Content Specialist

David Vaczek

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SUMMARY

Versatile Content Writer and Editor

Quick-study editor and promotional copywriter with over 25 years experience. Engaged business audience with comprehensive features and web content in developing the leading publication on pharmaceutical and medical device packaging. Wrote, managed, and measured must-read e-newsletters and blogs, and moderated webinars and conference panels.

KEY SKILLS

Creative writer and reporter

Top-notch research and interviewing

Content planning and production

Strong collaborative skills

Public speaker and event moderator

Web tools - Acrobat, Excel, PowerPoint, Hootsuite, SEO, HTML,CSS, Bootstrap, content management: Censhare, Citrix, Drupal.

EXPERIENCE

Free-lancer, 01/2014 to present

•Write stories, web pages, and blogs for clients including Prose Media and ABI Marketing & Public Relations, on topics including pharmaceuticals, drug, medical device, and consumer products packaging, manufacturing efficiency, and product distribution.

•Copyediting of Web pages in content review project for Yodle, New York City.

•Write stories on pharma advertising for Medical Marketing & Media.

•Developed white paper on automated inspection technology solution.

Senior Editor, 05/2005 to 12/2013

UBM Canon – Norwalk, CT

Researched and wrote in-depth features on manufacturing technology, standards, and regulation for monthly Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News and published daily web content.

•Producing heavy work volume under strict deadlines, covered transforming trends such as new pharmaceutical and medical device packaging, automatic product identification, and global logistics for sensitive cargo.

•Pulled in C-suite Board of Advisors members for annual roundtable and features on trending subjects.

• Thorough on-site coverage of US and Paris-based trade shows as a reporter and conference moderator.

•Extensive use of web-based software including Citrix/Adobe InDesign publishing . Tracked daily newsletter response with ecn5 platform, and monitored a continuous social media program with Hootsuite.

Feature Editor, 11/1997 to 02/2000

PrimeMedia Intertec, Inc. - Stamford, CT

At monthly Promo Magazine, wrote lively features and organized an editorial forum for promo and ad agency creatives.

•Led seminars at Promo’s annual international trade show

•Highlighted leading trends and top global promotion campaigns in PowerPoint presentations to trade groups in Frankfurt and Budapest.

Editor, 01/1995 to 06/1995

Fairchild Publications, Inc. - New York City, NY

Planned and produced monthly Supermarket Pharmacy and managed junior reporters, covering drug therapy and retail pharmacists’ practice.

Senior Editor, 11/1985 to 12/1991

Lebhar-Friedman, Inc. - New York City, NY

For bi-weekly Drug Store News, won seven company-wide reporting awards including Best Story, 1989.

Self-employed business writer, 1992-2005

Periodically from 1992 to 2005, served clients including Pharmacy Times, American Druggist, Supermarket Business, eMarketing magazine, and Schein Pharmaceutical.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts: English, 1973

Westminster College - Fulton, MO

Scholastic Honor Society

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