EXPERIENCE

1987-Present
Campbell Communications

• Freelance writing and editing
  
• Feature writing for PEOPLE magazine, The Oregonian, Oregon Business magazine, Northwest Airlines World Traveler, Powder magazine, American Airlines' American Way, Horizon Air, Alaska Air, Today's Health Care, Business Journal, The Independent, Portland Trail Blazers' Rip City, and others
  
• Extensive corporate writing and editing for Nike, Inc., Waggener Edstrom, Communique PR, Outward Bound USA, and others

• Product release writing/editing
• Servicing various national and international media with Nike product and information
• Copywriting for Nike.com, Nikebiz.com and Nikemedia.com

• Sr. Producer/Features for 7-million/mo.page-view website (in alliance with The Oregonian)
• Oversaw daily production of the Entertainment and Living sections web content
• Oversaw one assistant producer and 3 interns
• Worked with html, RealAudio, CGI, Pantheon conversion software, Photoshop

• Editor-in-Chief for Bicycle Dealer Showcase 4-color glossy monthly trade publication
• Editor-in-Chief for Portland Live!, 4-color glossy monthly arts and entertainment magazine, set to launch April 1996

• Editor-in-Chief for startup Northwest Indian, set launch July 1997

• Editor/Webmaster (July1995-Oct. -1995) and columnist (Oct. 1995 - Oct. 1997) for digital magazine on the World Wide Web

• Oversaw weekly editions of This Week magazine (circ. 500,000)
• Managed staff of 5
• Worked with free-lance writers pool of 20-25 writers

• Edited free-lance copy, wrote cover stories and features. Also free-lanced feature stories and a music column for Downtowner magazine (a sister publication at RFD)

• Musician for touring blues band, and co-owner of Criminal Records.
• Involved with performance, stage production, public relations, booking, record/tape/CD production.

• Owner and independent record producer/songwriter

• Surveyor on field crew. Worked with Zeiss and Jena theodolites, levels and EDMs.

• Web page production: HTML, RealAudio, MP3, cgi, Pantheon, Photoshop.
• Published writer: PEOPLE magazine, The Oregonian, American Way (American Airlines), Powder magazine, Alaska Air, Horizon Air, Oregon Business magazine, Computer Bits magazine, This Week magazine, Downtowner magazine, The Independent (independent film and video magazine), Today's Health Care, The Business Journal, and others. Understand craft and art of writing. Deadline driven.
• Editor: Ten years experience editing for weekly and monthly magazines. Working knowledge of AP Style, proofreading, headline writing, grammar, punctuation and usage skills.
• Management: Managed staff of 5. Guided This Week magazine through a format change (broadsheet to tabloid). Established a new section (Entertainment This Week). Redesigned This Week and converted from IBM-based computer system to Macintosh (March 1994). Hired by Skies American International Publishing for the launch of Portland Live!, a glossy monthly art and entertainment magazine. Used my years of professional music experience and network of arts and entertainment industry contacts to fashion a modern magazine that reflected the culture of Portland. I have a thorough understanding of human resources, budgeting, production, strategic planning and team building.
• Layout: Experienced with Macintosh, QuarkXpress, Word and WriteNow programs.Working knowledge of Internet, World Wide Web, http and html.
• Teaching: Have taught writing classes for Oregon Writers Colony, Willamette Writers, Friends of Beaverton Library, Portland Public Schools TAG program, Jackson Middle School, Capital Hill Elementary School, among others.

• Society of Professional Journalists
  
• BMI (performing rights organization)

1974-1976: University of Oregon
1970-1973: Roseburg Senior High School

FUN STUFF

Professional musician, songwriter, music publishing and recording, skiing, fly-fishing, mountain biking, Cajun cooking, wine-tasting, operating outside the box, random acts of paradigm shifting and senseless frivolity.

Portfolio and references on request