
Writer, Director, Local Blogger, Marketing Manager, video & internet
Greater Seattle Area

Writer, Director, Local Blogger, Marketing Manager, video & internet
Greater Seattle Area
Three-time National Emmy Award winner (BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY, PBS/Disney) with over 23 years' experience as a Producer, Writer, Director and Marketing Manager in TV, multimedia, internet and technology.
I currently am seeking freelance opportunities as a Copywriter, Director, Producer or Blogger in comedic, advertising, marketing, corporate or educational.
Most recently I've built my own network of local blogs for the Southwest King County area, including the flagship site The B-Town (Burien) Blog (http://www.b-townblog.com).
Nominated for a 2005 Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directing in a Reality Series for Showtime's "Penn & Teller:Bullsh*t!"
Demo reel and full credits available at http://www.scottso.net
In a nutshell, I'm an award-winning experienced TV Writer turned budding internet media mogul!
Blogging, managing/building creative teams, producing content from scratch, proposal writing, pitching, production, budgeting, scheduling, media planning/buying, screenwriting, copywriting, comedy writing, reality video directing, interviewing, website creation/production, Wordpress, digital video production and much more. Wearer of many hats!
(Internet industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Founder/Publisher of new media company focusing on creating a network of local blogs for the SW King County area, including:
THE B-TOWN (BURIEN) BLOG – http://www.b-townblog.com
THE WATERLAND BLOG – http://www.waterlandblog.com
WHITE CENTER BLOG – http://www.whitecenterblog.com
I publish, edit, write, create graphics (including ads), produce videos and manage a team of Sales Reps for a growing business.
(Public Company; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
March 2002 — Present (7 years 9 months)
Comedy Director for numerous interview segments for "Penn & Teller:Bullshit!", a docu-comedy series on Showtime. Nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing in a Reality Series, 2005.
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
September 1985 — Present (24 years 3 months)
Freelance Director/Producer/Writer for broadcast TV shows like "Penn & Teller:Bullshit!" and ESPN's "Urban Outdoors."
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
November 2000 — November 2001 (1 year 1 month)
Programmed interactive TV channels for Music and Photos for Paul Allen startup in Kirkland, WA (for Charter Cable).
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year )
Created vision and drove all content for fast-growing streaming media portal website. Managed staff of Producer/Writers and Designers. Reported directly to CEO.
(Internet industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year )
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Online Media industry)
October 1996 — May 1998 (1 year 8 months)
Produced "Paul is Dead," an $890,000 online murder mystery using Flash, audio, chat and original music. Named "One of the Year's 10 Best of 1998" by Entertainment Weekly.
Wrote "15 Seconds of Fame," an online "reality show" featuring weird true stories of real people's real experiences, voiced by Charles Fleischer (voice of "Roger Rabbit").
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
February 1994 — May 1997 (3 years 4 months)
Served as Senior Writer for three-seasons of this PBS series; managed writing team, proposed bit ideas, wrote on 56 episodes, including music videos; won three National Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing.
(Internet industry)
1994 — 1997 (3 years )
(Internet industry)
1988 — 1992 (4 years )
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
1990 — 1991 (1 year )
Co-Creator/Producer/Writer of reality-comedy pilot series for CBS hosted by Bill Maher and featuring Rich Hall, Ryan Stiles and others. Very funny show...
(Public Company; Entertainment industry)
1990 — 1991 (1 year )
(Public Company; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
October 1988 — June 1990 (1 year 9 months)
Produced, Wrote and Directed numerous on-air promotions for Fox, including "Married with Children," "It's Garry Shandling's Show," "The Tracey Ullman Show" and everyone's favorite, "Duet."
(Privately Held; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
September 1985 — April 1988 (2 years 8 months)
Wrote comedy bits, desk bits, jokes and sketches for weekly Seattle comedy show.
Won six Northwest Emmy Awards for Writing/Producing.
Certificate , Screenwriting , September 1997 — June 1998
Earned Certificate in Screenwriting under the tutelage of Stewart Stern, writer of "Rebel Without A Cause."
B.A. , Radio/TV , September 1983 — June 1985
local bloggin, news writing, journalism, directing, comedy directing, comedy writing, reality TV, humor, corporate, marketing, advertising, Seattle, Los Angeles, television, video, digital video, internet, broadband, Wordpress, niche websites
Member, Directors Guild of America since 1988
Member, Writers Guild of America since 1992
• Three National Emmy Awards (BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY, PBS/Disney, 1996-98)
• Six Northwest Emmy Awards (ALMOST LIVE! KING-TV, 1985-88)
• Environmental Media Award (BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY, 1996)
• Communicator Award (MADISON STREET FILMS, 2004)
• Nominated for a Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directing in a Reality Show (PENN & TELLER:BULLSH*T!, SHOWTIME, 2005)