Production Artist/Proofreader at Phoenix Creative
Greater St. Louis Area
- Current
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- Founder/Owner at GaragePunk.com
- Production Artist/Proofreader at Phoenix Creative Co.
- Founder/Owner at TIRC Records
- Past
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- Volunteer Programmer at Double Helix Corporation (KDHX-FM 88.1)
- Founder/Owner at The Lowlife Guide to St. Louis
- Warehouse Manager at CompUSA, Inc.
- Education
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- Broadcast Center
- Central Missouri State University
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Jeffrey Kopp’s Summary
Production artist and main agency proofreader at Phoenix Creative, a design/marketing firm located in downtown St. Louis. Host of The Wayback Machine radio show on KDHX-FM 88.1 in St. Louis from November 1995 until August 2006. Set up a website for the show at GaragePunk.com in June 2001. Started the GaragePunk Forums message board in August 2002 which quickly became the largest online community for "garage, punk, and primitive rock'n'roll." Launched the GaragePunk Podcast network on August 14, 2005, the first "garage, punk, and primitive rock'n'roll podcast syndicate" that podcasts different music shows daily with more than a thousand subscribers and is one of the featured music podcasts in the iTunes Podcast Directory.
Jeffrey Kopp’s Specialties:
production artist, proofreading, copy editing, music, radio, communications, media, podcasting, management, message boards, web design, organization, music promotion, on-air talent, broadcasting, blogging, social networking, retail, warehousing
Jeffrey Kopp’s Experience
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Founder/Owner
GaragePunk.com
(Internet industry)
June 2001 — Present (8 years 2 months)
Owner/Administrator of GaragePunk.com website, including the former GaragePunk Forums message board, GaragePunk Podcast network (main blog) and "The GaragePunk Hideout" social network.
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Production Artist/Proofreader
Phoenix Creative Co.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 2000 — Present (9 years)
Main agency proofreader for marketing/design/communications agency located in downtown St. Louis. I also provide minor production assistance when needed (both software and manual). Experienced in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, HTML, Microsoft Office, Powerpoint, etc. Very skilled in English grammar, punctuation, spelling, and usage. Familiar with the AP Stylebook and The Chicago Manual of Style.
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Founder/Owner
TIRC Records
(Music industry)
February 2000 — Present (9 years 6 months)
TIRC (Trouble in River City) Records, independent rock'n'roll record label based in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Volunteer Programmer
Double Helix Corporation (KDHX-FM 88.1)
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
November 1995 — August 2006 (10 years 10 months)
Volunteer programmer/radio show host of The Wayback Machine, a weekly two-hour radio program on 50,000-watt KDHX-FM 88.1 in St. Louis, Mo., from November 1995 to August 2006. The show featured "the past, present, and future of garage, punk, and primitive rock'n'roll."
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Founder/Owner
The Lowlife Guide to St. Louis
(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
July 2001 — June 2006 (5 years)
I owned and operated the Lowlife Guide to Saint Louis online city guide/wiki. The website won an award for "Best Local Website" for 2003 in the Riverfront Times (local entertainment weekly). I took the site offline in June 2006 due to lack of time to keep it properly updated.
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Warehouse Manager
CompUSA, Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CUSA; Retail industry)
April 1993 — June 2000 (7 years 3 months)
Warehouse Manager at a retail computer superstore.
Jeffrey Kopp’s Education
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Broadcast Center
Professional Education , Broadcast Journalism , 1988 — 1989
- Activities and Societies:
- Post-graduate professional education in Broadcast Journalism.
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Central Missouri State University
Bachelor of Science , Broadcasting & Film, Journalism, Management, Photography , 1984 — 1988
- Activities and Societies:
- National Broadcasting Society AERho.
Additional Information
Jeffrey Kopp’s Websites:
Jeffrey Kopp’s Interests:
garage rock, garage punk, punk rock, rock'n'roll, surf, R&B, rockabilly, music, writing, editing, copywriting, proofreading, radio, television, film, movies, B-movies, baseball, corkball, ice hockey, barbecue, classic cars, Mopars, hot rods, lowbrow art, outsider art, broadcasting, podcasting, blogging, production, web design, retail, promotion, management, media, travel, history, culture, politics
Jeffrey Kopp’s Groups:
GaragePunk Podcast Network, International Brotherhood of Rock'n'Roll Fanatics (IBRF), River City Corkball Club, St. Louis Area Mopars (SLAM), TIRC (Trouble in River City Productions), etc.
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LinkedWorking St. Louis
Jeffrey Kopp’s Honors:
Savage Kick - Best Podcast (Riverfront Times), 2007
The Wayback Machine - Best Rock Radio Program (Riverfront Times), 2003
The Lowlife Guide to St. Louis - Best Local Website (Riverfront Times), 2003
Jeffrey Kopp’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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