SKILLS & PROFICIENCIES

SUCCESSFULLY HAS MAINTAINED A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WRITTEN WORD, RANGING FROM FIVE MINUTE STANDUP TO SKETCHES TO SCREENPLAYS.
PASSIONS INCLUDE CONCEPTING, CREATING AND OTHERWISE CONTRIBUTING TV/RADIO, DIGITAL/SOCIAL, OUT-OF-HOME AND EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVATIONS TO 360 CAMPAIGNS AIMED AT EVERYTHING FROM PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CARE TO PROVIDERS OF ENTERTAINMENT.
INJECTS HUMOR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WHETHER ITS COLLABORATING WITH CO-WORKERS, THROUGH THE WORK ITSELF OR IN PRESENTATIONS TO CREATIVE DIRECTORS AND CLIENTS.
ADEPT AT ADVISING AND APPLYING ALLITERATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE AT ANY AND ALL……OPPORTUNITIES.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BUILDING EXPERIENCE AND OFFERING CREATIVE COPYWRITING SERVICES FOR LOCAL BUSINESS’S ADVERTISING & MARKETING NEEDS, ALL THE WHILE TESTING THE TECHNICAL WRITING WATERS.

ASSOCIATE COPYWRITER

AS AN INTERN CREATED SOCIAL CAMPAIGNS FOR HUMANA INTENDED TO GET BABY BOOMERS BACK OUTDOORS, CAME UP WITH COMPELLING REASONS FOR PEOPLE TO SPEND THEIR PTO IN CHICAGO FOR THE CITY’S TOURISM BOARD AND CONCEPTED SHOPPING EXPERIENCES FOR VARIOUS RETAILERS.
JOINED THE RECENTLY WON COMCAST ACCOUNT AND WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THE CLIENT TO ESTABLISH A NEW LOOK, FEEL AND TONE THROUGH MULTIPLE CHANNELS FOR THE BRAND.
LAUNCHED THE COMPANY’S MASSIVE NEW MOBILE NETWORK WITH TV/RADIO SPOTS, OUT-OF-HOME AND DIGITAL/SOCIAL TACTICS. ALSO PRODUCED RETAIL-ORIENTED IN-STORE AND OUT-OF-HOME EXPERIENTIAL TACTICS FOR REDESIGNED XFINITY STORES.
COLLABORATED ON MULTIPLE AWARD INITIATIVES AS WELL AS NEW BUSINESS PITCHES AND ATE A TON OF POTBELLY’S SANDWICHES, THE #5 IN PARTICULAR.

COPY EDITOR/COPYWRITER

STARTED WORK AS A COPY EDITOR, WHICH REQUIRED ENSURING THAT ALL SPELLING AND GRAMMAR IS CORRECT AND THAT THE TONE COINCIDES WITH THE COMPANY’S TRADEMARK VOICE AND WIT.
TRANSITIONED INTO THE ROLE OF COPYWRITER AND WROTE AND EDITED CUSTOMER FACING LANGUAGE THAT COMPLIED WITH BOTH THE MERCHANTS AND THE COMPANY’S GUIDELINES.

COPYWRITER

BACHELOR OF ARTS; SCREENWRITING