOIP, Dropbox, digital camera
Work permits & visas
US citizen
References
on request
Associations
Taproot Foundation volunteer (brochure & website projects) NYC Drupal Users Group NYC Content Strategy Meetup NY CSS Meetup Group Brooklyn Business Base Avant Guild Freelancer's Union
Writing & Editing
Caminus Storefront Brochure
(Caminus (now Sungard Energy) 5/1/2002)
I developed this brochure for a new energy software trading product with very fast turnaround - only 10 working days from receiving the assignment to delivery of printed materials. I wrote, edited, and proofread all copy and managed design agency and printer.
Caminus News
(Caminus (now Sungard Energy) 6/1/2002)
Company newsletter for Caminus, an energy software company.
Summary of Anti-Trafficking Work
(Legal Momentum - The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund 3/4/2019)
One of Legal Momentum's key advocacy issue areas was online trafficking of underage girls. LM worked with the Thomson-Reuters Foundation to raise awareness of this serious problem in the U.S. This is a summary report of LM's anti-trafficking work in 2017-2018 that was prepared for the Foundation. I wrote and designed this print piece.
Legal Momentum News Brief
(Legal Momentum - The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund 3/4/2019)
Bi-weekly organization newsletter for women's rights organization. Print, email, and web versions.
Who Are the Women Who Will Make History?
(Legal Momentum - The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund 3/1/2018)
Email fundraising appeal for Legal Momentum - The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund, based on a Women's History Month theme.
Blog/Medium Post
(Legal Momentum - The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund 5/1/2018)
Blog and Medium post for Legal Momentum - The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund.