David Bolick copywriter-editor

Oakland, California 510-***-**** adwvlt@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn portfolio

Copywriter/editor with more than 20 years of experience (long, short form; B2B/B2C; business, mktg., tech) seeks contract or part-time/full-time employment.

Experience

Dave Bolick communications; Oakland, Ca. — 1993-2023

Create targeted content for wide-ranging audiences, including C-level decision makers. Achieve outstanding communication results via concise, compelling, highly readable content. Experienced with wide variety of writing styles and audiences. Expert-level proficiency with major style guides. Broad knowledge of business, marketing, and technology. (keywords: B2B, B2C, AI, big data, Web, UI/UX, collateral, brochures, HR, finance, solution briefs, direct marketing, video scripts, case studies, press releases, white papers, marketing data sheets, blogs, SEO, tech, healthcare, energy, utilities)

Sample contract assignments

Satellite Healthcare; San Jose, Ca. — 3/2022 – 7/2022 —Copywriter-Editor

Rewrote entire company website, wrote blog posts and announcements, and edited miscellaneous internal and external-facing docs.

Rimini Street; Las Vegas — 4/2021 – 9/2021 — Lead Generation Copywriter

Wrote lead-gen materials, including emails, landing pages, SEO, and social media.

DHC Consulting; Woodside, Ca. — 2003–2021 — Senior Writer/Editor

Wrote and edited internal and external-facing content for HP/HPE across various media, formats, and audiences. (solution briefs, technical specifications, executive bios, white papers, direct email, newsletter articles, SaaS, IaaS, converged infrastructure, cloud)

Databricks; San Francisco — 2018–2019 — Senior Writer/Editor

Wrote and edited Web content, newsletters, emails, and blog posts for AI/big data firm.

Sapient/Nitro; San Francisco — 10/2015 – 12/2015 — Web Editor

Edited/rewrote website content for PG&E in support of the company’s website overhaul.

Ion-Global; San Francisco — 2004 — Web Editor

Rewrote 1000-plus industrial-product Web pages for W. L. Gore & Associates client.

Connect Direct; Redwood City, Ca. — 1999 – 2003 — Senior Writer

Wrote content for B2B direct-response mail/email, landing pages, collateral, and Web.

Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Jose, Ca. — 1997 — Corporate Editor

Edited white papers, data sheets, and marketing reports.

Education

B.A., Communications (cum laude), 1987; University of Connecticut

MBA, 1989; UC, Berkeley Haas School of Business