Brent Calderwood

STRENGTHS:

• 19 years’ experience working in and with the media: published in Chicago Sun-Times, OUT Magazine, San Francisco Examiner, Hartford Courant, and others

 

• 19 years’ editing experience; eagle-eye for detail; expertise in styles including AP, Chicago, APA, MLA, AMA and New York Times

 

• 10 years’ communications experience: media relations, publicity, PR, social media

 

• Translation experience; proficiency in Spanish; some French

 

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

 

A&U Magazine, San Francisco, CA                                                                              1/09 – present

Associate Editor:

• Literature Editor for A&U: America’s First National AIDS Magazine
• Curate and coordinate production of annual Literary Issue as well as managing monthly submissions
• Conduct monthly interviews with artists and public figure
• Develop and maintain relationships with publishers and writers

 

Independent Writer/Editor/Communications Consultant                                          12/93 – present

• Consult with nonprofits to promote events and initiatives: Positive Being, GuyWriters, The Community Initiative
• Write and edit for clients including Ogilvy Advertising, Doubleday, New America Media, Pacific News Service, Bella Cera Floors, and JMDL Architecture
• Social media, press releases, posters, ad design and placement, blogging, microblogging, event planning, and advocacy communications

 

Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA                                                10/11 – 5/12

Copywriter, Levi’s Stores:

• Consulted with Marketing, Brand Presentation, Operations, and Communications departments to create unified brand voice for North American/Global Levi’s Stores
• Owned brand voice for Levi’s Stores; created first Levi’s Retail Style & Voice Guide
• Wrote verbal communications/talking points for VP of Levi’s Retail regarding new and potentially sensitive retail initiatives
• Generated all customer-facing copy, including signage, print/Web ads and marketing collateral
• Wrote all customer- and press-facing copy for Levi’s new Neighborhood Stores, leading to 140% increase in traffic/sales from previous year

Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco, CA                                                      3/08 – 8/08

Marketing/Community Outreach Coordinator:

• Wrote, edited, and designed daily e-blasts and Website copy, earning raves from board members, sponsors and      constituents
• Attracted highest number of partnering community organizations in festival’s 32-year history: 70 local nonprofits, up from previous average of 40–45.
• Supplied photo captions and press releases to the San Francisco Chronicle, SF Weekly, Oakland Tribune, and other local media outlets
• Assembled and managed staff of volunteer/in-kind photographers and reporters, including Steven Underhill
• Created Facebook page with over 5,000 fans; managed all social media accounts

 

The Princeton Review, New York, NY                                                                              8/06 – 8/07

Writer/Editor:

• Key writer/editor for national Off the Shelf project, a book- and web-based template for statewide standardized test forms
• Guided project from inception to completion, on deadline and under budget
• Wrote over 200 pages of original copy, plus copy edited and gave feedback to all other editors and writers on project

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

2001-4            San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

                        BA: English/Communications

Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

 

2001               University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL

Special Research in Gender, Sexuality and Ethnicity

 

 

 

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