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.

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Work Portfolio

Articles
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Social Media
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Advertisements
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Video
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Brochures
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Miscellaneous Writing
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Skills

  • Higher Ed Marketing
  • SEO
  • Social Media
  • Print & Digital Publishing
  • Film & Video Producing
  • Proofreading
  • Research
  • Interviewing
  • Final Draft
  • MS Office
  • WordPress
  • Adobe Acrobat
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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)