LARRY SCHWINGEL

**** ** **** ******, ******* Creek, Florida 33066

Phone: 954-***-**** • Email: ad1htr@r.postjobfree.com

Linkedin Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/larry-schwingel

FREELANCE COPYWRITER, EDITOR, PROOFREADER - Coconut Creek, Florida

December 2016 - Present (Self-Employed)

Writing Projects

• Edit books for self-publishing authors

• Write for local medical practices and a network of primary care physicians

• Write on new procedures and technology in healthcare

• Write articles promoting companies and corporate leaders

• Write corporate correspondence as required

• Write special features for magazines

• Previously wrote brochure copy for travel resorts and two cruise lines

Miscellaneous

• Proofread, research, and edit copy for a major national retailer of pet products

• Write press releases and articles for hospitality industry

• Write and proof press releases for a financial institution in South Florida

• Write copy for a company on contactless payment and two-way messaging for industries

WRITE STUFF ENTERPRISES, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Senior Editor: March – October 2016

Project manager of high-quality tabletop souvenir publications detailing the history of well-known Fortune 500 companies. The position required editing of content, organizing archival images, and working with in-house page designer, corporate liaisons, research assistants, proofreaders, and indexers.

FORUM PUBLISHING GROUP, Tamarac, Florida (subsidiary of South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Assistant Editor: 2013-2015

Created special feature content on the topics of healthcare, medical technology, arts and culture, travel, and education. I also wrote features promoting business leaders, corporations, and non-profits. I supervised the calendar desk that compiled weekly event submissions from 20 cities.

SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Special Sections Writer: 1999-2013

Wrote numerous articles for special themed sections, including medical technology, education, healthcare, automotive, tourism, real estate, senior living, and more. I worked daily with page designers, members of the sales team, and middle- and upper-level management. In addition, I also wrote special features for City and Shore Magazine.

I was a member of the Holy Cross Hospital (Fort Lauderdale) public relations team, wrote brochures for every department, edited a quarterly newsletter, wrote press releases, special features, and speeches for administrators (as needed).

B.A. degree in Journalism and Communications - Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA.

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