Resumé
Contract Writer 1998-Present
Produced Web content, direct mail, brochures, articles, ads, newsletters, and other promotional material. Worked with high tech, health care, financial service firms, and a variety of small to mid-sized businesses.
Clients have included Autodesk, Compaq, Sybase, Lycos, Lotus, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Grey Direct, and Wells Fargo Bank. Relocated to Northern California from Boston in June, 2001.
Senior Marketing Writer 1997-1998
CSC Index - Cambridge, MA
Wrote and edited for a consulting division of Computer Sciences Corporation. Produced direct mail, brochures, articles, case studies, and other marketing materials.
Writer and Consultant 1994-1997
Served as an independent contract writer and marketing consultant
Senior Marketing Writer 1992-1994
Organizational Dynamics, Inc. - Burlington, MA
Wrote direct mail, brochures, ads, articles, case studies, white papers and newsletters for this consulting firm's Industry, Government, and Health Care divisions.
Founder and Principal 1982-1991
David Almquist Communications
Served as consultant for Boston area businesses in Marketing Communications and related writing and production services.
Arranged media contacts and wrote direct mail, brochures, ads, releases, articles, and product announcements. Print ads appeared in Forbes, MacWorld, MacUser, and other publications.
Clients included three different firms, composed of professional writers, who had me write material promoting their writing services.
Teacher for Professional Marketers 1982-1984
Bentley College
Taught a seminar and course in marketing communications for entrepreneurs and marketing professionals.
Earlier Experience
- English Teacher
Thayer Academy in Braintree, MA - Program Director
Clinton Square Neighborhood House in Albany, NY - Program Director
Abraham Lincoln Community School in Cambridge, MA. - Teacher and Public Health Overseer
Peace Corps, Malaysia.
Degrees
- M.A. Harvard University - East Asian Regional Studies
B.A. Yale University - English