Writer and Editor

Robert M. Vaux

**** **** ***** **. #*-*** Claremont, CA 91711 909-***-**** *******@*********.***

Professional Profile

Proven writer and editor with experience in multiple industries including online marketing, SEO content, creative writing, advertising, entertainment, electronics and magazines. Possesses master’s degree in English literature from Syracuse University, with an emphasis on media studies. Effective communicator with the ability to train, lead and motivate team members to outstanding performance. Accomplished professional with experience in website management, writing and editing articles, generating ad copy and day-to-day production operations. Experience includes:

vWebsite Managing

vWriting

vEditing

vMedia Commentary

vContent Development

vPublishing

Professional Experience

IMARKET BUSINESS SOLUTIONS IRVINE, CALIFORNIA

PR AND SEO CONTENT WRITER 7/2013-PRESENT

vWriter of SEO content for website content and blogs, with an emphasis on small business promotion.

MANIA.COM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

FEATURES EDITOR AND FILM CRITIC 1/2008-1/2015

vManager, writer and editor for major entertainment website. Experience includes reviewing movies and television on a weekly basis, managing and overseeing and editing freelance writers, scheduling and posting website material, contributing daily essays on entertainment subjects, and producing reliable, high-quality creative material on extremely short notice.

vMember of the Online Film Critics’ Society and regularly featured on Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com), the Internet’s premiere site for film reviews across the U.S.

SHMOOP UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT WRITER 9/2012 -PRESENT

vWriter and editor of classroom content for Shmoop’s literary and cinematic study guide, including lengthy treatises on such works as White Fang, Seven Samurai, The Joy Luck Club, Rear Window and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

BUSY BEE SEO LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

CONTENT MANAGER AND WRITER 2/2011-2/2012

vContributor to SEO website creation, notably for Electronic Arts’ line of bestselling video games.

vOversaw the development of website essays, online promotional material and product descriptions.

UPPER DECK ENTERTAINMENT CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA

EDITOR 3/2006-12/2008

vEditor and manager of web-based promotions for the phenomenally popular Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game. Editor on numerous additional projects, including properties based on the popular World of Warcraft MMORPG, Marvel and DC Comics superheroes, and Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean films.

vExperience included managing and overseeing groups of freelance writers, and coordinating various properties with their corporate owners.

INFOSEARCH MEDIA LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

WRITER AND CONTENT DEVELOPER 11/2007-12/2008

vContent developer on numerous website and SEO properties: composing essays, promotional material and product descriptions.

ALDERAC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA

WRITER, EDITOR, AND PROJECT MANAGER 6/1996-10/2005

vChief designer, writer, and editor on numerous publications including role-playing games based on the Stargate SG-1 and Farscape television shows, the 7th Sea role-playing and collectible card game, and the Doomtown collectible card game.

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