john wheeler rappe - 2015 resume
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JOHN WHEELER-RAPPE Address: 424 Caton Ave., 2nd Fl, Brooklyn, NY 11218 Mobile: (323) 404 1320 Email: [email protected] Portfolios: cargocollective.com/johnwheelerrappe http://www.behance.net/wheelerrappj Twitter: @JohnWheelerRapp
SKILLS / SOFTWARE Conceptual Storytelling, Cross-‐Platform Strategy, Client Interface, Team-‐Building | Copywriting, CRM, SEO, Editing, Social Media | Professional screenwriting, Final Cut Pro, Final Draft | InDesign, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Photoshop | Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Basecamp, Dropbox
EDUCATION Columbia University, NY | Aug '06 – May '11 // Master of Fine Arts -‐ Film (Screenwriting)
Iowa Writers' Workshop, Iowa City | Aug '02 -‐ May '04
// Master of Fine Arts -‐ Creative Writing (Poetry) Kenyon College, Gambier, OH | Aug '96 – Dec '00 // Bachelor of Arts -‐ History AWARDS 2008 Screenwriter's Fellowship | Columbia University
Chosen from a class of 90+ MFA candidates.
2003 Truman Capote Fellowship | Iowa Writers'
Workshop Chosen from over 2,500+ applicants
WORK SUMMARY Sr. Copywriter (Audible) July 2014 – Present // Help conceptualize, strategize, develop, present, and write multiple high-‐level campaigns and initiatives for the world’s largest audiobook seller. Social Media Creative Director (Rainforest Connection) July 2014 – Present // Strategized, wrote, and was instrumental in raising double the funds necessary to finance and field a game-‐changing new environmental technology that could eventually protect the world’s rainforests from illegal logging. Freelance Sr. Copywriter (Razorfish, Leroy + Clarkson) Nov 2013 – July 2014 Freelance Sr. Copywriter // Re-‐conceptualized and rewrote entire websites for Mercedes-‐Benz USA, Ford Motor, and Follett Educational. // Helped develop new SYNC app for Ford Motor // Concepted one-‐sheet pitch-‐deck options for the forthcoming PBS mini-‐series, How We Got to Now, starring best-‐selling author, Steven Johnson Stirred Creative (Harman Kardon, JBL) Apr 2013 – Present Contract Sr. Copywriter / Copy Lead
// Single-‐handedly conceptualized, developed, and wrote long-‐form digital, print, and packaging copy for 40+ new JBL and Harman Kardon home and portable audio products for the 2014 sales year. // Scripted cross-‐brand promotional partnerships for
Harman Kardon, JBL, and Infinity sound systems. Partners included BMW, Apple, Google, Bluetooth, Amazon, and the NFL. // Overall sales at Harman International have risen by $600M since the introduction of the products I wrote for.
thelabNYC, Inc. (Disney) Mar 2013 – Apr 2013 Freelance Copywriter
// Worked to conceptualize, develop, and write video, digital, and direct marketing campaigns for Disney on behalf of McGarry-‐Bowen.
Thomasnet (DuPont + Various) Oct 2011 -‐ Feb 2013 Sr. SEO Copywriter / Social Media Manager // Wrote social media sites for American industrial companies, including DuPont, Telairity, and Keystone. // Managed and edited a team of 2-‐3 freelance social media while writing social media blogs for 30+ client accounts per month. Publicis Groupe (Hilton HHonors) 2011
Freelance Copywriter
// Wrote promotional digital emailers as part of the award-‐winning Hilton HHonors campaign.
Process Media/Process Productions 2009 -‐ 2011 Screenwriter // Lived for 3 months in Kolkata, India researching and writing a screenplay about illegal coalmining in India for the producers of Shortbus, The Rebound, and Last Chance Harvey.