Jon R. Johnson
Houston, TX ****9
www.jjohnsoncopywriting.com
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Objective As a professional in the public and private sectors, and as a student of Jay White’s AWAI’s Email Copy Made Easy and AWAI’s Accelerated Program to Six-Figure Copywriting, I have the experience and education to market your message. Be it web copy, landing pages, case studies, or emails, I have the ability to write engaging copy which converts, and builds a “Bridge of Trust with your clients or prospects, so you get copy that gets opened, read and, clicked-through and moves your target audience to a call to action (CTA)… becoming a customer and ultimately, the sale.
Education Bachelors of Science, Criminal Justice
Minor in Professional Land Management (PLM)
University of Houston – Downtown
Dean’s List 1994 / Academic Honors
Additional Training AWAI’s Accelerated Program to Six-Figure Copywriting
AWAI’s FastTrack to Copywriting Success Bootcamp & Job Fair 2015
AWAI’s Email Copy Made Easy – Jay White
Certifications State of Texas, Certified Teacher
Special Education: K – 12, Physical Education: EC - 12
Professional Freelance Copywriter
Houston, Texas
Lead Generation (Nurturing)
Ensure that a consistent brand presence and voice is maintained across all media
Create keyword-rich content, tag lines and product descriptions to engage consumers and optimize for SEO
Develop call-to-action-inspiring messaging/copy for email campaigns, website content and social media networks
Collaborates with Marketing and Creative team to brainstorm creative concepts
Strong command of grammar, spelling, and the English language
Superior written, verbal, interpersonal, and communication skills
Self-starter, proactive, positive attitude, energetic
Content Marketing - Blog Writings, Articles, Sales Letters, and more…
Wise & Susong
Houston, Texas
Landman
Built Electronic Unit Files from client’s “P” Drive
Created Spreadsheet to calculate leasehold gross/net acreage by tract for units for BOLO
Prepared Contracts Spreadsheet to identify ROW’s, easements and other various contracts and tied them to their appropriate Wells/Units
Researched TXRRC for relevant unit data
Tri Energy Asset Management - T.E.A.M
Houston, Texas
Landman
Reviewed oil and gas leases for key provisions
Reviewed well files and well production; determine if leases are held by production
Review contracts for key provisions - JOA’s, Farm-outs, Farm-ins, Exploration Agreements, etc.
Extensive HBP title experience
Ability to calculate leasehold gross/net acreage by tract for BOLO
Identified ROW’s, easements and other contracts and tied them to Wells/Units
Calculate working interest, net revenue interest, net acres and mineral interest
Cross-referenced lease, wells and contracts in Access Database
Worked $278 million dollar Hunt Oil Divestiture: Texas Properties
$77 million dollar Hilcorp acquisition: Texas, Oklahoma & Arkansas Properties
Developed Property Acquisition Summary Form to client specifications for use by sub-contractors
Facilitated and utilized cloud technology to share data in real time from remote locations with multiple users on numerous acquisitions projects
Review & write summary reports for clients looking to purchase at auction
Prepared properties for divestiture – Verification of WI/NRI/ORI in Access Database
6 month DD and curative title review of 16,000 acres, TX properties, for a Anadarko
Verify WI / NRI Confirmation of TX, OK, KS properties
Prepared TX & OK properties for auction
Due Diligence Team Review of 6400+ leases & 350+ Wells in one month
Electronic file building & review of 45 Wells for $300 million dollar equity infusion
Due Diligence Review of Leasehold/Well files in NE US, Rust Belt, Texas & Oklahoma
Due Diligence notice & consent review of leasehold, compressor site stations & pipeline ROW in the Marcellus Shale
Due Diligence leasehold review of over 30,000 acres in the Northeastern US, Dallas, & Oklahoma
Notice & consent review
Ability to solve problems and think independently
Reviewed TXRRC, OCC, Sonris, LR2000 and other regulatory agency websites for production, well depths and other pertinent related data including proration unit
Special Education Teacher – Houston I.S.D. (2001 – 2006)
Houston, Texas
Instructor of SRA Corrective Reading to special needs children
Taught phonetic awareness of vowels and consonants
Developed fluency learning through rote learning instruction - repeat and drill
Adept at overcoming readers hurdles associated with dyslexia
Help build synaptic relay (comprehension) through repeat and drill instruction
Used “Freefall writing” with students on a daily basis as a 5-10 minute warm-up exercise to develop their writing skills – Only rule – Don’t stop writing!
Had students collaborate together when learning grammar: capitalization and punctuation issues associated with writing (using an overhead format) by initially telling the students how many and what type errors there were and gradually backing off until I told students that there were “X” number of errors and they were to identify all of them. Worked Great! The students had a better grasp of capitalization and punctuation issues associated with writing than most of their regular ed. counter-parts.
Taught analytical thinking skills to ED student through learning chess
Additional Experience Printing Expressions (1998-1999)
Houston, Texas
Managed three-quarter of million dollar mom & pop printing company for two years while in college
Worked with in-house graphic artist to develop customer layouts and logo design
Worked with customers to develop their brand and style
Helped guide customers in selecting papers, colors, fonts that met their objectives
Oversaw production of print jobs
Proofreading and Editing (AP/MLA Style)
Articles Published http://generalfinanceblog.com/can-silver-bullet-protect-werewolves-wall-street.html
Microsoft Word & Excel
Outlook
Google Docs
Landlord for 10 years
Experienced General Contract remodeling old homes from 1920’s