Video game industry copywriter

Cloud games, digital games, social games, console games, PC games

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RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

JANUARY 2009 – PRESENT
Sony Entertainment Network
Foster City, CA
Contract Marketing copywriter

* Marketing writer for PlayStation Store and PlayStation Network promotions and initiatives
* Creative copywriter for digital marketplace category and content descriptions

SEPTEMBER 2010 – JANUARY 2012
OnLive, Inc.
Palo Alto, CA
Contract Marketing copywriter

* Primary copywriter for all press communications, including press releases
* Writer for deadline-driven consumer promotions for Web, print, email blasts, social media, in-app messages and company blog posts
* Scriptwriter for TV ads, Web videos and keynote presentations
* Creator of the OnLive Writing Style Guide and in-house grammar expert
* Content consultant for OnLive brand and product positioning, as well as creative brief writer for website revamp

INCORPORATED MAY 2006
Evan Denbaum: Editor + Writer (a division of Intention Creations, Inc.)
San Francisco Bay Area
President/copywriter

* Copywriter who specializes in creating buzz and attracting consumers for gaming industry clients, including digital, cloud and social game companies
* Content consultant for video game websites, products and marketing initiatives
* Grammar expert who proofreads and edits with precise attention to detail

JULY 2004 – MAY 2006
World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly WWF)   Stamford, CT
Content Editor

* Feature and recap writer for RAW Magazine, SmackDown Magazine and
WWE.com — frequently interviewing celebrity-status wrestlers for online
publication
* Content editor for WWE.com’s vast array of sections — managing multimedia
content and leveraging copy to increase site dynamism and lengthen user stay
* Creator, writer and editor of WWE Fantasy (wrestling equivalent of fantasy
football), including devising the statistics-based scoring system and intricate rules structure
* During my tenure, WWE.com’s audience surged to 14 million unique visitors per month.

NOVEMBER 2002 – JULY 2004
The Connecticut Post   Bridgeport, CT
Sports Copy Editor

* Nightly slot and section editor (newspaper circulation 85,000; four regional
editions)
* Duties required headline writing, the editing of all sports stories, design and
layout (in Quark) of the section’s front page and/or inside pages on extremely tight deadlines.
* Occasional columnist and game reporter

JULY 2000 – MAY 2001
The Sporting News   St. Louis, MO
Associate Editor

* Content editor and feature writer for SportingNews.com and The Sporting News magazine (America’s oldest sports publication; circulation 700,000 with 3.98 million weekly readers)
* Scriptwriter of game previews for NHL broadcasters, each week covering 14
teams
* Full-time intern from April-July 2000; duties included editing online copy and
writing highlights for TSN’s Pro Football Guide (a 412-page book)

1998 – 1999
Flux Magazine   Eugene, OR
Senior Editor

* Editor of all stories in the award-winning magazine
* Liaison between editorial staff and layout artists
* Served as associate editor from 1996-97, specializing in feature stories

1996 – 1998
Oregon Daily Emerald   Eugene, OR
Reporter, Columnist (’96-’97);
Entertainment Editor

* Led an entertainment staff of two reporters, six photographers and an art
director
* Wrote, edited, paginated and designed the layouts (in Quark) for two sections of the award-winning daily newspaper

1993 – 1995
National Hockey League   New York, NY
Summer Intern in Broadcasting and Hockey Operations (three internships)

* Youngest employee ever hired
* Coordinated projects with the broadcasting directors of all 26 NHL teams

EDUCATION

1995 – 1999
University of Oregon   Eugene, OR
B.A., Journalism and Communication
Minor, English

AWARDS, HONORS

* The Dodd Scholarship, The Lucian Arant Award and Arant Scholarship, The
Pasero Scholarship
* School of Journalism/Communication Dean’s List, University Dean’s List, The
Kappa Tau Alpha Honors Society
* First Place: The Hartford Courant Newspaper in Education Competition
(Columnist); Second Place: Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association Collegiate Newspaper Contest (Best Section); National News Pacemaker Award, Gold Crown Award

SPECIAL SKILLS

* Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat Professional, Macromedia Contribute, Mediasurface Morello, WordPress, Quark XPress, Adobe Pagemaker, NewsEdit Pro, Microsoft Office, Powerpoint/Keynote, BBEdit, Frontpage, basic HTML coding, proficient working on Mac OS X and Windows platforms
* Expert knowledge of the Associated Press Stylebook
* Working knowledge of The Chicago Manual of Style
* Extensive fantasy sports and video game playtesting/conceptualization
experience
* Creative writing tutor (students grade 4-12)
* Published strategy board game designer

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