Advertising Job History • • •
Related Experience • • •
Web Tools • • •
Awards • • •
Education
Key Skills: Creative concepts & writing, information architecture, copy editing.
ADVERTISING JOB HISTORY
Senior Copywriter, H & A Associates (2006 -- now) -- Marketing consultancy for MiTek Industries , makers of computer-driven industrial automation for component manufacturers.
Senior Copywriter, JT Mega Marketing Communications, Minneapolis, MN (2001--2006)
Founder, Social Animals, Minneapolis, MN (on weekends, 2000--2007) -- Internet startup making patent-pending role-playing dialogue courses.
- Clients: Clear Channel Radio, Hennepin County. Now selling via Amazon.
Senior Interactive Writer, Colle & McVoy, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2000--2001)
Senior Interactive Writer, Zentropy (formerly Digital Cafe/Campbell Mithun), Minneapolis, Minnesota (1999)
- Clients: Fanball.com, General Mills, St. Paul Public Schools, Land O' Lakes
Senior Interactive Copywriter, LogicBay (formerly Tobin Erdmann & Jacobsen), Minneapolis, Minnesota (1998-1999)
Senior Copywriter, Interactive division of Martin/Williams Advertising, Minneapolis (1997)
Senior Copywriter, Lynch Jarvis Jones, Minneapolis (1995 -1997)
- Clients: Fairview Hospitals, Mn. Dept. of Health (Immunizations), Mn. Dept. of Public Safety (Violence Prevention), Twin Cities One-to-One (mentoring), Minnegasco.
Senior Copywriter, Foley Sackett, Minneapolis (1995 -1995)
Senior Copywriter, Fahlgren, Columbus, Ohio (1993 -1994)
Senior Copywriter, Lintas, Auckland, New Zealand (1992 -1993)
- Clients: NEC, Greenpeace, Sterling drugs, Griffins cookies
Senior Copywriter, Colenso (BBDO), Auckland, New Zealand (1988 -1992)
- Clients: Roche pharmaceuticals, Colmans mustard, Ribena
fruit juice, Crofters desserts, Lockwood homes, Deka retail stores, Champ dog food, Macleans toothpaste, Free & Lovely shampoo.
Copywriter, Ogilvy & Mather, Wellington, New Zealand (1986 -1987)
- Clients: Shell (gasoline, lubricants, agricultural pesticides),
Canterbury Timber, New Zealand Post
Copywriter, Needham Los Angeles (now Rubin Postaer) (1983 - 1985)
- Clients:
Honda (cars), Gallo Wines, Kubota Tractors, McDonalds (S.W.), Crocker Bank, La Petite Boulangerie.
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Movie & TV scriptwriter, Los Angeles (1977-82) - wrote 3 features, sold one.
- Newsletter & Magazine Editor, L.A. (1978-82) - for Beneficial Standard Life Insurance and the National Health Law Program
- TV News Cameraman, Washington, D.C. (1975-76) - Capitol Hill News Service
WEB TOOLS :
- Familiar with: HTML text editors, Microsoft Access, MS Word, Power Point
- Dabbling with: Director, ASP, Authorware, Image Ready, Photoshop
- Bronze Pushpin at The Show, Minneapolis, for this website.
- 2 Addy awards (Ohio) for Huntington Banks and Miracle Motor Mart print ads; Best of Show Addy (Ohio) for Apex hoses print ads. Apex ad featured in Communication Arts; Miracle Motor Mart ad and Huntington Banks ("Snow") ad selected for Adweek.
- Mobius First Prize (Twin Peaks TV3 billboard); Finalist, International Advertising Festival of New York (Ribena juice--radio); Joint Winner, Grand Prize, Radio New Zealand's Stan Freberg Award (Ribena).
- Clio Finalists for 2 Horlicks print ads and 1 Champ dogfood print ad; Silver, International Advertising Festival of New York (Horlicks malt drink--print); Lurzer's International Archive, Vol. 2 and New Zealand Newspaper Advertising Award (both for Greenpeace driftnets); Finalist, International Advertising Festival of New York (Lockwood homes--print).
- Finalist, International Advertising Festival of New York (Colman's mustard); New Zealand Bronze Axis award (Greenpeace).
- Honorable Mention, Australian F.A.C.T. Awards (Shell TV).
- Silver International TV & Video Awards, Chicago (Shell training video).
EDUCATION
- EDUCATION: Yale University, B.A. 1973 (English & Film)
- LANGUAGES: French (fluent), Japanese, Spanish.
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