Sr. Copywriter, Sherwood Medical Company (10 yrs.)
Our department had terrific relationships with our scores of internal clients. This global company sometimes felt like a small, family-run business.
Favorite part of job: Terrific boss gave me lots of autonomy and support from day one.
Second favorite part of job: Writing, directing and producing comic live-action and video presentations for annual sales meetings.
Copywriter, Walgreens Co. (2½ yrs.)
At the time I didn’t think writing two-lines-of-text-22-characters-per-line-including-spaces could improve my writing skills, but it did.
Favorite part of job: Working on special projects with senior designers.
Least favorite part of job: Monstrous commute.
Assistant Editor, Florists’ Review weekly magazine (2 yrs.)
Our small staff turned in a great team effort every week – writing news and features, taking photos, and laying out the magazine. Didn’t get paid much, but learned a lot.
Best day on the job: My second week entire staff worked like crazy to finish a 200-page buyers’ guide and Editor rewarded us with a pizza and champagne lunch.
Greatest lesson learned: Editing a columnist is way different than editing news or features, because it’s imperative to maintain the author's distinct voice.
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KLENN
Copywriter/Videographer, Southwestern Illinois College (10 yrs.)
Having taken several classes at the college (including Advanced Creative Writing, Screenwriting, Cinematography and Video Editing) I’m able to draw from personal experience when profiling students and staff, and promoting programs and events.
Best part of job: Collaborating with students and staff to tell their stories.
Worst part of job: Lack of job-tracking software.
Copywriter, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (4½ yrs.)
Wrote marketing materials to raise awareness of newspaper content, increase circulation, and promote Newspapers In Education program.
Favorite part of job: Teaming up with outstanding designers.
Second favorite part of job: Poring over staff sports photos to make selections for rack and stack cards.
