Writer, Editor, Proofreader, Copywriter, Novelist, Journalist, MFA
Resume:
M A T T H E W A N D E R S O N
CANONSBURG, PA 15317
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QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
— Freelance Writer, Editor, Proofreader – Fiction and Nonfiction Literature: 23 years
— AI Reviewer, Rater, Prompt Writer, Response Writer, Prompt/Response Editor: 1.5 years
— Human Resources (HR): 14 years
— Supervisor/Manager/Team Leader/Business Unit Lead: 10 years
— Sales: 18 years
— Account Management/Customer Relationship Management (CRM): 17 years
— Client Support/Customer Service: 20 years
— Copywriting: 10 years
— Leadership/Problem-Solving/Emotional Intelligence (EQ)/Team Collaboration/Adaptability/Detail Attention/Time Management: 20 years
EDUCATION
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY – DODGE COLLEGE OF FILM AND MEDIA ARTS — August 2016 to May 2018
● Master of Fine Arts – Screenwriting — Awarded, May 2018
● Edgar and Libby Pankey Scholarship Honoree – Collaborator with Avatar VFX Producer Joyce Cox — 2017
● Dodge Conservatory – Actor (Best Supporting Actor) – Producer, Editor, Writer-Director (Best Picture) — 2016- 2017
● Editor – Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, ProTools — 2016-2018 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — September 2005 to Jan. 2007 (1.5 years)
● Syracuse Law Academic Affairs Delegate – Promotional Writer, Activities Chair — 2005-2007
● Sports and Entertainment Law Society – President, Copywriter, Webmaster — 2005-2007 WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY — August 2000 to June 2004
● Bachelor of Arts – History – Awarded, June 2004
● General Admission (Acapella) – Lead Bass Vocalist — 2002-2004
● W&L Thespian – Lead Actor — 2001-2003
● Bowden Memorial Scholarship Honoree — 2000
PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS
● GIFTED – A short story – Literary Fiction — Modern Friendship, Betrayal, and Love — 2024
● STARS – A short story (Writer, Source Concept Adaptation) – Science Fiction and Fantasy — Paranormal (Superhero) — 2024
● NEVER LOOK BACK – Writer-Director — Short Comedy-Drama Feature — 2018
● WHISKEY KINGS – Series Creator, Writer – US Prohibition Period – Crime Drama – Pilot Script, Ep 2 Script, and Series Bible — Premium One-Hour Television — 2018
● FAILSAFE – Feature Screenplay — Action Thriller — 2017
● THE MARATHON SPRINTER – Feature Screenplay — Inspirational Drama — 2013
● REMEMBER THREE THINGS – Novel Trilogy — Adolescence through Early Adulthood — 2011 EXPERIENCE
DREAMCHASE METAVERSE (SELF-EMPLOYED) – Greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Fiction/Nonfiction Writer-Editor
(Freelance, Contractor) — Jan. 2007 to April 2014 and May 2018 to Present. Anderson 2/3
● Created 14+ copywriting packages, technical writing pieces, and such literary works as cutting-edge advertising copy, multinational press releases, world and local news articles, opinion pieces, trenchant essays, commentaries, tutorials, project outlines, concept maps, workflow diagrams, linguistic effectiveness models, product brochures, instruction pamphlets, and branded social media content.
● Wrote and edited long-form fiction, faction, and nonfiction works, including feature screenplays, original TV pilots, dramatic/comedic teleplays, novels, short stories, essays, news stories, investigative journalism, probative editorials, self-help content, physical health articles, entertainment blogs, opinion pieces, social media posts, critical reviews, and scholarly analyses.
● Crafted advanced AI prompts and responses to elevate state-of-the-art Large Language Models (LLMs) for clients Outlier AI, Alignerr, and OneForma Centific.
● Promoted from Prompt Writer to Response Writer to Response Rater to Multi-Turn Prompt–Response Reviewer/Evaluator/Analyst in 3 months as contractor to Outlier AI. ICONFIRE LOGISTICS (SELF-EMPLOYED) – Greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Relocation Logistics Manager — Mar. 2023 to September 2024.
● Created and distributed marketing copy, online advertisements, press releases, and social media content.
● Designed, organized, and coordinated personal and professional relocation processes for local and out-of-state clients (PA, CA, VA, OH).
● Executed total-process logistics planning — private/confidential property purging and organization; supply purchasing; and property packaging, loading, and unloading.
● Coordinated property transport; site cleaning and preparation; effects staging; materials stocking; location utility/digital-data configuration; and startup/reorientation services. TIER ONE TECHNOLOGIES – Greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Senior Lead IT/Technical Recruiter — Jan. 2022 to Mar. 2023.
● Guided direct-hire placements for high-income government IT professionals in major tech hubs nationwide.
● Sourced, recruited, screened, interviewed, vetted, and placed professionals in public-sector career opportunities with prime clients, from Lockheed Martin to the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center.
● Managed aural, written, and face-to-face client, prospect, and placed-asset relationships from introduction to candidate placement with an unwavering commitment to accuracy, communication clarity, and interpersonal class. WESTERN WATER WORKS SUPPLY COMPANY – Greater Los Angeles, California – Director of Talent Acquisition
(Hybrid) — June 2018 to April 2021.
● Designed and developed full-cycle recruiting process for the top employee-owned waterworks organization in the country, mining for the best potential talent available, across the great states of California, Utah, and Oregon.
● Sourced, screened, vetted, and interviewed in-office and remote, always with a view to long-term career success — no round pegs forced square.
● Elevated three untrained recruiters to 6-figure status, from drafting and posting opportunities to candidate vetting, sourcing, screening, personality and background testing, interviewing, onboarding, and total lifecycle management.
● Put the boots on the ground that led the company to three consecutive years of all-time-high profits and expansion.
● Guided continuous company progress as a member of and contributor to Western’s Executive Leadership Team. VERTIGO ENTERTAINMENT – Hollywood, California – Development Coverage Lead — Jan. 2018 to April 2018.
● Covered feature screenplays, long-form teleplays, novels, short stories, periodicals, films, and new media for major production company powerhouse (The Departed, The Ring, The Lego Movie, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, It), first-look partner to Warner Bros., Lionsgate, and Sony Pictures Television).
● Unearthed, annotated, reviewed, and enhanced scripts, outlines, short stories, and raw concepts for development.
● Crafted cogent synopses and pointed analyses of screenplays, teleplays, films, webisodes, outlines, and treatments. TIER ONE TECHNOLOGIES – Greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Lead IT Recruiter — Jan. 2016 to August 2016.
● Guided direct-hire placements for high-income IT professionals in major tech hubs across the country. Anderson 3/3
● Sourced, recruited, screened, interviewed, vetted, and placed professionals in public-sector career opportunities with prime clients, from Hewlett Packard Enterprise to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
● Managed aural, written, and face-to-face client, prospect, and placed-asset relationships with an unwavering commitment to detail accuracy, communication clarity, and interpersonal class. EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS – Greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Senior Recruiter — Aug. 2015 to Jan. 2016
● Developed new client relationships, pitching recruitment services to decision-makers on both cold and warm calls via telephone, email, social media, and face-to-face.
● Managed every aspect of client hiring processes and employee lifecycles: initial sourcing, resume critique, presentation polishing, interviewing, background-check processing, on-site and remote drug screening, practical and position-oriented skills testing, start-date and pay-rate negotiation, onboarding, and career transitioning.
● Sourced, recruited, screened, interviewed, vetted, and placed professionals in best-match client opportunities in a detail-critical, daily-accountable environment.
MANPOWERGROUP – Greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Senior Staffing Specialist — October 2014 to August 2015
● Delivered recruitment services and career consultation to a portfolio of 200+ client companies and candidates, continuously guiding contract, contract-to-permanent, and direct-hire placements.
● Mined high-quality candidates for client placement under constant deadline and achievement pressure, producing qualified assets from innovative, grass-roots recruiting efforts, including job-board sourcing, basic-print and web advertising, on-foot territory canvassing, educational-institution networking, and cold-calling.
● Qualified associates with a constant view to best-opportunity matching, screening all aspects of candidate fitness, including education, experience, reasons for leaving, background history, compliance, transportation, commutable distance, income criteria, intellectual horsepower, communication skills, and degree of responsibility. AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING – Greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – National Sales Executive — June 2013 to April 2014
● Marketed and sold Human Resources Outsourcing products and services with ADP-certified expertise — proprietary software designed to systemize and simplify Talent Management for major multinational corporations.
● Partnered successfully with 6 outside sales agents, captaining a team approach to product introduction, sales-cycle management, platform demonstration, client proposal, contract negotiation, and software implementation.
● Developed relationships with clients and pure prospects through daily cold- and warm-call communication. DIGITAL SKILLSET
● Operating Systems: All Apple, Microsoft, and Google platforms and core software — All iterations.
● Software: Microsoft 365 (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook) – Google Workspace (Docs/Sheets/Drive/Chat) – Apple iWork (Pages, Keynote, iCloud, Logic Pro, Journal, Notes, Photos, Podcasts, Books) — All iterations.
● Industry Standard Engines – Email Platforms – Browsers: (Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Baidu, Yandex – Gmail, Outlook, YahooMail, Mailchimp, HubSpot, GetResponse, ProtonMail – Chrome, Explorer, Safari, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi, UC) — All iterations.
● Virtual Presentation Software Platforms: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, GoogleMeet, Whereby, Jitsi Meet, Google Hangout, Visme, StarLeaf, Microsoft Live Meeting, Cisco WebEx, Citrix GoToMeeting — All iterations.
● Commercial ERP and CRM Platforms: Oracle NetSuite, Acumatica, Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Oracle E-Business, SAP ERP, SAP Business Suite, SAP Business One, Workday, Ceridian, iCIMS, Bullhorn, ADP Workforce Now, ADP Recruiting Management, Salesforce — All iterations.
● Artificial Intelligence (AI) Architecture: Azure AI, Copilot, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google AI, OpenAI, H20.ai, NVIDIA LaunchPad, NVIDIA DGX Cloud, NVIDIA NIM, Domino Data Lab — All post-2018 iterations.
● Social Media and Creative Services: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X, Truth Social, Snapchat, WeChat, Telegram, TikTok, YouTube, Vimeo, Pinterest, Tumblr, Reddit, Flickr, WhatsApp, Linktree, Squarespace, WordPress, Final Draft, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom, Illustrator, Premiere Pro) Acrobat Sign, DocuSign, Direct Office, Quest Software — All iterations.
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