
Marketing Copywriter at IEEE
Greater New York City Area

Marketing Copywriter at IEEE
Greater New York City Area
Creative Copywriter and Supervisor
Publicity and Public Relations
Marketing Communications
Personal Marketing
Newsletters, Sales Support, Web Content,
Blog Writer, Golf Writer
Novelist
Innovative messaging
Targeted copy
Field sales support and retention
Corporate branding communications
Crisp web copy
Constructive communication
Engaging fiction and humor
Insightful and sharp golf commentary, reviews, and fiction
(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
The world's leading professional association
for the advancement of technology. Celebrating 125 years of engineering the future.
(Writing and Editing industry)
1983 — September 2009 (26 years )
TimWrites is my business homebase. http://www.timwrites.com.
Golferblogger is my golf writing blog: http://golferblogger.com
Former employers and clients:
Siemens Healthcare
Research & Education Association
Weichert Realtors
Burgdorff Realtors
Bantam Books
Avon Books
Avon Camelot Books
Dell Books
Doubleday and Company
HarperCollins
Kensington Publishing
Random House
Warner Books
Hachette Books
(Public Company; si; Industrial Automation industry)
June 2008 — April 2009 (11 months)
• Three audiences: Customer audiologists, consumer/public, internal sales and employees (international)
• Developed value messaging to strengthen customer base and grow market share
• Planned and wrote influential B2C and B2B marketing materials, ads, press releases, case studies, executive bios, newsletters, e-blasts, company trade show materials, and content for multiple websites.
• Managed external agencies and vendors.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2005 — June 2008 (2 years 7 months)
Wrote copy for marketing, promotion, and all communications, including book covers and introductions, website product and promotional content, newsletter to teaching professionals.
(Newspapers industry)
January 2003 — December 2005 (3 years )
• Co-founder and editor of Hunterdon Life and Suburban Trends glossy magazines. Developed stories with newspaper reporters and photographers of the Hunterdon County Democrat. Worked on layout, covers, and advertising.
• Planned each monthly issue, assigned features and editorial, wrote key articles.
• Worked with publisher, marketing/advertising department and sales staff to maximize the appeal of all newspaper supplements.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 1982 — December 1988 (7 years )
Copy Chief in charge of creating all cover copy for all paperback and hardcover titles.
BA , Speech, Theater, Communications
Corporate marketing communications, personal marketing training, consulting, golf writing, humor writing, songwriting, fantasy and science fiction, PC gaming and blogging.