FRED YAGER

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Stamford, CT *****

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acfeye@r.postjobfree.com

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EXPERIENCED EDITOR, WRITER, PRODUCER

Award-winning writer/editor experienced in film criticism and the

entertainment industry, author of Career Opportunity in the Film Industry,

skilled in initiating and implementing successful editorial and

communications projects that deliver clear, concise and consistent news and

information.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GIBSON BRANDS

2012-present

Vice President Media Creation

Create print and video content for Gibson.com, the Gibson Entertainment

Channel on YouTube. Write and distribute press releases and articles,

create event communications strategies that generated billions of media

pressions world-wide. Wrote, produced and directed 140th Anniversary video

for Epiphone, receiving universal praise and attracted millions of views of

Guitar trade websites.

eFINANCIALCAREERS

North American Editor

March 2011-December 2012

Create and curate the most authoritative financial services career resource

offering relevant, timely and actionable information about financial

markets job opportunities as well as expert advice on how to get those jobs

and advance your career. As editor, I assign and edit articles, write

articles, white papers and newsletters, and produce ongoing content for an

App designed to help students learn about careers in the financial

services.

FREELANCE WRITER AND AUTHOR

March 1998 - March 2011

ConsumerAffairs.com, wrote 100s of articles

Career Opportunities in the Film Industry, written with Jan Yager, Facts on

File, 2003, 2nd Edition 2009

Sound from a Star, a novel, Hannacroix Creek Books 2011

Career Opportunities in the Publishing Industry, with Jan Yager, Facts on

File, 2005, 2nd Edition 2010

Cybersona, a novel, Hannacroix Creek Books, 2005

Rex, a novel, Hannacroix Creek Books, 2002

Just Your Everyday People, a novel, written with Jan Yager, Hannacroix

Creek Books, 2001

Untimely Death, a novel, written with Jan Yager, Hannacroix Creek Books,

1998

Screenplays

Original Screenplays (partial list)

Tough Guys optioned by Walter Hill, option excerised by Universal

Asian Queen optioned by Aaron Russo

Proud Mary optioned by David Carradine

No Time For Love optioned by David Sussan

Introduction to Murder optioned by Ron Gell

Runaways

Last Kiss

The High Frontier

Getting Connected

Trip Wire

Citizens Arrest

Screenplay Adaptations

Cybersona

Rex

Sound from a Star

Untimely Death

Just Your Everyday People

Teleplay

Face of Danger wrote script for producer Andreas Gruenberg

Short documentary feature

Written, Directed and Produced

Gibson's Older Brother, Epiphone's 140th Birthday

Related Experience

Fox Television: Writer, Editor, Producer and Writer for 7 and 10 o'clock

newscasts.

CBS News: Broadcast News Writer for the Evening News and Morning News.

Associated Press: Managing Editor AP-TV, Entertainment Reporter, Film

Critic.

EDUCATION

BA from City College of New York (Major: Psychology)

Certificate in Film Production from New York University

Graduate of the Defense Information School for Journalism and Broadcasting

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