Professional Experience
Visibility, awareness, and impact create the backbone of my three decades of Marketing Communications experience in thirty-three different industries covering the spectrum of local grassroots to international B2B and B2C markets. My Integrated Marketing skills additionally encompass writing, public and media relations, promotions, advertising, sales, and creative strategy business development. As a freelance independent communications specialist, I have helped businesses streamline operations while expanding their marketing outreach through alliance partnerships, special events, and cross-pollination market strategies. I have spent my life consulting with companies to guide them with cohesive communications internally and externally for business organizations have brand continuity and execution.
Expertise
Copywriter
29 Years
Promotions
29 Years
Other, Specify
29 Years
Specialty
Entertainment
29 Years
Other, Specify
29 Years
Music
17 Years
Industries
Broadcasting - Ent - Radio (Local)
29 Years
Online/new media
29 Years
Other
29 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
29 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Backstage West/Hollywood Reporter (6-10), CBS/Disney -Ghost Whisperer (10+), Entertainment Reporter/Author, Nelson Aspen (10+), Disneyland (6-10), Clearchannel/Premiere Radio Los Angeles (10+), Who Did That Music? (6-10), Tessa Clarke - Singer (6-10), Time Warner Cable (6-10), Incredibly Serious Productions (6-10), Front Street Studios (3-5), Alan Jacobson (Simon & Schuster) (3-5), Alison England - Opera Singer (3-5), Jon Hartmann Music (3-5), KDOC-TV (1-2), KIIS-FM - JoJo Wright (1-2), KIIS-FM - Kiis&Unite Pediatric AIDS & Wango Tango (1-2), KOCE-TV (1-2), KZLA Radio Los Angeles (1-2), Fox Family Channel - Chris Leary/Fox Kids Countown (1-2), HBTV (1-2), Holland Marketing - Boot Music (1-2), Happy Gilmore Productions/Prod. Asst. (1-2), 1022, Inc. - Singer, Vann Johnson (1-2), Actress/Author/Activist, Mimi Kennedy (10+), Academy of Radio Broadcasting (1-2), Century Cable (1-2), CBS - Washington D.C./Showmex (1-2), Michael Griffin = Master of Escape (1-2), NMN Entertainment (1-2), Maurice Gainen - Starbucks music engineer (1-2), Sci-Fi Channel/Prod. Asst. (1-2), Screen Actors Guild (1-2), Oscar Party - Celebration of Artistic Freedom (1-2), Paramount Pictures/Prod. Asst. (1-2), Seattle Film Festival (1-2), Showmex-CBS Showbiz Expo, Washington, DC (1-2), Warner Bros. Television/Prod.Asst. (1-2), American Women In Radio & Television (10+), BNN Bourns News Network (1-2), Asiance Magazine - Freelance Writer (1-2), Celebrity Sportstalk-WSNR,KMPC (1-2), O'Brien & Shore Broadcast Enterprises (1-2), HBO-SHOWTIME- Queer As Folk,IFP,AFIBereft, Speak, (10+), Touchstone Television/Prod.Asst. (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
State of CA Agricultural -Jill Lloyd & Associates (10+), Nutra Nuts - Grandpa Po's Originals (3-5), Adeline's Gourmet Foods (3-5), Hollenbeck Youth Center Inner City Games (1-2), I.L.P. - Riverside/San Bernardino County (1-2), Meiselman-Rede Media Group (1-2), 'Round Here Communications (1-2), Screen Actors Guild (1-2), World Business Solutions (1-2), Zokalo Entertainment (1-2), Puppyworks - K9 Games (1-2), Melissa's Salon Concepts (10+), OC Market Place (10+), Orange County Fair (10+), Rhythm Channel, Inc. (10+), Stage 1 at Candlewalk - Lonestar Concert (1-2), Stage 1 at Candlewalk - Olivia Newton-John concert (1-2), Waikiki Willie's Rock-n-Roll Seafood (1-2), What If...Inc. (10+), SLE Corp (3-5), Temecula Valley Int'l Film & Music Festival (3-5), Laguna Sawdust Festival via JLA (3-5), American Film Production Services (1-2), Boricua Bros - Urban Graffiti Live Slam Fest (1-2), Brandon D'Amore Productions (1-2), Computer Forensics International (1-2), Crestone International (1-2), Divorce Party The Musical (1-2), Eleventh Hour Entertainment (1-2), Grobstein, Horwath & Co. (1-2), Infotrex Network Systems (1-2), Johnnie Walker Corp. (1-2), Kelly Blake Marketing (1-2), Los Angeles County Fair (1-2)
Other Work History
See website: www.braingasm.com
Technical Skills
Video editing - Adobe Premiere Elements; Web design via Yahoo Small Business (from scratch) and Word Press. Blogsite creation - Blogspot.com, Wordpress, Hubpages in association with Google Adsense; SEO.
Foreign Language Skills
Basic conversational French & Japanese.
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office (all programs within); Filemaker Pro (Mac & PC); Adobe Premiere Elements. More than 75 social network platforms including the mainstream YouTube, Daily Motion, Vimeo, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, Vine, Myspace, many international cultural sites as well as aggregation.
Equipment
Canon digital camera (video and still), laptop, etc.
Work Permits & Visas
U.S. Citizen, FCC Broadcasting License
References
Available upon Request
Awards
Pro Bono Humanitatus - Aztec Sun Press
Orange County Optimist Club
Academy of Achievement Award - Press Telegram
Official O.C.Fair Cowhand
Associations
Though these associations are now defunct, my experience acquired from leadership roles is from being an active member and chair.
American Women In Radio & Television - Los Angeles Chapter (Vice President of Programming), Genii Awards and Gracie Awards
Women In Communications, Orange County Chapter (President); Matrix Awards Co-Chair
See resume for dates/details
Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce