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VIRTUES EMBRACED
Teamwork, flexibility, detail- and results-orientation, self-motivation, timeliness, and exemplary quality


WORK EXPERIENCE

Principal/Creative Director, Writer/Editor
Propellent Creative – www.propellent.com
January 1998 - present

-	Write and edit marketing, sales and branding materials for a wide variety of clients, including corporations such as Visa, Yahoo!, WaMu, Digidesign, Wyeth/Amgen, SGI, ESPN, Sears, HP, Blockbuster, PetSmart, DEMO, and The Security Standard, and agencies including Avenue A/Razorfish, the Kessler Group, Ogilvy One, Modem Media, Gyro International, and Decision Counsel
-	Provide content management services for a number of small business websites
-	Manage small teams of writers, researchers, designers, and developers as needed to complete projects on time, on budget, and in accordance with clients’ goals
-	Marketing consulting/contractual services for small to large enterprises: content creation and management, web design, synergy analyses, etc.

Marketing Writer, Editor, Content Manager
Digidesign – www.digidesign.com
July 2001 – October 2004

-	Created and promptly delivered the majority of Digidesign’s marketing-related copy: web copy, ad copy, brochures, sales collateral, feature magazine articles, promotional email, newsletters, datasheets, news items, packaging, white papers, etc.
-	Established and maintained highly effective, positive working relationships with departmental liaisons throughout the company
-	Migrated technical information to sales and marketing collateral suitable for external and/or internal consumption
-	Managed a particularly heavy work load while introducing and preserving high standards of quality and improving company and product perception within the industry
-	Developed and maintained style manuals and document-organization standards
-	Undertook additional duties: tradeshow demos, web usability consulting, web content creation and management, product naming, and ad conceptualization and creation

Copywriter, Content Manager, Webmaster
SGI (formerly Silicon Graphics) – www.sgi.com
April 1994 – April 1999

-	Created written and graphical content, managed production, and handled webmaster duties for Developer Program intra- and extranet websites and collateral
-	Interfaced frequently with other departments to develop and deliver concise web-based solutions; created copy for the same
-	Managed research and production teams of 5-15 contractors
-	Migrated technical information to marketing collateral suitable for internal and/or external consumption
-	Authored proposals, usability studies, and info architecture analyses
-	Developed and managed positive, functional relationships with external vendors (programmers, graphic artists, etc.)

EDUCATION

-	University of California, Davis (1984-86) – Rhetoric, Religious Studies
-	De Anza College (1986-88) - Associate of Arts degree, Liberal Arts
-	Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (1988-91) – English Lit, Phys Ed

TECHNOLOGIES

-	Word Processing/Spreadsheet/Presentation: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS PowerPoint
-	Web: HTML, Dreamweaver, content management systems, some CSS and JavaScript
-	Graphic Design: PhotoShop, Illustrator, some Flash
-	Music: Pro Tools, Live, Reason
-	Platforms: Macintosh and Windows

THE REST OF LIFE

-	The klown Boenobo - Performance artist, musician, entertainment services
-	Founder, Circus Metropolus- Indie circus event production and curating
-	Band leader/singer/songwriter, GOOFERMAN and CHUB
-	Creative director/co-founder, Red Nose District and GOOFERVILLE - Principal Burning Man performance camps
-	Heavy into the San Francisco music, circus arts and underground scenes
-	Omnivore, exerciser, idea generator, volunteer
ONLINE PORTFOLIOS Copy/editing: www.propellent.com/portfolio.html Web design: www.propellent.com/design.html REFERENCES READILY AVAILABLE