Writer/Editor
Resume:
PAUL HELOU
PO Box *** Sea Cliff, NY ***** Cell: 347-***-****
• Writing/editing
• Strategic communications
• Creative, conceptual approach
• Independent thinker and team player
“I believe good, effective writing begins with deep listening. I strive to really hear what the
material, situation and approach requires. In this way, the copy will emerge with substance and
depth, whatever the subject matter.”
Writing & Editing 6/89 - present:
Corporate Writing:
Randstad North America (temporary staffing industry).
• Edited, wrote and collected articles for two newsletters distributed to over 1000 company-owned offices nationwide.
• Wrote direct mail, brochure copy, advertising copy, advertorials, and general marketing materials.
• Worked with sales team on various RFP (Request for Proposal) documents.
• Wrote feature articles on temporary help industry and place in regional publications
• Initiated and maintained contacts with media personnel pertaining to employment and temporary help issues.
• Developed and maintained text for a home page on the Internet.
• Handled media relations for a survey booklet containing benefit and salary trends as reported by the human resource
departments of over 500 companies nationwide.
• Managed freelancers and outside parties involved in projects with the communications department.
Writer/Journalist
The New York Times - Wrote over twenty articles on human interest, medical and entertainment topics, including chronic fatigue
syndrome, asthma, numerous author profiles, small record companies, actors, poets etc. Worked as a stringer for the Metro section of
the Times reporting and writing spot news on Long Island stories (including: Amy Fisher case; Katy Beers case).
New York Telephone publications - Wrote articles for employee magazine on various topics ranging from a stop smoking program to
a conference on the new information highway.
Backstage Magazine – Wrote several feature articles on acting coaches and performers.
Chief Executive magazine - Wrote profiles of CEOs, including Peter Grace of Grace Company and Michael Shulhof of Sony
Entertainment. This required meeting and interviewing the executives.
Equities magazine (formerly OTC Review) - Wrote articles on small to medium sized companies and their management.
* Other publications include: Legal Assistant Today, Windplayer, Small Press Magazine, Long Island Update, Long Island Monthly,
Goodliving Magazine, Spotlight, Maintenance Supplies, Security Dealer
Recent projects include writing ad copy for an ongoing campaign for The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Translation from French to English.
* Professional Awards: 1993 - Second place for specialized reporting in the arts in The New York Times from The
Society of Professional Journalists (Walking Away From Corporate Security For the Life of a Poet).
1991 - Second place for review/criticism in The New York Times from The Society of Professional
Journalists (Is There Any Way to Stop the Blockheads From Taking Over?).
Editing:
Bantam, Doubleday, Dell Publishing Group Inc. - Layout, editing and proofreading of copy for catalog for children.
Chemical Bank - Layout, editing and proofreading of copy for instructional manuals.
American National Standards Institute - Edited and proofread manuals on various industry standards.
Greenstone Roberts Advertising - Proofread ad copy.
ADVO Inc. - Edited copy for the company's quarterly newsletter.
WLIW Channel 21 - Edited instructional book on how to run an on-air job fair.
Adelphi University - Researched and assembled a media resource guide.
Publisher's Clearinghouse - Edited and proofread copy for promotional material.
The Tenforty Software Corporation - Edited and proofread various software manuals.
The Graduate Exchange - Editor-in-Chief of monthly graduate newspaper at Boston College.
Books - Heavy line editing and rewriting of 350 page fiction manuscript (Kristi and the Crystal City of Northern Oz by V.J. Kelly) for
children/young adults. The manuscript is now being shopped by an agent.
Teaching:
New York University (July 1996) - Guest lecturer on newsletter writing
Hofstra University (Spring 1994), Hempstead, NY - Adjunct Professor. Essay writing course.
C.W. Post College (9/93 - 8/94), Brookville, NY - ESL Teacher. English as a Second Language to foreign students.
Elite Academy (9/93 - 12/93) Flushing, NY - Teacher. English and writing, 6th and 7th grade level
Mercy College (Fall 1993) Dobbs Ferry, NY - Adjunct Professor. Essay writing course.
Boston College (9/88 - 12/88) Chestnut Hill, MA -Teaching Fellow. Taught one section of Freshman English.
Education: Boston College (1987 - 1989) Masters in English; Teaching fellow for Fall semester of 1988, GPA 3.7.
Boston College (1982 - 1985) Bachelor of Arts in English.
REFERENCES:
Carol Fox Prescott
Glen Roethel
Abigail Brown
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