Writer/Marketer

Gregory Contreras

**** ******* ***., ***, ***** Beach, FL 33140

917-***-****: mobile

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Financial Writer / Copywriter

Experience Summary • Marketing communications professional, deeply experienced in writing:

– Corporate profiles, industry analyses

– Corporate responses to requests for proposal

– Brochures, web copy, news releases, fund raising letters, video and radio segments

• Strong technical command of the English language; familiarity with virtually all writing styles; serious commitment to excellence in the printed and published word; excellent researcher, interviewer, and reporter

Education B.A., Economics – Drew University, Madison, NJ 1982

M.B.A., Marketing – Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1992

Professional

Experience Freelance Writer – Business Financial Publishing, Washington, DC

• Research and write 1,500-word articles profiling small- and mid-cap, publicly traded companies

• Complete twice weekly “Watch List” profiles

• Covered variety of sectors, including pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, natural resources, infrastructure, energy and software development; special emphasis on Chinese emerging growth companies 8/06 – 11/08

New Business Manager – The Lord Group/Y&R, New York, NY

• Wrote responses to Request for Proposals with an 80%+ success rate

• Solicited answers from department heads, edited same, wrote connective tissue, designed look and feel of final product (customized to each client), assembled subsidiary artwork, confirmed facts and produced final document

• Directed all New Business creative production (TV / Radio, Print, Web) from creative departments

• Wrote, designed and oversaw the production of web content, newsletters, press releases, brochures, videos and reels

• Wrote ad copy for The Wiz (radio) and Network Computing tagline: “The Buy Starts Here”

• Produced PowerPoint documents for Account Management / New Business presentations; rolled-out regular “handy tips” sheets and provided one-on-one training; created ad hoc user help line

• Designed and produced countless decks and on-screen presentations for on- and offsite roadshow presentations 8/96 – 12/01

Presentation Specialist – Various, NY, CA, NV, MD, DC

• Produced consistent, graphically pleasing, quality-assured documents to support management / New Business presentations

• Produced charts, graphs and text pages for Investment Banking roadshows; recreated logos and created subsidiary graphics as needed

• Produced charts, graphs and text pages for Investment Banking roadshows; recreated logos and created subsidiary graphics as needed

• Clients included: Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Wand Partners, Kidder Peabody, Solomon Brothers Mitchell Madison Group, AT Kearney, Grey Advertising, Société Générale, Ernst & Young, Citigate Albert Frank, Interbrand Schechter 1/92 – 8/96

Computer Skills Microsoft Office suite, In-Design, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and basic HTML

Writing Samples Online: http://gregbanks.com/files/fall_sale-The_Wiz.wav and at www.gregcontreras.us; references available upon request

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