Elizabeth Gariti

Brooklyn, NY USA
14 Years Experience

Professional Experience

Elizabeth is an Digital Communications Specialist with a focus on content strategy, content creation and "e'' communications. She has been a Content Strategist, Writer and Producer for websites and digital projects in business, film & television, music, advertising, the performing arts and publishing and has expansive knowledge of the digital space. Her writing spans everything from grants to news stories to web advertising copy to functional analysis: promotional e-mails, music reviews, telemarketing scripts, case studies, full-length feature articles and use cases. As a content strategist and web producer, she employs her creative and technical experience to organize, create and maintain websites, digital projects and applications. She is seeking freelance opportunities as a Digital Content Strategist.

Expertise

Content Editor (online) 10 YearsWriter 10 YearsOther, Specify 4 Years

Specialty

Entertainment 8 YearsTheater 20 YearsMusic 7 Years

Industries

Broadcasting - Ent - Cable (National) 7 YearsAdvertising agency 6 YearsOnline/new media 12 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Tribeca Film Festival (3-5)
  • Webby Awards (3-5)
  • Wunderman (3-5)
  • Truax & Company (1-2)
  • UpperEast.com (1-2)
  • ManhattanLocal.com (1-2)

Awards

2002 Caples Award -- Consumer Website Production

Other Work History

MTV Networks, VH1 Interactive, OgilvyInteractive, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Technical Skills

Web design & production, Photoshop and photo/image editing and production

Foreign Language Skills

Some Italian

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Powerpoint, MS Project, Access, Visio; Photoshop, Illustrator; Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks; HTML, Javascript, Windows XP, OS 10

Equipment

Dell Inspiron 6000 with audio recording capabilities, image production, video editing and web development capabilities

Feature Articles

Upper East Side Scavenger Hunt
(UpperEast.com 6/15/2006)
Feature article for UpperEast.com, an informational website about New York City's Upper East Side.
50 Years of Dove: The Story of a Brand (1955-2005)
(Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide's Intranet 5/15/2005)
This was a feature article published on Ogilvy & Mather's Intranet. Dove soap, one of Ogilvy's oldest brands, was launched in 1955. This article was written in commemoration of the brand's 50th Anniversary.
Spending the Day in My Bloomies
(UpperEast.com 2/15/2006)
Feature article for UpperEast.com, an informational website about New York City's Upper East Side.
Can I Still Get a BIER Around Here: What Happened to Germantown
(UpperEast.com 6/7/2006)
Feature article for UpperEast.com, an informational website about New York City's Upper East Side.

News Stories

All Things Fringe
(VH1 Interactive's Music First News 8/1/1998)
A news item for VH1.com's "Music First News" about New York City's annual Fringe Festival
The Service For Jock Elliott
(Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Intranet 11/3/2005)
A news item about the memorial service for Jock Elliott, Ogilvy's Chairman Emeritus

Music Reviews

VH1 Music First Reviews
(VH1.com 6/22/1999)
A sample of CD reviews published on VH1.com and on CDNow.com from Feb. 1998 thru June 1999.

Copy Writing

Copy for VH1 Store Collections on CDNow
(CDNow.com 6/22/1999)
Every week, I had to submit 10, 25-word blurbs about new CDs featured on VH1.com's store on CDNow. The poetry skills were invoked!
Fresh Pick Copy, October 2005
(Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Intranet 11/1/2005)
This is copy for a monthly e-mail sent to employees promoting a digest of articles published on the Intranet.