Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Marketing Collateral - Wausau Paper Royal Promotion


Created concept and wrote promotion materials for a redesigned line of papers.

Other marketing and promotional work:

Buffalo Wild Wings
College of Visual Arts
Lindquist & Vennum PLLC
Marvin Windows and Doors
Image Sensing Systems
Deluxe
Boston Scientific
3M
Wausau Paper
Smuckers
Private and public universities nationwide
Mayo Clinic
Association of Professional Design Firms
And many, many others

Ads - Wausau Royal Promotion


Wrote copy for ads to be placed in design and printing trade publications.

Websites - Naterra Land


Wrote website copy for high-end land development firm.

Other selected websites I've written:

www.black-river.com
www.transomamedical.com
www.wffoothill.com

Awards and Honors



Additional awards and honors:

Graphis
Best Annual Reports 2010, Gold
Old Republic Title Insurance

Web Marketing Association WebAward
2008 Standard of Excellence
Naterra Land website

2008 Advertising Federation of Minnesota “The Show”
Naterra Land website

MARCOM Creative Awards
2007 Platinum Award, Writing / Electronic Communication
Larsen inSights e-newsletter "Brevity is beautiful"

Web Marketing Association WebAward
2006 Outstanding Achievement in Website Development

Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Circle of Excellence in Communications
1995 Competition
Bronze Award: University of Minnesota Foundation 1995 Annual Report

Admissions Awards Competition (Sponsored by the Admissions Marketing Report)
1992 Competition
Gold Award: Total Campaign (Clarkson University)

Advertising Federation of Cedar Rapids
1992 ADDYS
Brochure: University of Dallas
Copy: University of Dallas

1991 ADDYS
Business to Consumer Campaign: (MidAmerica Nazarene College)
Brochure: University of Northern Michigan

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Stage Plays and Screenplays


Eternal Life. Heartland Theatre Company’s Annual 10-minute Play Festival (one of eight plays produced), Bloomington, Illinois, June 12-28, 2003.

SCREENPLAYS

Contests

Beverly Hills Film Festival, The Hacketts, finalist, 2009

Cinema City International Film Festival, Century City, CA. The Hacketts, finalist, 2009

SoCal Independent Film Festival, Huntington Beach, CA. The Body Politic, semi-finalist, 2008

California Independent Film Festival, Livermore, CA. The Devil’s in the Details, Best Screenplay for 2007

Buffalo Niagara Film Festival, Buffalo, NY. The Devil’s in the Details, Honorable Mention (2nd place), 2007

STAGE PLAYS

Productions and Readings

Hell to Pay. Stage Coach Theatre, Boise, Idaho. August, 2005.

Hell to Pay. The Performing Arts Guild of South Kitsap, Port Orchard, Washington. June 3-25, 2005.

Scenes of Love and Madness. Barefoot Play Readers Repertory Theatre Company, San Mateo Arts LLC, Sanchez Concert Hall, Pacifica, California. March 17, 2004.

Hell to Pay. Thespian Troupe 5506, N. Highlands, California. Sept. 1-3, 2003.

Eternal Life. Heartland Theatre Company’s Annual 10-minute Play Festival (one of eight plays produced), Bloomington, Illinois, June 12-28, 2003.

Hell to Pay. Lake Superior College, Duluth, Minnesota. April 4-13, 2002.

Hell to Pay. Westford Teen Arts Council, Westford, Massachusetts. June 27, 28 2001.

Winky. Spare Change Productions at the Chance Theatre, Anaheim Hills, California. Oct - Nov., 1999.

Winky & When I See Elvis, I’ll Give Him Your Love. Staged Reading at Theatre Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 1991.

Contests

Theatre Conspiracy 8th Annual New Play Contest, Fort Myers, FL. The Pear chosen as one of eight finalists among 310 submissions. August, 2005

Mclaren Comedy Playwriting Competition, Midland Community Theatre, Midland, Texas. Hell to Pay chosen as one of four finalists out of 123 entries. Staged reading August, 2000.

Stage 3 Theatre Company’s 3rd Annual Festival of New Plays, 1999. Hell to Pay placed 4th out of 75 entries.

Writer’s Digest 1998 Writing Competition. Honorable Mention in the “Stage Play Script” category for two plays, Tangents and The Coffee Club.

Twelfth Annual Playwright’s Forum Awards, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 1992. One-act play Winky was one of eight finalists.

Other

First Place, Answers.com Creative Writing Challenge, 2007

Platinum Award, Writing/Electronic Communication, Association of Marketing Communications Professionals, 2007