Jim Gallant

Current

• Member, Board of Directors at American Marketing Association - Boston

Past

• Vice President of Communications, Boston Chapter at American Marketing Association
• Senior Copywriter & Principal at Licensed to Write
• Communications Program Manager at Sun Microsystems, Inc.

• Engagement Consultant and Engineer at MediaBridge, Inc.
• Technical Writer and Sr. Tech Support Engineer at Avid Technology, Inc.
• Freelance News & Video Production Assistant at Various clients

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Education

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• College of the Holy Cross
• Northeastern University

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Connections

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Jim Gallant’s Experience

• Member, Board of Directors

  American Marketing Association - Boston

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

• Vice President of Communications, Boston Chapter

  American Marketing Association

  (Non-Profit; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2007 — June 2009 (2 years )

  Engage the Greater Boston marketing community with informative and timely Web content, insightful articles and promotion of educational and networking events

• Senior Copywriter & Principal

  Licensed to Write

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 4 months)

• Communications Program Manager

  Sun Microsystems, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Computer Software industry)

  February 1999 — May 2005 (6 years 4 months)

  Communications Program Manager in Customer Services

• Engagement Consultant and Engineer

  MediaBridge, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Printing industry)

  November 1997 — February 1999 (1 year 4 months)

  Transformed print businesses into digital publishers. Improved productivity and facilitated creativity by designing digital workflow and media management solutions for major magazines, newspapers, and marketers throughout the U.S.

• Technical Writer and Sr. Tech Support Engineer

  Avid Technology, Inc.

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; AVID; Media Production industry)

  September 1994 — December 1997 (3 years 4 months)

  Revived Tech Notes program, wrote user guides for video, film, and effects artists, and supported technical and creative professionals at Disney, Sony, Universal, ESPN, ABC, CBS, and NBC.

• Freelance News & Video Production Assistant

  Various clients

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  December 1990 — September 1994 (3 years 10 months)

Jim Gallant’s Education

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  Certificate , Computer Science , 1995 — 1995

• College of the Holy Cross

  B.A. , English , 1983 — 1987

  Activities and Societies:

  Cross and Scroll Society
  Rugby Club

• Northeastern University

  Graduate Certificate , Technical Writing

  summa cum laude

Additional Information

Jim Gallant’s Interests:

Live music, hiking, writing, cooking and shooting digital SLR

Jim Gallant’s Groups:

American Marketing Association, Boston chapter - Vice President of Communications
American Medical Writers Association, New England chapter, Member

•    AMA Boston Marketers
•    College of the Holy Cross Alumni
•    Strategic Communication
•    White Paper Success Summit 2009
•    Social Media for the Arts Organization

Jim Gallant’s Honors:

Top Performer - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Knowledge Management - 2003

Award of Merit - Society of Technical Communicators- 1996

Jim Gallant’s Contact Settings

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