Professional Experience
Currently writing lifestyle B2B & brand journalism pieces for magazines and corporate clients–LinkedIn and U of Phoenix–and handling social media for a non-profit, I revel in spinning complex ideas about education, climate, careers and tech into engaging stories. From penning an original pop-quiz to writing an infographic celebrating our nation's parks, I deliver out-of-the-box content that you won’t find elsewhere. Experienced in SEO best practices, incl. keywords, metatags, titletags, and the like, two of my pieces won Marcom gold awards in 2013, and I received a Platinum Hermes Creative Award in 2014. I am writing video scripts for McGuire real estate and managing an environmental app. I can pull stories out of anyone with a mouth, and have interviewed celebrities like Chris Rock for Rolling Stone, but can also write a stunning profile of your CEO. I’m comfortable researching news topic & will happily deliver concise inspired prose way ahead of deadline. Try me.
Expertise
Content Editor (online)
16 Years
Reporter
25 Years
Writer
25 Years
Specialty
Education
20 Years
Environment & Nature
18 Years
Lifestyle
24 Years
Industries
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
25 Years
Online/new media
16 Years
Nonprofit
16 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
26 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
American Airlines In-flight magazine (3-5), Current TV (3-5), North Bay Bohemian (3-5), Oh Comely Magazine (1-2), Narrative.ly (1-2), Dot429 (1-2), Geez Magazine (1-2), Sustainable Industries Journal (1-2), The Advocate (1-2), Whole LIfe Times (1-2), The Bold Italic (1-2), Kiwi Magazine (3-5), Parent Guide (1-2), Phoenix Forward Online Magazine (10+), Air America Radio - Ecotalk (10+), San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine (6-10), Phoenix Focus Magazine (3-5)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
A Hundred Monkeys (10+), Act Now Productions (10+), Cool The Earth (10+), Linked In Talent Solutions (10+), McGuire Real Estate (10+), Medallion Media (10+), iCohere Technology (10+), Prosight Specialty Insurance (10+), Saatchi & Saatchi S (10+), Salesforce.com Blog (10+), The Apollo Group (10+), Today\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (10+), Walmart World (6-10), Coldwell Banker (3-5), Parent Guide (1-2), Pogo Park (6-10)
Other Work History
Currently I am freelancing for Salesforce.com as a contracted brand journalist, as well as writing for University of Phoenix marketing publications. In the past I worked on the editorial staff at Rolling Stone magazine; I was also a segment producer on MTV's Jon Stewart Show, his first talk show on television..
Technical Skills
wordpress blogging, Managing Website production, facility with using CMS
Computer Skills
word, twitter, HTML, Facebook, salesforce, excel, wordpress
Equipment
laptop, audio recorder, transcriber, phone audio recorder, digital camera and video.
References
Carleen Cullen, Executive Director, Cool the Earth
Louis Venezia, Creative Director, The Group
Abby Wasserman, President, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts
Debbie Friedman, Producer, Ecotalk, Air America Radio
Betsy Rosenberg, Host, KCBS and Air America's Ecotalk
Danny Altman, Creative Director, A Hundred Monkeys
Awards
Platinum Award from Hermes for content writing, 2014
Gold Award for Magazine Writing from Marketing Communications, 2013
http://marcomawards.com/