Paul Hughes

Current

• Writer, copywriter, and producer at self-employed

Past

• Editor-in-Chief at Wizards of the Coast

Education

• University of Washington

Recommended

2 people have recommended Paul

Connections

90 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Paul Hughes’s Summary

Over 10 years experience with clients that include Amazon, Microsoft (including Xbox, Xbox Live, Expedia, and MSN), CNET/CBS Interactive, Wizards of the Coast, Seattle Weekly, F5 Networks, Astrology.com, Sasquatch Books, Wells Fargo, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Shockwave/Atom Entertainment, Discover Card, the University of Washington, SciFi.com, and the Space Needle.

Also:
• Contributing Editor to CNET
• blogger and reviewer for Amazon.com
• lead producer behind 826 Seattle's "Greenwood Space Travel Supply"
• writer for Fantagraphics Books (most recently in "BEASTS!", featured as a "Must" in Entertainment Weekly)

Paul Hughes’s Specialties:

• digital interactive scripts and UI, for Flash and Silverlight
• online marketing and advertising, from banner campaigns and social media to e-mail and overall branding
• scripts for online video, voiceover, and radio
• other editorial writing background includes magazine and newspaper features, columns, and interviews, as well as professional book, restaurant, movie, software, and toy reviews

Paul Hughes’s Experience

• Writer, copywriter, and producer

  self-employed

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 1996 — Present (13 years 3 months)

• Editor-in-Chief

  Wizards of the Coast

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Entertainment industry)

  March 1994 — September 1996 (2 years 7 months)

  Senior Editor and then Editor-in-Chief of the Duelist magazine, a full-color glossy publication with a circulation of 200,000 devoted to the Magic trading card game

Paul Hughes’s Education

• University of Washington

  B.S. , Technical Communications , 1989 — 1993

Paul Hughes’s Contact Settings

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