MK CREATIVE MEDIA MARKETING, New York, N.Y.
May 2008 – present
Senior Copy Director at entertainment ad agency, working on such accounts as Showtime Networks, History Channel and Turner Entertainment Networks, along with publishing clients including Hachette Book Group (including books by David Sedaris, David Baldacci and Elin Hilderbrand, among many others), Doubleday (all of John Grisham’s and Dan Brown's latest releases), Macmillan, plus various young adult imprints.
SPOTCO, New York, N.Y.
April 2001 – May 2008
Senior Copywriter at one of NYC’s top theatrical ad agencies. Created and produced radio, print, online content, collateral, and helped devise marketing strategies for Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including: Billy Elliot, Doubt, The History Boys, Coram Boy, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Pillowman, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Democracy, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Chicago, A Raisin in the Sun, I Am My Own Wife, La Cage Aux Folles, Wonderful Town, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Gypsy, The Goat, Annie Get Your Gun, along with all of Manhattan Theatre Club’s productions, among many other shows. Also worked on branding the Guthrie Theater and its new Minneapolis home, as well as the New York Botanical Garden. Oversaw junior writing staff and regularly presented work to Broadway producers and institutional theatrical executives.
MK ADVERTISING, New York, N.Y.
October 1999 – April 2001
Senior Copywriter at entertainment ad agency on ABC Daytime and Showtime accounts. Created TV promo campaigns for various ABC soaps.
GREY ENTERTAINMENT, New York, N.Y.
March 1998 – October 1999
Senior Copywriter on Showtime, W Hotels and WB Television Network accounts. Work included radio, TV promos and print.
PARAMOUNT PICTURES, Hollywood, Ca.
September 1996 – March 1997
Staff Writer on ABC sitcom “Clueless” (Amy Heckerling, creator; Tim O’Donnell & Pamela Pettler, executive producers).
MULRYAN/NASH ADVERTISING, New York, N.Y.
February 1996 – September 1996
Copy Director at small SoHo boutique. Accounts included Subaru of America, John Hancock Financial Services and Dial-A-Mattress.
LIFETIME TELEVISION, New York, N.Y.
August 1995 – February 1996
Associate Creative Director in creative services department. Managed all off-air advertising (including print, outdoor and collateral) for original movies, series, specials and documentaries.
GREY ENTERTAINMENT, New York, N.Y.
June 1992 – August 1995
Creative Account Supervisor and Copywriter on ABC account. Created radio, print and outdoor ads for many ABC series, including “NYPD Blue,” “Ellen,” “Grace Under Fire,” and “Lois & Clark.” Work included the original New York productions of Jeffrey, Three Tall Women, A Christmas Carol (Madison Square Garden) and Blown Sideways Through Life.
OGILVY AND MATHER DIRECT, New York, N.Y.
May 1991 – June 1992
Copywriter on American Express account.
CHAPMAN DIRECT ADVERTISING, New York, N.Y.
April 1990 – May 1991
Copywriter on AT&T account.
SAATCHI & SAATCHI ADVERTISING, New York, N.Y.
September 1989 – April 1990
Copywriter on IBM account in agency’s collateral group.
BUNTIN ADVERTISING, Nashville, Tenn.
June 1987 – August 1989
Junior Copywriter at large regional agency.
FREELANCE:
"QUEER AS FOLK"/SHOWTIME
2000-2001
Wrote three episodes for the first season of this original series.
GOTHAM WRITERS' WORKSHOP
Fall 2005
Taught 10-week course in playwriting.
ZOETROPE: ALL-STORY
2000-2005
For Francis Ford Coppola's award-winning monthly literary magazine, I worked with a team of editors to evaluate submissions (both short stories and one-act plays) that were being considered for publication. A one-act of mine was also produced both in NYC and L.A. in an evening of the magazine's playwriting highlights.
LIFETIME TELEVISION
January 2002 – 2010
Worked on a project basis, mostly scripting on-air campaigns.
CLEMENTINE ENTERTAINMENT, New York, N.Y.
January 2002 – presen
Write on-air branded promos for Food Network and WE-tv, among other clients.
AKA, New York, N.Y.
January 2010 – October 2012; various projects to present
Project work for British-based company specializing in theatrical advertising; clients have included Billy Elliot, Rock of Ages, Spider-Man, Bring It On, as well as Discovery Zone exhibits.
PUBLIC THEATER
2012-13
Wrote marketing blurbs for upcoming shows, write taglines and edit press releases.
HONORS:
2012-13 Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Promo writing ("The Ellen Degeneres Show")
EDUCATION:
Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
B.A. English
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude