Sales Manager
Resume:
Skip Press
*********@*****.***
www.skippress.com
PERSONAL STRENGTHS
. Superior communications skills and grasp of public relations & marketing
. Demonstrated ability to turn complex information into easily understood
and entertaining communications, both written and verbal
?. Independent and innovative, while excellent in a team environment
?. Highly creative and entrepreneurial with complete attentiveness to
detail
?. Efficient manager of multiple projects and deadlines
?. Advanced people skills at all levels
?. Extensive computer, web, and social media skills
?. Thorough knowledge of Chicago and AP styles
. Excellent presentation skills
?. Ample performance experience leading to evolved sense of humor
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The Press Gang, 1990-Present
Business & Science Writer
.Authored the Complete Idiots Guide to Making Money With Craigslist, 2009
. Ghost wrote six chapters of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding
Science, 2008
. Selected over 1,200 other writers to ghost write How a Shy Guy Like Me
Earned a Million Dollars in Network Marketing Without Selling, Phone Calls,
Meetings Or Any Of That Other Suff That Nobody Wants To Do by Joe Brown, L
& L Management (2001, #1 in its category at Amazon.com)
. Wrote popular Business Edge technology column for ComputorEdge magazine,
San Diego, 1997-2000
. Reviewed software and hardware (PC & Mac) in my own books, 1996-2004
Author, Editor & Ghostwriter
. Ghost wrote This Is My Song: A Memoir by Patti Page with Skip Press,
Kathdan Books (2009), the autobiography of a music legend who sold over 100
million records
. Packaged, sold, and edited Your Modeling Career by Debbie and Skip Press,
Allworth Press (2000, resulted in subsequent edition)
. Wrote Star Families eight-volume celebrity biography series for high
school age readers, Crestwood House (1995)
. Wrote fabulous facts non-fiction Awesome Almanac: California, B&B
Publishing, Inc. (1994)
. Authored lead title and two others in young adult mystery series, A Rave
of Snakes, A Web of Ya Yas, and A Shift of Coyotes, Kensington Publishing
(1994), also Ormebolet (Norwegian translation of A Rave of Snakes,
Bonnier/Semic (Oslo, 1995)
. Ghost authored Zack Zeroes In by Beth Cruise, in the "Saved by the Bell"
young adult novel series, Collier Books (1994)
. Edited and ghost authored ecological thriller novel The Convergence by
James Miller, SPI Books (1994)
. Authored young adult fantasy novel, The Big Picture, Fearon/Janus/Quercus
(1993)
. Authored biography for high school age readers, The Importance of Mark
Twain, Lucent Books (1993)
. Authored three books for reading challenged young adult readers,
Cliffhanger (young adult adventure novel), Knucklehead (young adult sports
novel), and The Kuwaiti Oil Fires (young adult non-fiction) for
Saddleback Publishing (1992/93)
Freelance Journalist
Wrote for dozens of periodicals including: Boys' Life, Disney Adventures,
Grit, Reader's Digest, Sales & Marketing Management, and Writer's Digest,
1990-present
Monthly columnist, KidsWay magazine (1997-1998)
Public Speaker & Event Planner
. Featured speaker, Hero's Journey Entrepreneurship Festival, Pepperdine
Univ., 2007, 2008
. Featured speaker, South by Southwest Interactive Festival, 2006
. Featured speaker, Aspen "Summer Words" writers conference, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2002
. Panel chair, "Selling Books to Hollywood" at Book Expo America Los
Angeles, 1999
. Featured speaker, Writers Roundtable (Dallas, Texas), 1999
. Featured speaker/panel moderator, New England Screenwriters Conference,
1998
. Opening speaker, Selling to Hollywood conference, 1998
. Featured speaker at Asilomar statewide annual conference, California
Writers Club, 1997
. Chaired two panels and helped found the Hollywood Film Festival, 1997-
1999
. Featured speaker, Community Writers Association annual conference, Rhode
Island, 1997
. Panelist, Loscon24 science-fiction convention, Los Angeles, 1997
. Featured speaker on WorldWide Web, Maryland Writers Association
conference, 1996
. Featured speaker, California Writers Association/High Desert branch
conference, 1996
* Organized and directed Independent Writers of So. California
"Scriptathon" internationally televised fundraiser, 1990
Television, Video Game, and Web Savvy Writer & Editor
. Created "Skip's Hollywood Hangout" social network populated by writers
from all over the world at Yahoo.com, 2002-present
. Packaged, sold, and edited The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing &
Design by Flint Dille & John Zuur Platten, Watson-Guptill (2008), #1 in its
category at Amazon.com
. Edited and rewrote various Japanese to English translation film & TV
sales properties
(novels, manga, anime, feature films) for Kadokawa USA, 2006
. Created and wrote Office Monkey animated Web series, WireBreak.com,
2000
. Consulted and wrote New Media Web copy for Pax television network, 1999
. Wrote two episodes of Phenomenon: The Lost Chronicles documentary series,
Liberty Intl. Entertainment, 1999
. Wrote three episodes as staff writer for Algo's FACTory UPN kids' science
series, Perfectly Round Productions, 1997
Writing Instructor
. Created and taught screenwriting course "Your Screenwriting Career" from
1999-2008 that was eventually available in over1500 schools and
universities
. Authored The Complete Idiot's Guide to Screenwriting, alpha books (three
editions, 2001, 2004, 2008 and Russian translation of same with Triumph
Publishing, 2003)
. Taught How To Write What You Want & Sell What You Write course for UCLA
Extension Writers Program, 1994, that became book of the same name,
original print version, Career Press (1995), electronic version Boson Books
(2001), and now in fourth printing of hardcover edition, Barnes & Noble
Books (2005)
. Authored The Ultimate Writer's Guide to Hollywood, Barnes & Noble Books
(2004), and Writer's Guide to Hollywood Producers, Directors &
Screenwriting Agents, three editions, Prima/Random House (1997-2003), and
taught corresponding courses online about marketing literary properties to
Hollywood companies
. Wrote monthly column for Freelancers Marketplace newsletter, 1997-1998
. Part-time instructor, freshman and sophomore students, Academy of Art
College, San Francisco, 1997 (one student won first Sundance Film Festival
online contest)
. Guest lecturer, The Learning Annex, Classes Unlimited and other schools,
1996-present
Sunrider International, 1990
. Communications Coordinator: supervised staff of 20 including writers and
layout artists
. Newsletter and Magazine Editor: wrote, edited, and assigned articles to
staff writers, putting out one company newsletter and one company magazine
per month
. Convention Coordinator: hired event planner and supervised convention for
2,000 people from 10 countries around the world, which included translating
company sales video into several languages, and creating new company sales
video which later won an award
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
. Five-year Masters Honors Program, journalism major, East Texas State
University (incomplete)
. Teaching Certificate, Instructor Development Program, UCLA, 1992
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
. State championship, team golf - Anna, Texas
. Silver Medal, NY Intl. Film Festival
. Who's Who book listings: In Entertainment (1992), In the West (1992), In
California (1993), In America (1994), In the Media and Communications
(1997), In Asia and the Pacific Nations (1999); International Authors and
Writers Who's Who (1993); International Who's Who of Intellectuals (1995)
. Listing, 2000 Notable American Men (1994)
. Writer of the Month, CompuServe Literary Forum (November, 1994)
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