Resume

• 1995

  MS

  Mass Communication

• 1987

  BA

  Political Science

  Inbound Certification

  HubSpot

• The Hired Pens provides pro bono copywriting services to Cradles to Crayons.

  Cradles to Crayons

  President

  I am a former coach and current president of the Somerville (Mass.) Little League.

  Little League International

  Web Content

  SEO copywriting

  Content Creation

  Copy Editing

  Newsletters

  Content Development

  Corporate Communications

  Content Marketing

  Email Marketing

  Marketing Communications

  Copywriting

  Internal Communications

  Press Releases

  Content Strategy

  Editing

  Creative Writing

  Blogging

  Writing

  Advertising

  B2B Marketing

  O'Sullivan - Marketing Copywriter

  Dan

  O'Sullivan - Marketing Copywriter

  Suburban World Newspapers

  Sapient

  Community Newspaper Company

  Custom Learning Designs

  ABC Online

  SilverPlatter Information

  Boston University College of Communication

  The Hired Pens

  Boston

  MA

  • Taught Writing in Communication course

  Adjunct Professor

  Boston University College of Communication

  Norwood

  MA

  • Wrote copy for website and features for customer newsletter

  Freelance Copywriter

  SilverPlatter Information

  Cambridge

  MA

  Member of multidisciplinary team that maintained and enhanced the intranet

  Sapient's key tool for communicating with its 3

  300 worldwide employees. Served as copywriter and supported groups designing new or revised intranet sites. \n• Copywriting responsibilities included creating documentation (e.g. style guide) to reinforce Sapient's corporate brand and ensure consistent user experience\n• Identified

  wrote

  edited and developed user-centered content\n• Analyzed site maps and screen prototypes to determine organization of content

  Content Strategist & Copywriter

  Sapient

  Belmont

  MA

  • Wrote organizational and training materials for clients in pharmaceutical industry\n• Created presentation materials and wrote scripts for training workshops

  Staff Copywriter

  Custom Learning Designs

  Needham

  MA

  • Primary reporter for The Framingham TAB

  a weekly newspaper with circulation of 18

  000\n• Determined majority of editorial content and wrote five to six stories a week\n• Covered politics

  education

  business

  sports

  personalities

  civic groups and general news\n• Honors: Third Place for front-page story in Mass. Press Association Annual Newspaper Contest

  Staff Writer

  Community Newspaper Company

  New York City

  ABCSPORTS.com\n• Wrote and edited original stories on professional and college football

  along with other sports\n• Traveled nationwide to report on football games; co-authored columns with on-air personalities\n• Coordinated coverage of live

  major sporting events with that of ABC Sports Television\n\nABCNEWS.com\n• Selected stories for promotion and wrote headlines and news summaries for home page\n• Identified and packaged wire stories for placement in U.S.

  Politics and World sections\n• Planned

  wrote and produced daily feed of original ABCNEWS content for outside news partners

  Associate Producer

  ABC Online

  Medfield

  MA

  • Covered town government

  sports

  education and general news for five newspapers in Boston area

  Freelance Writer

  Suburban World Newspapers

  Somerville

  MA

  • Provide copywriting services with a focus on websites (including SEO copywriting). Also: blogs

  brochures

  email campaigns

  features

  fundraising appeals

  newsletters

  online demos\n• Serve as project manager

  assembling and overseeing teams of freelance copywriters and designers\n• Clients include American Express

  Bain & Co.

  Boston University

  Dell

  FedEx

  Fidelity

  Genzyme

  HP

  John Hancock

  Mass General Hospital

  Microsoft

  MIT

  Novell

  Puma and Sony \n• Writing samples at www.thehiredpens.com/copywriting-portfolio

  Senior Copywriter & Partner

  The Hired Pens