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November 15, 2014

COLIN BIGGS

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WRITING HISTORY

Newswire/Critic Speak Editor, Movie Mezzanine, Sept 2013 - Present

- Report latest production news from film industry professionals, including changing release dates, trailers, and

casting announcements.

- Promote press releases from entertainment agencies and publicize their news stories with articles and giveaways.

- Compose retrospectives of classic films and their place in movie history.

- Publish articles regarding events and debates in the critical community as well as creating editorial essays.

- Share articles, recommendations, reviews, and other content by email and on noted film blogs, websites, Twitter

and Facebook.

Movie Reviewer, GotchaMovies, http://www.gotchamovies.com, May 2013 - May 2014

- Critically analyzed technical composition and performances for theatrical releases and Netflix streaming titles

for an audience of over 400 thousand unique monthly visitors

- Wrote special interest articles for a diverse range of popular movie genres, including comedies, science fiction,

and critically acclaimed films.

- Comparatively discussed the evolution of film industry and societal attitudes towards historically popular film

genres, female roles, and race in editorials.

Public Relations Intern, Nevada Fair Share, Jan 2012 - May 2012

- Researched and drafted fact sheets, promotional supplements, team reports and presentations lobbying for

alternative energy company.

- Wrote press releases, letters to the editors of local newspapers and created educational pamphlets to promote the

alternative energy forum.

- Acted as team manager between supervisor and public relations team for a wind energy lobbying group.

Editor-in-Chief, Never Mind Pop Film, http://www.nevermindpopfilm.blogspot.com, Jan 2009 - Present

- Write, edit, and publish original movie reviews and other essays.

- Manage and edit original articles to adhere to writing standards of excellence from a team of writing staff and

guest contributors.

- Practiced in drawing site traffic using organic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) writing.

- Design and maintain website, including layout formatting, template customization, and HTML coding.

Movie Expert, PopCircle, http://www.popcircle.com, Dec 2012 - July 2013

- Created collections of highly diverse films and circulated them on social media.

- Rated, reviewed and recommended hundreds of films for large audiences of readers.

- Actively promoted the site and new items, recommendations, reviews, collections and other content by email

and on blogs, websites, Twitter and Facebook.

SPECIAL MENTIONS

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Member. Approved critic on RottenTomatoes.com Writing has received mentions

from RogerEbert.com, The Dissolve, IMDb's Hit-List and Mystery Science Theatre 3000's Cinematic Titanic.

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Writing at the University of Nevada, Reno, August 2012