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San Diego, CA 92116
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Online Portfolio: www.tominterval.com
Work Experience | Additional Projects | Education | Computer Skills
Pittsburgh, PA
October 2001–March 2009
- Wrote and edited corporate and product and media alerts
- Distributed press releases to national wire service, editors and other contacts
- Coordinated, researched and wrote
- Wrote and edited corporate and product , backgrounders, reviews, promotional pieces, and online for Ansoft's website and intranet
- Wrote shareholder and other for annual reports and created promotional letters for Ansoft executives
- Designed and prepared PowerPoint slides for executive presentations and website
- Created monthly email , manually formatted them in HTML and distributed them to customers and prospects
- Wrote promotional , manually formatted them in HTML and distributed them to targeted lists
- Called editors to coordinate print and online placement of product news
- Edited trade articles, application notes, installation guides and opinion pieces
- Worked closely with group leader, CTO, VP of marketing and product-marketing managers to verify targeted messages and technical accuracy of articles, product reviews, application notes and press releases
- Conceptualized ideas for worldwide ad campaigns, direct-mail pieces, Ansoft’s website, events, promotions and marketing-communications strategy for all product lines
- Prepared and distributed marketing and press kits
- Managed and updated trademark file
Pittsburgh, PA
April 1998–September 2001
- Promoted to two levels within this position: Writer/Editor I and II
- Extracted key product specifications from complex vendor brochures and catalogs and used them to write well-organized, concise for print and online catalogs
- Wrote half- and full-page vendor for Fisher direct-mail publications
- Consulted with Marketing department to design and write product brochures and
- Designed and coauthored the Fisher Scientific
- Wrote a and for LabReporter, a Fisher direct-mail publication
- Coauthored a 15-minute comedy video script for the Fisher Scientific National Sales Meeting under the intense scrutiny of editors, managers and executives
- Trained new writers and proofreaders for various projects; answered stylistic, grammatical, technical and computer questions; prepared instruction sheets and writing guidelines for writing and editing staff
- Presented innovative work-flow ideas to managers and regularly contributed to brainstorming sessions
- Researched product specifications and catalog numbers and verified their accuracy before publication
- Prepared rough and detailed layouts of catalog pages in QuarkXPress and in SmartSeries, an authoring database
- Ordered and approved photographs for publication
- Edited catalog and publication pages at every proof stage
- Edited the Inside Scoop, a monthly, two- to eight-page, full-color, internal publication
- Entered product descriptions and ordering tables into authoring database
- Member of SmartSeries Software Users Group: Documented hundreds of software bugs, suggested enhancements and tested new builds
April 1997–March 1998
- Proofread complex product descriptions for catalogs, direct-mail publications, brochures and advertisements at every proof stage, often using a two-person team approach
- Edited the work of 17 staff and freelance writers to make their varying writing styles conform to Fisher style
- Trained new employees on proofreading practices and Fisher style
- Researched and verified the accuracy of vendor trademarks
- Verified the accuracy of product specifications, catalog numbers and metric conversions
- Suggested and implemented innovative ideas to streamline the proofreading process
Pittsburgh, PA
August 1993–May 1995
- Wrote press releases
- Pitched events to print and broadcast media
- Edited copy for internal and external distribution
- Interviewed faculty and staff for La Roche Magazine feature stories
- Researched topics relevant to public relations
- Staff Writer/Copy Editor for
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Orlando, FL (Worked from Pittsburgh)
December 2003–June 2004
- Wrote feature and supporting
- Edited all copy for publication
- Managed staff writers, interns and contributors
- Conceived story ideas and brainstorm with colleagues
- Coordinated projects between contributing writers
- Created and websites
Conceived, wrote, designed and maintain the following websites:
- My Online Portfolio (this site):
- Houdini in The New York Times:
- Interval Magic:
- Jerry Interval:
- NA Class of 1985:
- Chosen Reality:
- Bello Productions:
- Writing a magic book for the general public
- Occasionally write magic-related articles for national trade publications
- Contribute freelance articles to local publications
- Perform sleight-of-hand magic for corporate and private functions
- Act in, and conceive ideas for, independent films
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Pittsburgh, PA
BA in Professional Writing
December 1996
Minor 1: Communications
Minor 2: Administration and Management
- Dean’s List, all semesters; GPA: 4.0; graduated summa cum laude
- Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1996, 1997
- All-American Collegiate Award (U.S. Achievement Academy), 1996
- Ranked fifth in the Women’s Press Club of Pittsburgh’s 1996 journalism writing contest
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- Word, WordPerfect, Works
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Windows 2000, 98, 95, NT
- FileMaker Pro
- QuarkXPress
- PageMaker
- Photoshop
- HTML/CSS
- Flash
- Internet/Social Networks
- SmartSeries
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