Hello, I'm Don Philbrick
Copywriter
Copy Editor Scriptwriter
With more than 20 years of experience writing a wide variety of marketing materials, web copy, and A/V scripts for a range of organizations, I excel at using powerful narrative techniques to build brands and engage the target audience.
Work Portfolio
Skills
- Higher Ed Marketing
- SEO
- Social Media
- Print & Digital Publishing
- Film & Video Producing
- Proofreading
- Research
- Interviewing
- Final Draft
- MS Office
- WordPress
- Adobe Acrobat
Experience
CARROLL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Westminster, MD)
Marketing Communications Manager
July 2019 – Present
Marketing Copywriter
September 2016 – June 2019
- Responsible for writing and editing strategic marketing and advertising copy for the college’s print and digital communications.
- Brainstorm, create, and transform stories, ideas, and customer insights into engaging and impactful content (articles, headlines, calls-to-action, ads, presentations, etc.) for print, video, website, radio, and social media.
- Assist design and digital teams in the production of multi-media and cohesive products that adhere to brand standards.
- Assist in overseeing production of marketing videos, including conceptualizing, scripting, and storyboarding projects; coordinating, casting and scheduling projects; hiring and directing subcontracted vendors; and ensuring overall output and quality of college video programs.
AUTHORITY MEDIA GROUP (Newark, DE)
Associate Publisher
2015 – 2016
- Created copy (press releases, SEO articles, etc.) and write/edit book and magazine manuscripts on a wide variety of topics for both print and digital.
- Supervised in-house graphic designer and videographer.
WEBFROOTZ, WORDS R WEAPONS, et al
Copywriter (freelance)
2012 – 2015
- Wrote SEO web copy for a variety of B2B and B2C clients
SCHUYLKILL VALLEY JOURNAL (Philadelphia, PA)
Production Editor
2015 – 2016
- Designed interior layout for print and digital editions of acclaimed literary journal.
DARK PARK PUBLISHING (Baltimore, MD)
Managing Editor
2013 – Present
- Established independent small press with 7 well-received titles released to date: Dirty Spirits; Dead Size; Uglyville; Everyone Is a Moon; The Devil’s Delinquents; What Has Two Heads, Ten Eyes, and Terrifying Table Manners? and There’s No Tomorrow: A Soldier’s Account of the Korean War.
- Edited short story anthology What Has Two Heads, Ten Eyes, and Terrifying Table Manners?
- Compose and/or coordinate all marketing elements, including social media promotions, press communications, and author/reader focused web content.
TRITERNAL STUDIOS (Marina del Rey, CA)
Writer for Production Company
2006 – 2016
- Shade Mountain (feature screenplay; in development)
- Omahaha’s (TV pilot teleplay; optioned spec)
- Immunity (dramatic series treatment/show bible)
RADISH CREATIVE GROUP (Royal Oak, MI)
Screenwriter
2009 – 2012
- A Girl Like Her (as Story Consultant); film produced 2014
- Brig Ambrose (feature screenplay)
- Annabelle & Bear (feature screenplay, rewrite); film produced 2009
Education
- Master of Arts in Writing Studies, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA
- Master of Arts in Writing Studies, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Organizations
- National Council for Marketing & Public Relations
- Horror Writers Association (Active Member)
Education
- Master of Arts in Writing Studies, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA
- Bachelor of Arts in Communications, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Professional Organizations
- National Council for Marketing & Public Relations
- Horror Writers Association (Active Member)