Roger Burks

Current

• Co-Founder at Pictographers
• Senior Writer at Mercy Corps

Past

• Communications Specialist at CARE USA
• Communications Specialist at Tetra Pak
• Content Developer at GTE Wireless

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Roger Burks’s Summary

Communications professional with more than 15 years of experience in the public and private sectors, including: writing and editing articles, appeals and publications; strategy, research, creation and presentation of advertising and public relations campaigns; project design and management; project monitoring and evaluation; public speaking; market research; web page design and administration; creating training curricula, manuals, and other educational materials; and development of organizational newsletters and promotional materials

Roger Burks’s Specialties:

Documentary field work; publications; website content; copywriting; photography; grant writing

Roger Burks’s Experience

• Co-Founder

  Pictographers

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Created a company that specializes in workshops for writing and editing, with the goal of training humanitarian journalists and storytellers who will work to achieve dignity and development through communications

• Senior Writer

  Mercy Corps

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years )

  • Wrote, edited and managed content for the Mercy Corps website
  • Collaborated on a variety of marketing appeals, leading to an unprecedented influx of new monthly giving donors, as well as strong donor retention
  • Engaged in the complete re-branding of the organization, including an overhaul of the website, marketing materials and other external communications strategies
  • Traveled to Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, India, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Niger, Uganda, China, Nepal, Mongolia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia and the U.S. Gulf Coast to interview beneficiaries, gather story material, take photographs, observe projects and cover emergency situations
  • Spearheaded many special projects, including ghost-writing executive communications and reports to donors