Ray Bartkowech
Copywriter
 
54 Beach Street
Woburn, MA 01801
phone/fax (781) 937-0389
email: copywriter@rcn.com
EXPERIENCE

Copywriter, Website Builder, Marketing & Advertising Consultant
COPYWRITING & CREATIVE SERVICES, Woburn
Providing advertising, PR and marketing communications copy, consulting and editorial services, and Website review and analysis. Developing, designing, writing and launching informational Websites. Experience writing business-to-business, direct mail catalogs and collateral, press releases, feature articles, print ads, radio, marketing, promotional, sales and PR materials, recruitment ads, brochures, computer guides, legal writing, newsletters, reviews, retail ROP ads, events collateral, "how to" books, and more. Also providing concept development and implementation.
Jan. 1989 - Aug. 1990; June 1992 - present

Copywriter/Web Manager/Marketing & Advertising Director
JAMES & DEVON GRAY BOOKSELLERS: Books Before 1700, Harvard Square
Copywriting; Web research and marketing; designed, built and maintained Website; maintained Filemaker databases; extensive use of MS Word and other applications; employed Pagemaker for catalog design, copy import, and production; extensive document conversions and file import/export; email; business-to-business marketing and marketing strategies; operations management and systems backup; editorial and technical proofreading services; customer support.
(special assignment through C&CS)    June 2000 - Aug. 2001


Direct Mail Copywriter
FILENE'S DEPARTMENT STORES, Boston
Wrote and edited direct mail catalogs, collateral, print ads, P.O.P. and broadcast advertising copy, meeting creative objectives and stringent print deadlines.  Assimilated product information from disparate sources in order to create selling copy.  Formulated successful themes and concepts for target-market ads.  Utilized design, layout, assembly, liaison, and multi-project management skills to achieve maximal through-put of work on CAMEX/Breeze and CAMEX/Copywriter, a UNIX-based pre-press publishing system employing embedded control codes similar to HTML.

Sept. 1990 - June 1992


Executive Director/Copywriter
LARSON ASSOCIATES OF BOSTON
Developed and implemented business-to-business advertising and marketing strategies; wrote copy (DM/DR, sales/ marketing, PR, recruitment, etc.); managed operations; supervised staff.

Jan. 1986 - Dec. 1988


Legal Assistant, Writer/Researcher
RICH, MAY, BILODEAU: Boston   Aug. 1985  -  Dec. 1985  (Litigation Contract Assignment)
LAHIVE & COCKFIELD: Boston    Jan. 1984   -  Mar. 1985  (Patent & Trademark; Litigation)
HERRICK & SMITH: Boston           Jan. 1980   -  Jan.  1983  (Litigation; Corporate; Trademark)
Applied writing, research and organizational skills to meet attorney/client timetables and objectives.

Jan. 1980 - Dec. 1985


PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Writing Instructor
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, Boulder
Researched, prepared and presented materials for creative writing classes; assisted students with improving their understanding of the literary arts and recognizing the power of language; lectured on concepts, writing techniques, use of technologies to convey ideas, etc.; provided editorial assistance to writers; scheduled public readings.

Publishing Author
FREELANCE
Placed feature business articles, reviews, stories, etc. in hundreds of periodicals throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe, including Lawyers Weekly, Colorado Daily, Mass High Tech, 128NEWS, Mississippi Review, Fiction International, Sotheby's Anthology,  Boulder Monthly.  Wrote successful book proposals, resulting in four nonfiction book publications.  Developed informal computer training materials.
 

EDUCATION


PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Associated Writing Programs (VA), Poets & Writers (NY), Poetry Society of America (NY), Academy of American Poets (NY).

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