Toni Birdsong

Current

Owner at Birdsong Creative

Past

Sr. Communications Specialist at The Walt Disney Company
Writer at Walt Disney Imagineering
News Editor at Los Angeles Downtown News

Managing Editor at The Prescott Sun

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Education

East Carolina University

Recommended

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Connections

213 connections

Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

Toni Birdsong’s Summary

Toni Page Birdsong is an award-winning writer with 20 years of experience. She launched her career as a reporter covering courts, business, politics, the arts and entertainment. In that time, she's penned more than 2,000 newspaper, magazine and Internet articles. Toni has spent 10 years writing for The Walt Disney Company (7 with Imagineering) profiling the amazing people behind "the magic." As a Senior Communications Specialist at Disney, she helped roll out targeted communications — both printed and online — to 120,000 employees worldwide. She is currently co-owner of Birdsong Creative, a leading visual design and communications company located in Historic Downtown Franklin, Tennessee, a burgeoning entertainment and publishing economy outside of Nashville. Birdsong Creative clients include: New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews, The Walt Disney Company, Big Idea, Propeller Consulting, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Indelible Creative Group, Gaiam, Vaco, InternetSafety.com, Genius Products, Word Entertainment, and a number of fantastic clients located between Los Angeles, Atlanta and New York.

Toni Birdsong’s Specialties:

Branding, Communications, Logos, Ad Campaigns, Visual Graphics, Web, Naming, Environmental Graphics, Copywriting, Fiction Writing.

Toni Birdsong’s Experience

Owner

Birdsong Creative

(Writing and Editing industry)

Currently holds this position
Sr. Communications Specialist

The Walt Disney Company

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DIS; Entertainment industry)

January 1997 — December 2007 (11 years )
Writer

Walt Disney Imagineering

(Public Company; DIS; Entertainment industry)

January 1997 — December 2006 (10 years )
News Editor

Los Angeles Downtown News

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

1993 — 1996 (3 years )
Managing Editor

The Prescott Sun

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

May 1990 — February 1992 (1 year 10 months)

Served as managing editor for a high-profile newspaper in northern Arizona. Covered local and state politics and wrote a highly visible and controversial column twice a week. Won the Arizona Newspapers Association Outstanding News Feature Award, 1991.

Toni Birdsong’s Education

East Carolina University

BA , Communications, Political Science , 1984 — 1989

Activities and Societies:

Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, Newspaper Staff.