Vickery Eckhoff

23 East Tenth Street New York City, NY 10003 USA
http://www.WordSandbox.com
20 Years Experience

Professional Experience

Master B2B/B2C copywriter and brand strategist hailed by Dow Jones, The NY Times, Forbes Media and AmEx as "fast, creative and strategic," "excellent," "a terrific writer," "able to communicate complicated concepts in a clear, concise, manner," "a delight to work with" and "a creative soul who understands business needs: a great combination!" I write for affluent, educated consumers and executive-level decision makers in business, finance, tech, health care, media, packaged goods, travel, food/wine and luxury categories. Extensive experience producing long/short content, ads, social media, SEO, white papers, e-newsletters, book jackets, brochures, catalogs, corp communications, powerpoint proposals, sales and training materials and content for the digital news media. Visit my portfolio (WordSandbox.com), my Forbes.com contributor page (forbes.com/sites/vickeryeckhoff) and my personal blog (vickeryeckhoff.com). Reach me at 917-439-8748. I'm @viglet on Twitter

Expertise

Content Editor (online) 16 YearsCopywriter 20 YearsReporter 3 Years

Specialty

Business (general) 15 YearsConsumer Products 20 YearsFinance 15 Years

Industries

Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 16 YearsOnline/new media 15 YearsAdvertising agency 5 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • American Express Custom Publishing (10+)
  • USA Weekend Magazine (6-10)
  • Forbes (10+)
  • McGraw Hill (10+)
  • Advertising Age (10+)
  • Amacom Books (10+)
  • POPstick (10+)
  • American Heritage (10+)
  • Dow Jones & Company (10+)
  • Forbes.com (6-10)
  • The Marketing Director (6-10)
  • Op-70 (3-5)
  • Far Hills Media (3-5)
  • Blue Dingo (3-5)
  • brandpersonal.com (3-5)
  • R/GA (3-5)
  • Eisenman Associates (1-2)
  • The New York Times (10+)
  • Time Inc. (6-10)
  • GuruMaker (1-2)
  • ForbesLife (6-10)
  • Badalato Ginsberg (6-10)
  • Conde Nast (6-10)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Ortho-McNeil (3-5)
  • XACT (3-5)
  • Wachovia (3-5)
  • Pulse Equity Partners (3-5)
  • YAN Center for Corrective & Cosmetic Surgery (1-2)
  • Verizon Wireless (1-2)
  • Kimberly-Clark (1-2)
  • Hamilton Design (1-2)
  • Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (1-2)
  • Nike (1-2)
  • Goldman Sachs (6-10)
  • First Investors (3-5)
  • Sheppard Machinery Inc. (10+)
  • Virgin (10+)
  • World March for Peace and Nonviolence (10+)
  • Now and Forever Funding (3-5)
  • Kraft General Foods (6-10)
  • Bank of America (6-10)
  • Bank of America (3-5)
  • Majestic Research (3-5)
  • Humana (3-5)
  • Sony (3-5)
  • Smith Affiliated Capital (10+)

Awards

Art Directors Annual

Associations

Ogilvy Past and Present Freelancers Union

Other Work History

Creative Director, WordSandbox The New York Times (copy manager) dMIND Corporation (senior writer and communications manager) American Express Custom Publishing (executive editor) Esquire (copy director) Forbes (senior writer, special sections and programs) Amacom Books (copywriter/designer) Ogilvy and Mather (art director)

Technical Skills

Photo editing, content management

Foreign Language Skills

English, French, Italian

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Quark, Photoshop, Wordpress

Equipment

iMac, digital recorder, digital camera/video, etc.

References

"I worked closely with Vickery for two years while she was a freelance copywriter/manager at The New York Times. She was, and is, a delight to work with. Always enthusiastic and positive, she also understood the needs of her diverse clients and audiences and worked diligently to fine tune just the right message. Vickery is a creative soul who understands business needs. A great combination. Jeff Honea, Creative Director, The New York Times "Vickery is an excellent writer. She can communicate complicated concepts in a concise, clear manner. Vickery is also reliable, detail-oriented and delightful to work with." Catey Hill, Marketing Manager, Forbes Magazine "Vickery is fast, creative and strategic. Her writing always cut right to what the project or client required, with few revisions and always capturing the essence of the brand. She is really easy to work with and never misses a beat." Trisha Clark, Owner, The Marketing Director Group, Inc.