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Sam Burgess

Copywriter at - Freelance

Location
Yateley, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Industry
Retail
Current
  1. - Freelance,
  2. Waterstones
Previous
  1. Yomp,
  2. Broken Amp,
  3. SoundShock Ltd.
Education
  1. University of Reading
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- Freelance

Copywriter

– Present

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Background

Summary

A dedicated, imaginative and creative worker, with an ambition to become a fiction writer, experienced in customer service, public relations, archival work, copywriting, editorial work, creative writing, radio broadcasting, and many aspects of print and online publication.

Experience

Copywriter

- Freelance
– Present (5 months)Home

I provide clear, effective, on-message copywriting services, working to the highest standards of presentation clarity and attractiveness for an individual product or collective brand. I can work to strict deadlines with ease and am able to produce material requested at short notice if so required, and still to an excellent standard.

Additional services include:
> Copy-editing of documents in need of correction, emendation or improvement.
> Social media campaign design and blogging.
> Ghostwriting services to ease the pressure and provide a helping second hand on extensive and time-consuming assignments.
> Voiceover work for audio/digital marketing platforms and projects.

Bookseller

Waterstones
– Present (5 years 6 months)

Primary responsibilities included bookselling, assisting with enquiries and requests, and team training. I have hosted the Broad St. Book Group at Waterstones for over four years at time of writing, and have both hosted and been a participant in events held at the store (as a poet reader at the latter).

Copywriter

Yomp
(1 year 5 months)

Journalist

Broken Amp
(less than a year)

Journalist

SoundShock Ltd.
(1 year)

Sales Assistant

ZAVVI ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LIMITED
(6 months)

I worked as a Sales Assistant, and here developed my talent for customer-facing service, confidence in selling, and good rapport in general customer relations.

Volunteer Experience & Causes

Assistant

Yateley Library
(1 year 3 months)Children

Two summers working as an assistant to the Summer Reading Challenge, encouraging children to read up to and beyond a set number of books, with the hope of instilling in them a passion for reading.

Opportunities Sam is looking for:

  • Skills-based volunteering (pro bono consulting)

Causes Sam cares about:

  • Arts and Culture
  • Children
  • Civil Rights and Social Action
  • Education
  • Human Rights

Organizations Sam supports:

  • The Sophie Lancaster Foundation

Skills

  • Copywriting
  • Voice Over
  • Ghostwriting
  • Copy Editing
  • Creative Writing
  • Customer Service
  • Customer Relations
  • Compere
  • Team Training
  • Hand Selling
  • Editorial
  • Social Media
  • Blogging
  • Writing
  • Publications
  • Marketing
  • Public Relations
  • Freelance Writing
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Education

University of Reading

BA Joint Honours, English Literature and Film &Theatre, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Vice President of The Scribblers (RU Creative Writing Society) between 2012 and 2013. Sub-editor of 2012 edition of annual arts anthology, produced by students and university press. Ran for Presidency of Rock Society but was unfortunately unable to commit to duties due to coursework. Regular contributor to Spark* (campus newspaper) for three years.

The Sixth Form College Farnborough

A Level, English Language & Literature, Film, Media Studies, Sociology.

Activities and Societies: Film Society, College Newspaper.

Yateley School

GCSE, English Language and Literature, General

Activities and Societies: School magazine, Library assistant (volunteer), Gym member, Guitar lessons.

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