Content Writer Creative Director
Resume:
Michael Tetrick
**************@***.***
Experience
Writer/Producer/Director/Filmmaker/Photographer/
Business Content Writer/ Creative Director Present
Wrote, filmed, produced, and edited two independently-funded documentaries. Exhibited and sold my fine art photography at galleries and art fairs. Business Content Writer. I created over 1200 blogs, BPO pages, and service pages using WordPress and Yoast SEO.
Business Content Writer/ Creative Director August 2019- August 2023
Contract Business Content Writer for RELY SERVICES, a Global Business Process Outsourcing firm. I produced over 600 blogs, BPO pages, and service pages using
ChatGPT, WordPress, and Yoast SEO.
Writer October 2019-January, 2020
Researched and wrote a successful State of Illinois Adult Use Cannabis License Application for Nirvana Management Corporation.
Supply Chain Specialist - Amazon November 2015- July 2016
Amazon warehouse worker in Mundelein, IL, fulfilling orders and loading delivery trucks.
Writer/Producer/Story Producer April 2008-May 2015
Various television series for networks such as A&E, Bravo, The History Channel, Spike, Tru TV, TLC, and The Travel Channel, including THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY, THE ULTIMATE SOLDIER CHALLENGE, DOWNSIZED (2 seasons), OCEAN FORCE (3 seasons), 4TH AND FOREVER, GROWING UP TWISTED, AIRPORT 24/7: MIAMI, D.E.A. and WHAT A TOOL.
•Writing and rough editing as many as four episodes at a time, scripting additional scenes, supervising multiple editors, responding to executive producer and network notes, and delivering episodes and backup material on schedule.
Executive Producer/Vice President for Production and Program Development
January 2006-March 2008 Motor Trend Television Network and The Multicast Network Group
•Created, budgeted, and vetted an entire broadcast schedule of programming, along with single-handed scripting, producing, shooting, and editing pilots, demos, network, and advertiser presentations. Actively participated in sales efforts to generate funding, investors, and affiliates. Embedded with Motor Trend Magazine as the network representative.
Senior Story Producer April 2003-December 2005 Various television series for Animal Planet and Court TV, including KING OF THE JUNGLE (3 seasons) and BEACH PATROL (season one).
•Supervise a staff of writers and editors, taking multiple episodes from script to completion and responding to executive producer and network notes.
Supervising Producer April 1998-March 2003 Animal Planet series WILD RESCUES (3 seasons) and THE JEFF CORWIN EXPERIENCE (3 seasons).
•Supervise all aspects of multi-episode series, from concept through production and post-production to delivery, including staffing, creative direction, logistical and financial planning, travel and promotion, and managing the diverse talents and needs of cast, crew, network, and audience.
Education
Pepperdine University, Graduate School of Education and Psychology
Master of Arts in Psychology May 2008
Additional Skills
Cameraman conversant with nearly all digital and analog formats. Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop and Acrobat, Mac Photos, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premier, and Avid Editor. A scholar with a broad knowledge of history, art, and culture. Competition sailplane pilot and Auto-X driver. Exhibiting fine art photographer. Kayaker. Rower. Cyclist.
Awards
Six Chicago Emmys. National Emmy nominee. Genesis Award. Addy Award. Soaring Society of America Silver Badge holder.
Affiliations
American Psychological Association, Psi Chi, Sports Car Club of America, Soaring Society of America, and BMW Owners Club of America.
Contact this candidate