Benjamin Carr Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Theater critic and features writer.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Author of Impacted, a novel published July 2021.

Greater Atlanta Area

+ Enhanced SEO and web content for several Atlanta-area clients on tight deadlines.+ Assisted CEO regularly, fulfilling project needs.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Atlanta, Georgia

+ Co-founded and curated an Atlanta-based online literary journal, specializing in gritty stories, genre fiction, and essays that aimed for the hearts of readers.+ Hired top Atlanta writers and creatives for their art to be shown in the magazine.+ Managed writer submissions and deadlines.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

+ Edited and optimized copy to drive consumer traffic to insurance industry websites.+ Fact checker.

Greater Atlanta Area

+ Writer of monthly "Station Control" TV column and occasional film reviews.+ Generated, pitched, and developed own articles regarding the latest trends in television and media, always tying together a variety of shows under a common theme.

Greater Atlanta Area

+ Assisted CEO with development needs for this nonprofit counseling service serving the Atlanta area.+ Created web content, large-scale mailings, letters to donors.+ Developed grant proposals and reports.+ Tracked donations using GiftWorks, Microsoft Word, Excel.

Norcross, Georgia

+ Licensed Georgia property and casualty insurance agent.+ Served as project archivist for backlog of insurance records.+ Digitized the company history of files, creating a paperless workplace.+ Used Nitro Pro, Microsoft Word.

Greater Atlanta Area

+ Edited military-generated news content, audio content, and photo metadata from all branches of military, processing at least 500 pieces of content a day on a 30-minute deadline through a content management system for a Defense Media Activity website. + Proofread and revised document metadata to benefit SEO and comply with both Associated Press Style (AP.

Greater Atlanta Area

+ Supervised a staff of six editors on a 24/7 schedule, serving in the interim while the team leader deployed to Afghanistan. + Responsibilities included staffing, hiring, quality control (QC), reporting to on-site military clients, assuring that all metadata complied with Department of Defense regulations, troubleshooting customer service issues quickly.

Greater Atlanta Area

+ Oversaw reporting on all major public and privately-owned construction projects through the bid cycle in Mississippi, Georgia, and North Florida.

+ Named my store’s top Barnes & Noble Membership salesman for 2003 and for several months in 2004 and 2005. + Won several regional DVD and CD sales contests.

Greater Atlanta Area

+ Wrote a monthly column focused on area restaurants, including Nikolai's Roof and Cafe Tu Tu Tango. + Interviewed chefs and restaurant management to best promote what was unique and different about their menus and atmosphere.

Greater Atlanta Area

+ Wrote and edited news articles from wire services for distribution every half-hour to customers’ cellular phones and pagers.

Augusta, Georgia Area

+ Edited news stories from local reporters and from wire services, assuring their accuracy while checking their grammar and style.+ Wrote news, arts and feature articles for the 100,000-circulation daily newspaper and its sister, The Columbia County News-Times.

Athens, Georgia Area

+ Worked as a news reporter, critic, columnist, and copy editor for newspaper serving the University of Georgia community.

Athens, Georgia Area

+ Served as the primary news and entertainment features writer.

Buford, Georgia

+ Contributed a regular poll of local interviews and occasional articles to the weekly newspaper serving the Buford and Sugar Hill communities.