Professional Experience
REBECCA THEIM has writing, editing, presentation and communications experience across a range of topics, industries, formats and outlets. She began her career as a daily newspaper reporter and continues to freelance for businesses and media outlets and Web sites. She also has senior communications experience for companies in sectors from media to manufacturing.
Rebecca routinely serves as organizations' de facto writer and editor, creating or improving the organization, clarity and aesthetic presentation of a variety of documents, including overseeing design and production of print and online collateral.
Rebecca has researched and written about topics as varied as U.S. staffing and employment trends, political patronage, expansion of casino gaming in the United States, desegregation of New Orleans' Mardi Gras krewes, bad bosses and Sex and the City's Mr. Big.
Rebecca is active on a number of social media sites, and blogs at You're Hired ... NOT!
Expertise
Content Editor (online) 15 YearsEditor 15 YearsWriter 25 Years
Specialty
Business (general) 15 YearsWomen's Issues 22 YearsOther, Specify 12 Years
Industries
Newspaper - Local/Regional 10 YearsPR (in-house) - Fortune 1000 corp. clients 13 YearsPR (firm) - Small to mid-sized corp. clients 5 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
- Various trad publications (10+)
- (New Orleans) Times-Picayune (10+)
- Christian Science Monitor (1-2)
- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (10+)
- Insure.com (1-2)
- MSN Money (1-2)
- Chicago Sun-Times (1-2)
- Insure.com (3-5)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
- Ameristar Casinos, Inc. (10+)
- Britannica.com, Inc. (10+)
- Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (10+)
- UPM (10+)
Awards
IABC Silver and Gold Quills, PRSA Bronze Anvil, AP Managing Editors' Award
Associations
IABC, PRSA
Unions
N/A
Computer Skills
MS-WORD, MS-PowerPoint, Adobe
Business - Careers/Workplace
(The Wall Street Journal 7/11/2026)
Career Journal feature I wrote about the wisdom of outplacement advice.
(Chicago Tribune 7/11/2026)
A variety of short-form career-related articles I freelanced for the Chicago Tribune's business section.
(Chicago Tribune 7/11/2026)
Article I freelanced for the Sunday Chicago Tribune about bad bosses.
(Chicago Tribune 7/11/2026)
(Chicago Tribune 7/11/2026)
A story I freelanced for the Chicago Tribune business section about negotiating upfront for severance.
(Chicago Tribune 7/11/2026)
A column I freelanced for the Chicago Tribune about the enduring allure of Sex and the City's Mr. Big.
Feature Writing
(UPM North America 7/11/2026)
Feature article I wrote for a safety-themed issue of an internal magazine about the effects a serious injury had on a former employee and his family.
(Chicago Tribune 7/11/2026)
An article I freelanced for the Chicago Tribune about the emotional difficulties of female infertility.
(The Times-Picayune 7/11/2026)
A survivor of child incest tells her horrific story after finally seeing her assailant - her stepfather - convicted and jailed.
Ghost Writing
(International Advertising Association 7/11/2026)
Brief article I ghost wrote for then-Playboy Enterprises Chairman and CEO Christie Hefner about the global expansion of the company's brand.
(Denver Post 7/11/2026)
Op-ed I wrote for the CEO of a Las Vegas-based casino company about benefits of the expansion of casino gaming in Colorado.
(Traffic World magazine 7/11/2026)
Commentary I ghost wrote for senior executives of Bayer, Occidental Chemical and UPM about unfair railroad industry pricing practices and regulatory reform their industries recommend.
(UPM North America 7/11/2026)
Sample of the President's Letter I wrote quarterly for the four-color regional magazine distributed to employees, vendors and other stakeholders.
Marketing & Corporate Collateral
(UPM North America 7/11/2026)
Congressional Position paper I developed for federal lobbying purposes by UPM North America.
(UPM North America 7/11/2026)
Customer brochure developed for North American customers of this international manufacturing company.
(Playboy Enterprises 7/11/2026)
Playboy Enterprises Annual Review, which I wrote and oversaw design and production. It was packaged with the company's 10-K.
General
(Las Vegas-based casino company 7/11/2026)
Shareholder's letter I ghost wrote for the CEO and Vice Chairman of a Las Vegas-based casino company.