Jack Goldenberg
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SENIOR COPYWRITER/BRAND STRATEGIST
PROFILE
Strategic, imaginative, and proactive Copywriter who knows how to create brand building campaigns for CPG, b2b, corporations, retail, healthcare, and non-profits. Excellent storyteller for blog, 10 Minutes of Brilliance, with 20,000 followers. Cirque du Soleil-like ability to juggle competing projects, egos and deadlines with skill and an unflappable, professional attitude.
Selected Achievements
•Created a global social media initiative, “Frugal Friday,” that helped save Genentech over $23 million.
•Helped rebrand Plaza Financial from financial planners to wealth management professionals
•Created “The Scrubbing Bubbles Tub Club” for Dow Chemical turning “The Scrubbing Bubbles” into brand advocates, making mold and mildew engaging.
•Launched the world’s #1 food product, the Happy Meal, with word of mouth advertising from kids to their parents, a campaign strategy still successful today.
Portfolio and Social Media
Portfolio: http://bit.ly/1XuYFgA
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/jackgoldenberg
Blog: 10 Minutes of Brilliance: http://10minutesofbrilliance.com
Freelance agency: Einstein da Vinci & Goldenberg: http://edandgcorp.com
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Copywriter, Brand Strategist
Einstein, da Vinci & Goldenberg, Denville, NJ, 1989-1994 and 2008-Present
•Developed branded social network initiative that saved Genentech and Roche over $20 million
•Bristol-Myers Squibb: Rewrote careers website from employees’ perspective elevating brand
•Skype: Ghost wrote blog for Forbes.com
•JCPR: Created marketing communications programs for financial service companies
•Bristol Hospital: Created “Be smart. Love your Heart” campaign
•Ortho Clinical Diagnostics: Videos and web content to motivate sales force
•Katrina Relief Fund: Helped 300 people get a new job and new home after hurricane Katrina
•Other clients included: Coca-Cola Fountain, McCormick Spices, Showtime, Pizza Hut, Texas State Optical, Lady Foot Locker, Communications Electronics, Zaro’s Bakery, Mother’s Herbal Pops, Diet Coke, National Beer, Columbia Pictures, Mirae Asset Financial Group, Zytrel Hand Sanitizer, Welkin Capital Group, Paradigm Jet Management, Actors Hall of Fame, The Spark of Karma, nGage Technology, Endemol TV, Wyndham Hotels, Vogue Knitting, Plaza Wealth Management, Epi Pen
Global Marketing Communications Specialist
Roche Pharmaceutical Nutley, NJ and Genentech SF, CA, 2012-2013
Developed branded social network initiative that helped save Genentech and Roche over $20 million
Senior Copywriter
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Plainsboro, NJ, 2006-2008
• Created brand strategy/content for Bristol-Myers corporate Web site
• Clients: Enfamil, NY Aids Walk, Bristol-Myers Squib HR Dept., Bristol-Meyers Squibb R&D, Enfamil, Orencia, Mead Johnson Nutritionals, National Mental Illness campaign
Copywriter/Creative Director
Blakeslee Group, Baltimore, MD, 1994-2005
• Managed creative direction and marketing for $45 million ad agency
• Clients: Coca-Cola Fountain, Ellesse Apparel, Blimpie, Roy Rogers restaurants, McCormick Spices, Hershey's Chocolate, After Six Formal Wear, Dentsply
CLIENTS/INDUSTRIES
Apparel and Footwear: Ellesse, Gor-Tex, Fila, Merino Wool
Beverages: Coca-Cola Fountain, Diet Cole, National Beer, Colt 45 Malt Liquor
B2B: McCormick Spices, Dentsply, Communications Electronics, nGage Technology
Children’s Products: Happy Meal, Cabbage Patch, Pop Rocks candy, Hasbro
Consumer Products: Gillette Razors, Dow Scrubbing Bubbles, McCormick Spices
Corporate Communications: Skype, Bristol Myers Squibb, Roche Genentech Forbes.com, Grovo.com
Educational: PA Dept. of Education, U. of Baltimore, Morgan State College
Entertainment: CBS-TV, Columbia Pictures, Showtime, Actors Hall of Fame
Financial: Maryland National Bank, Mirae Asset Management, Welkin Capital
Food: Zaro’s Frozen Yogurt, Sunbeam Bread, Mrs. Filbert’s Take ‘em Tubs
Gaming: Maryland Lottery
Hotels: Westin, Choices Hotels, Quality Inn
Healthcare: Genentech, Roche, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi
Interactive: Plaza Wealth Management, Obama Watches, NGage Technology Group, Bristol-Myers Squibb Careers, John Mitchell Photography, Vogue Knitting Live
Non-profits: Bristol Hospital, Stickman Stew, Actors Hall of Fame, Thanks Gaddy campaign, Earth Day, NY Aids Walk, National Mental Health
Restaurants: McDonald’s, Blimpie International, Haussner’s Restaurant
Retail: Communications Electronics, Jan’s Mountain Outfitters, Zaro’s Bakery, Lady Foot Locker, Zales Jewelers, Athletic Shoe Factory, G McCoy’s
Snacks: Snyder’s Potato Chips, Hershey’s Chocolate, Incredda-Bubble Gum
Sports: Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore Bullets, The Preakness
Women’s Products: Ellesse Apparel, Lady Foot Locker, Vogue Knitting
EDUCATION
Certificate in Social Media Marketing, Mini-MBA program. Rutgers University
BS in Political Science, American University