at Kaiser in Pasadena every weekday
Greater Los Angeles Area
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- Web Content Coordinator at Kaiser Permanente IT
- DJ/Karaoke Host at Singing For My Supper Entertainment
- General Manager/Karaoke Host/DJ at Starlight Entertainment
- Staff Reporter/Columnist at Comic Book Resources
- Staff Reporter at Comicbookresources.com
- Graphic Designerat Freelance (Self-employed)
- Writer/Editorat Freelance (Self-employed)
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- Editor in Chief at Los Angeles Herald-Dispatch
- Content Editor at AOL Digital City/AOL Cityguides
- Content Editor at AOL City Guide
- Senior Producer at NextPlanetover
- Administrative Assistant at Crystal Stairs
- Education
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- University of Southern California
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Hannibal Tabu’s Summary
I've got a wide variety of experience, including but not limited to web production, journalism, entertainment, copywriting and publicity.
My goals include finishing a series of novels (two down, four to go, one available on Amazon), maintaining a stable income based on my experience and skills and to maintain a position where I am trusted to do the work I was hired to do.
Hannibal Tabu’s Specialties:
Graphic and information design, project management, news, entertainment reporting, layout, photo editing and management, editorial, management, copywriting, event production, live sound, music production, artist management, press releases and media consulting.
Hannibal Tabu’s Experience
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Web Content Coordinator
Kaiser Permanente IT
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
June 2008 — Present (7 months)
This contract position through Aquent has me acting as a liason between clients (marketing executives from around the country) to technical staff (web editors, developers, designers and so on) while sometimes doing some web updates, PDF preparation and information architecture consulting on the fly.
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DJ/Karaoke Host
Singing For My Supper Entertainment
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years)
Every week I pick up and drop off sound equipment -- 300 watt Crown amplifier, two JBL Eon speakers, Mackie mixer, cabling and what have you -- and drive to and from a Torrance location to set up, break down and run a karaoke show with numerous dance breaks. I also keep a carefully crafted set of DJ music to keep the show interesting.
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General Manager/Karaoke Host/DJ
Starlight Entertainment
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
September 2004 — Present (4 years 4 months)
Website, logo and graphic design (www.starlightentertainment.net); desktop publishing (flyers, sign up sheets, brochures, etc.); market research; client and media relations; engineering and executing marketing campaigns; transporting, setting up and breaking down audio equipment; weekly hosting of karaoke shows
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Staff Reporter/Columnist
Comic Book Resources
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
October 2003 — Present (5 years 3 months)
Daily reporting on genre film development, weekly reviews of periodicals. Sorry this position is listed twice, but my "co-workers" have it listed both ways, and I'm connected, so ...
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Staff Reporter
Comicbookresources.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
October 2003 — Present (5 years 3 months)
Daily reporting on genre film development, weekly reviews of periodicals. Sorry this position is listed twice, but my "co-workers" have it listed both ways, and I'm connected, so ...
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Graphic Designer
Freelance (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)
July 1997 — Present (11 years 6 months)
With clients ranging from Disney Channel, Toyota Motor Sales and the California Association of Realtors to smaller companies like Starlight Entertainment, I've built websites from the ground up (the original eHobbies.com), redesigned multi million dollar sites (soapnet.com, the original nextplanetover.com), created style guides (California Bank & Trust), created logos, designed stationery, done press kits, directed photo shoots, implimented the designs of others, created HTML emails, made flyers, designed outdoor advertising and essentially done everything that you can do pushing pixels.
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Writer/Editor
Freelance (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Publishing industry)
May 1993 — Present (15 years 8 months)
I handle wordsmithing duties for a variety of clients, including web and ad copywriting for Fishbrain, LLC and Virgin Records. If it needs writing, I take care of it.
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Editor in Chief
Los Angeles Herald-Dispatch
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
December 2001 — April 2007 (5 years 5 months)
All editorial and layout responsibilities for weekly community newspaper. Using Photoshop, Quark XPress, FTP applications and email to create, edit and transfer files to printers in Tujunga.
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Content Editor
AOL Digital City/AOL Cityguides
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
March 2002 — January 2003 (11 months)
Maintain daily listings on various content portal pages. Creative writing of marketing copy and reviews of venues and events. Extensive liaising with external organizations to maintain listing integrity. Some image editing in Photoshop, some copy editing.
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Content Editor
AOL City Guide
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
March 2002 — January 2003 (11 months)
Maintain daily listings on various content portal pages. Creative writing of marketing copy and reviews of venues and events. Extensive liaising with external organizations to maintain listing integrity. Some image editing in Photoshop, some copy editing. Again, listed twice because people display it differently.
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Senior Producer
NextPlanetover
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
August 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 4 months)
Supervised a staff of four web producers and five editors, maintaining both the eHobbies and NextPlanetOver e-commerce sites. Creative direction for all sites, including design work on cobranded magazines, promotional imagery and presentation, leaf level content of various types, photography (both direction and camera work), developing style guides and color schemes, promotional and feature writing and editing, creating print and web graphics, as well as numerous other creative duties. Daily HTML production work inside an ASP framework on both sites, handled integration of content and code at multiple levels. Determined hardware and software assignments for much of the department, additionally provided low level IT support. Creative direction and information design on redesigns for both sites. Managed workplace integration of NextPlanetOver website when acquired by eHobbies, taking on all production responsibilities.
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Administrative Assistant
Crystal Stairs
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
January 1996 — August 1996 (8 months)
Assist in promotions, public relations and development duties, including desktop publishing, maintaining contact database, corporate communications and assisting with marketing strategy.
Hannibal Tabu’s Education
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University of Southern California
BA, Creative Writing, 1991 — 1995
- Activities and Societies:
- Black Student Union, Student Associaton of Black Journalists, Association of Blacks in Pre-Law Education, Daily Trojan newspaper, V campus alternative newspaper
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