Aaron

Sales & Marketing

Copywriting & Editing

Research & Analysis

Multimedia Production

Aaron

Sales & Marketing

Copywriting & Editing

Research & Analysis

Multimedia Production

About Me

Hello! I’m Aaron...

 

I offer expert language skills to proofread, compose and edit copy, and improve your company’s communications. 

 

My specialty is crafting persuasive multimedia content for both print and online platforms.  I understand the art of rhetoric, and can use its figures of speech to persuade, entertain, or instruct.

 

As a creative writer skilled in literary theory, I incorporate story structure into my copy so that my reader can experience a satisfying journey.

Areas of Expertise
Document Edits
  • Proofread
  • Edit
  • Research & Citation
  • Format & Layout
Website Revision
  • Eliminate typos
  • Fix grammar and punctuation
  • Enhance rhetoric 
Sales & Fundraising
  • Self-motivated and confident
  • Skilled in time management and problem solving
  • Creative and thorough in cultivation and stewardship
Video Captions

Ensure captions match spoken words with proper syntax

Audio Pronunciation

Correct and consistent pronunciation in audiobooks and other recordings 

Education
2022
Master of Science in Psychology

Grand Canyon University 

2005
Bachelor of Arts in Humanities, Certificate of Professional Writing

Washington State University

2003
Bachelor of Arts in Culture, Text & Language

The Evergreen State College

2000-2001
Film Production Courses
Writing and Production

The University of Southern California

Research Areas of Interest

Psychology of Literature

Applying literary archetype and story structure to behavioral activation

Proportionate Immunity

Using Fibonacci retracement to identify critical levels in immune response during onset, recovery, and relapse

Resume
Experience
Multimedia Consultant
2003 - Present
Multimedia Consultant
Overthrow Media

Improving communications across all media with persuasive writing, constructive editing, and appealing visual presentation.

 


Key Clients & Projects

Jupiter Management Consulting

  • Proofread and edited complex project management reports and presentations for data center construction audits

MDPI, Scribendi

  • Edited international science and humanities research articles for publication in English journals
  • Met short deadlines
  • Ensured spelling, grammar, clarity, and style consistency

Deborah Dell, PMHNP

  • Built a mobile/web patient diary to generate reports and photo galleries for tracking therapy progress
  • Saved 30% of intake and followup questionnaire time
  • Applied knowledge from my graduate studies in psychology

Postcardia

  • Conducted demographics research to produce direct mailing lists
  • Sold advertising and managed accounts
  • Wrote compelling copy and designed engaging postcards
  • Showcased my copy writing and audience engagement skills
  • Proved more effective than all other advertising

Mid-Columbia Symphony

  • As a volunteer board member, led sales, marketing, fundraising and stewardship
  • Produced concert videos, performance programs, website
  • Secured discount media buys, saving 30% year-over-year
  • Developed creative ways of soliciting donors and showing gratitude to individual sponsors that praised how their individual contributions made a positive difference

Help-U-Move, Inc.

  • Developed a website with scheduling and inventory tracking
  • Achieved #1 search engine ranking
  • Edited and illustrated company operations manual
  • Created employee training videos
  • Developed staff retention systems including performance goals and bonuses
  • Recruited employees via job fairs, work study programs, and social media

Congressional Campaigns

  • Produced print, TV, and radio advertising
  • Researched and revised speeches
  • Organized canvassing for 20+ volunteers
  • Designed and produced campaign logos, yard signs, brochures and other promotional materials

Desert Canyon Mortgage

  • Produced testimonial videos featuring satisfied clients recounting their experience with the company
  • Executed print advertisement and email campaigns
  • Installed a kiosk at the mall with looping promotional videos, takeaway brochures, and swag
2016-present
Trader & Technical Analyst
Remote
  • Part-time trader of stocks and futures
  • Developed a system using candlestick patterns, volume profile, market breadth, advance/decline, and especially stochastic divergence to identify set-ups for price reversal and continuation
2008 - 2010
Screenwriter

Wrote and optioned an original motion picture screenplay; won the Going Green Screenplay Contest; inspired the Netflix series Space Force.

2005-2008
Editor, Publisher
Reactor Magazine

Started up a regional news & culture print magazine and website, managed 20+ writers, serviced 100+ advertisers, and achieved 10k distribution.

Skills
Skills
  • Copy Writing/Editing
  • Chart/Graph/Table Creation
  • Research/Citation
  • Fact Checking
  • Interviewing
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Croatian
Web Publishing
  • WordPress
    90%
  • PHP / MYSQL
    75%
  • HTML / CSS
    95%
Writing Styles
  • Technical
  • Academic
  • Persuasive
  • Journalism
  • Keyword-Rich
  • AP, CMOS, APA
Works
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