Description
My goal, my single overriding passion, is, as Hemingway put it, "To get the words right." For you. That means bringing my award-winning skills as a marketing and advertising copywriter and editor--and my superhuman deadline-hitting capabilities--to work for your organization.
Accomplishments
Highlights:
As part of thousands of advertising, marketing and journalism-based pieces published, I have garnered the following: Led Fortune 500 leader J Walter Thompson in its first-ever pursuit of CRM (and e-CRM) marketing for Ford Motor Company, from conception to writing more than 400 pieces of content. My meticulous planning, stellar copy, and out-of-the-box work ensured the pursuit was a success. Result: highly satisfied client and more work. As Web Editor for American Short Fiction I created a position where none had existed previously, thereby increasing traffic to the web site by 30% inside six months on the job. As Books Editor of Front Porch Journal I turned a department with poor organization and communication into a finely-tuned system by instituting many of the organization's operating standards, including creating a document formats for books requests and reviews, clear editorial communication between myself and writers. I established social media protocol where there was previously none. As Instructor for Texas State University I won the university's annual Award of Excellence in Writing and Teaching. My student's work was produced on NPR's prestigious "This I Believe" program. As Assistant PR Director and Webmaster at WDET-FM I created an online presence where none had existed from html programming to creating web marketing copy, art and e-newsletters, increasing donors by more than 10 percent in my first three months. As Online Writer and Editor at Visteon Automotive Systems my feature and high-tech article of the Technology Development Department increased patent applications companywide. My written introductions of National Book Award winners of Tim O'Brien and Denis Johnson were so effective, both men cried. Video available at http://stacymuszynski.wordpress.com/. Samples of my corporate portfolio available at http://stacymuszynski.wordpress.com/corporate-portfolio/.Companies I like:
Apple, Razorfish, JWT, Team Detroit, Compuware, University of Michigan, University of Texas, Dell, Climber.com, Lucy, Paypal, Frog Design, Campbell Ewald
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Responsibilities
As Web Editor for American Short Fiction: Create, manage, write, edit, proofread, and update all web content; collaborate with editors, authors, readers and experts in the field. Additional duties: write ad, brochure, direct mail, and collateral copy for MY Ford Vehicles and My F-Series and No Boundaries campaigns.
As Books Editor for Front Porch Journal: Write leading book reviews and headlines, edit a dozen writers' copy into accurate, effective copy.
As Instructor, English, for Texas State University: Teach 80 students to write clear, effective publication-ready copy.
As Assistant PR Director and Webmaster for WDET-FM Detroit: Conceive, design, layout, write and copy edit all digital and print materials including short and long-form marketing and advertising.
As Interim Editorial Director and Copywriter at Fortune 500 company J Walter Thompson: Lead main team in developing concepts and copy for all print and digital CRM content for another Fortune 500 company, Ford Motor Company; create editorial calendar; maintained daunting publishing schedule and managed staff of three writers and additional freelance writers.
As the Online Editor for Fortune 500 Company Visteon Automotive Sytems: Develop, write, and edit daily intranet features and tech articles for visteon.com. Collaborate with art team and department leaders worldwide to garner hundreds of story topics and interviews.
As a Freelance Writer: Write feature and tech articles for Fortune 500 company Visteon Automotive Systems, ad copy for non-profits, Press Kits for local artists and small businesses, and digital marketing copy for Detroit Institute of Arts, Campbell-Ewald Advertising and Marx Layne Public Relations other duties include writing biographies; book, movie and restaurant reviews; email marketing; ghost writing; introductions to National Book Award winners; crafting marketing letters and newsletters; scripts, speeches and presentations; web content, blogs and social media.
