STW

OBJECTIVE

An accomplished storyteller and

writer seeking new and exciting

challenges using my skills as a

copywriter, content creator,

journalist and author and

applying my strong verbal and

written skills working in the

marketing, pr, and media

relations spaces.

SKILLS

• Copywriting

• Proofreading

• B2B Email Marketing

• Blogging

• Social Media

• Web Content

• Digital Marketing Strategy

• Journalism

• Reporting

• Interviewing

• Storytelling

• Brand strategy

• Events planning

• Researching complex topics

and communicating them with

clarity

• Creativity

• Voice

• Publicity/PR

SAM THOMAS WELLER

WRITER/EDITOR WWW.SAMWELLER.NET

773-***-**** ady8cc@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE

SENIOR COPYWRITER/PROOFREADER • MY MARKETING PASS • 2022 – PRESENT

Specialized in both long-form SEO content writing (landing pages, blog posts, web site content) and short-form copywriting (social media, email marketing, B2B email campaigns). Supervised a team of remote writers around the globe and proofed all copy.

FREELANCE WRITER & EDITOR • 1997 – PRESENT

Wrote hundreds of articles, feature stories and conducted interviews for a wide-range of print and digital publications including: Slate, Huffington Post, Working Mother, L.A. Review of Books, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Reader, Dallas Morning News, Kansas City Star, The Paris Review, NPR, PopMatters, CrimeReads, Playboy and more. Stories spanned news, op-ed, arts crit, Q&As, politics, health and wellness, front- of-book short features, as well as longform features. AUTHOR•VARIOUS PUBLISHING HOUSES • 2001 – PRESENT

Authored six award-winning books and a graphic novel. Translated into 10 languages:

Secret Chicago: The Guidebook to Chicago's Hidden Sites, Sounds, and Tastes

(2001, ECW Press)

The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury (2005, William Morrow) Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews (2010, Melville House) Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Honor of Ray Bradbury (2012, Morrow Paperbacks)

Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview (2015, Melville House) Shadow Show: Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury (Graphic Novel, IDW Press, 2015)

Dark Black (Short Stories) (2020, Hat & Beard Press) PUBLIC SPEAKER • 2001 – PRESENT

Delivered over 400 talks at universities, libraries, museums and literary centers around the world on the life and legacy of Ray Bradbury and the nature of creativity (complete list of events available upon request). CREATIVE CONSULTANT • ENERGY BBDO • 2012

Coached creative team to gain a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of excellent storytelling and its relationship to marketing and advertsing..

CO-HOST • HELLO, BEAUTIFUL, WBEZ CHICAGO PUBLIC RADIO • 2008 – 2009

Host of weekly arts magazine program on Chicago Public Radio. COPYWRITER• IGNITE ADVERTISING • 2002 – 2003

Conceived and wrote marketing copy for Sony brand campaigns. MIDWEST CORRESPONDENT PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • 1997 – 2001 Reported on and wrote about publishers, distributors, wholesalers, booksellers, authors, technology and new trends in the publishing business. Met weekly deadlines to provide relevant information quickly to international trade audience. Wrote multiple articles weekly, collaborating closely with New York editors.

STAFF WRITER NEWCITY ALT WEEKLY & NEWCITY.COM • 1996 –1999 Covered the world of arts and politics, writing cover stories, short and long form features, arts criticism (books, film, music), essays, blogs and more.

EDUCATION

BFA •COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO •FILM

MFA• COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO CREATIVE WRITING/JOURNALISM VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE OR LEADERSHIP

BOARD ADVISOR RAY BRADBURY EXPERIENCE MUSEUM

PRINTER’S ROW LIT FEST PLANNING COMMITTEE

CHAIR, HAROLD WASHINGTON LITERARY AWARDS

AWARDS

1999 PETER LISAGOR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ARTS CRITICISM 2012 BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVMENT IN AN ATHLOLOGY

2015 BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL

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