Copywriter at MyHuckleberry.com
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Copywriter at MyHuckleberry.com
- Moderator at RantRave.com
- Past
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- Freelance Reporter at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Copywriter and Production Assistant at Martini Design
- Online Promoter at The Seattle World Percussion Society
- New Media Intern at The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Intern at ASNE Reporter
- News Intern at The Enterprise Newspapers
- Education
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- Seattle Pacific University
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Chris Durr’s Summary
Copywriter, Reporter, Editor, Proofreader, Videographer, Multimedia Specialist
Several years of reporting, writing, editing, and managing for a college newspaper and embarking on a one-of-a-kind year-long multimedia internship led me along the path to freelance reporting for a metropolitan daily.
Taking on another internship at a cutting-edge Web and multi-media design firm allowed me to learn a plethora of skills in a creative and challenging field.
Skills include:
- Ease of use with Adobe, Microsoft, and other software.
- Shooting still photos and video
- Writing in a variety of voices, tones, and styles: from technical and formal to relaxed and witty
- Original and thoughtful idea creation
Chris Durr’s Specialties:
Multimedia software, recording/editing visual and audio hardware, basics to html/Dreamweaver, energetic/creative writing
Chris Durr’s Experience
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Copywriter
MyHuckleberry.com
(Writing and Editing industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
I write new entries and edit legacy content for MyHuckleberry.com.
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Moderator
RantRave.com
(Writing and Editing industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
I help police the trolls and goons at www.RantRave.com and write witty opinion and news pieces. Overall, I contribute to a vibrant, vocal online community.
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Freelance Reporter
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)
November 2008 — March 2009 (5 months)
Worked on some special section overflow, and some freelance articles. Researching, reporting, writing and editing.
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Copywriter and Production Assistant
Martini Design
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 9 months)
As Martini's main copywriter, I wrote creative and technical copy, and proofread all online and print products for errors.
Much of my day-to-day work was with Microsoft technical and advertising copy, legalese, trademarks, and internal branding.
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Online Promoter
The Seattle World Percussion Society
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)
May 2008 — May 2008 (1 month)
I coordinated social networking Web sites, wrote ad copy and helped promote the 2008 Seattle World Rhythm Festival.
It was great to work with an awesome non-profit group. -
New Media Intern
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
(Newspapers industry)
August 2006 — June 2007 (11 months)
My time as an intern at the Seattle P-I was spent primarily in the online world.
I maintained "A Byte of MySpace," an Internet-life blog, helped write and edit content for the then-fledgling sPI Recommends Web site and got the chance to write a few news/entertainment articles.
I also helped produce the Seattle P-I's main site on a daily basis, learned audio/video recording and editing and assisted reporters with a variety of other tasks, from online research to man-on-the-street video interviews. -
Intern
ASNE Reporter
(Graphic Design industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
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News Intern
The Enterprise Newspapers
(Writing and Editing industry)
2005 — 2005 (less than a year)
Chris Durr’s Education
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Seattle Pacific University
B.A. , Journalism, Sociology , 2003 — 2007
Additional Information
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Chris Durr’s Interests:
New media, guerrilla marketing, street art
Chris Durr’s Groups:
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Martini Design
Chris Durr’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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