Jerry Mazza

Current

• Associate Editor and Writer at Online Journal

Past

• Creative Director at Grey Advertising
• Group head (creative director) and writer at Grey Global
• Former Writer, Creative Director, VP at Grey Worldwide

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Education

• City University of New York-Brooklyn College
• City University of New York-Brooklyn College

Connections

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Jerry Mazza’s Summary

Recently published a new book "State Of Shock - Poems from 9/11 on," available at amazon.com and most major online booksellers. First book of American poetry to deal with 9/11 and the subsequent War on Terror.

Jerry Mazza’s Specialties:

Writing is the linked link. Have written tv and print ads, plays, screenplays, Internet Journalism and published poetry.

Jerry Mazza’s Experience

• Associate Editor and Writer

  Online Journal

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2004 — Present (5 years )

  Write political commentary on many aspects of contemporary events, the government, issues of major importance. Find my articles in the FRONT PAGES of Online Journal, or Google my name and it will lead you to many articles as well. Articles picked up by many sites on the web.

• Creative Director

  Grey Advertising

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1979 — 1993 (14 years )

• Group head (creative director) and writer

  Grey Global

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 1978 — January 1993 (14 years 5 months)

  Worked as writer and creative director on a variety of package good brands: Fruit of the Loom under and outer wear; Jif and Simply Jif peanute butter; Puritain Oil, Puffs Tissues, Duncan Hines Chocolate Chip Cookies; Polident denture cleanser and many, many other brands, for Procter and Gamble, General Foods, Block Drug, etc. Returned in 2/97 to 7/98 to work as freelance writer on Fabreeze, Joy, Jackson Hewitt Accounting, and new business.

• Former Writer, Creative Director, VP

  Grey Worldwide

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1978 — 1993 (15 years )

Jerry Mazza’s Education

• City University of New York-Brooklyn College

  M.A. , English literature , 1962 — 1964

• City University of New York-Brooklyn College

  1956 — 1960

  I belonged to no teams, fraternities, sororities, clubs, except a vagabond group of poets, writers and musicians who drank too much wine and chased too many (if that's possible) pretty co-eds. We had a hell of a time.

  Activities and Societies:

  Activities included cavorting with young poets, beakniks, et al, following in steps of Ginsberg & Company. Wrote and published first poems at B.C. an

Additional Information

Jerry Mazza’s Interests:

Have written hundreds of articles on politics and government as Associated Editor of onlinejournal.com. Articles picked up and run by sites all over the web. Retired writer/creative director at Grey Advertising, senior writer at Ted Bates, some 30 years of agency experience. Playwright: my full-length play "My Father's House" produced in 1997 in regional theater, starring James Farrentino and Len Lesser.

Jerry Mazza’s Groups:

Member of Dramatists Guild of America, ASCAP, and ACLU.

Jerry Mazza’s Honors:

Bronze Medal Houston Film Festival, category indy video, for one act play "Arty." Many ad awards, including two World Class Advertising awards from P & G.

Jerry Mazza’s Contact Settings

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