David Shapira Email & Phone Number

Natick, Ma

StratComm, Inc. is a project management and marketing communications firm specializing in content development for federal government and corporate clients.As Director of Content, I oversee publishing, marketing, and communications initiatives that StratComm produces and manages. I am skilled in writing for Section 508 compliance and accessibility.Skills: Microsoft, Adobe, Apple suites, Teams/Zoom, Basecamp, Monday, SharePoint, Podio, ExpressionEngineContent production:I copyedit, proofread, write copy, research images, and project manage client-facing business communications and government publications.Business development:I work closely with our business development team to craft winning business proposals that have captured multimillion dollar contract awards. Management:I oversee relationships with freelance writers, subject matter experts, graphic designers, and web developers.Types of projects managed, edited, and/or contributed to:• Books (military history, organizational history, business, memoir)• NIH MedlinePlus magazine• 508 compliance and accessibility• Instruction manuals• Employment guides/handbooks• Newsletters• Social media and blog posts• Congressional reports• Military field guides• Website content• Consumer finance newsletters• Economics research• Technology white papers• Video scripts• Mobile apps

Institute For Quantitative Social Sciences

Performed QA testing of new faculty web pages using proprietary content management system. Worked with web developers in populating the CMS to build web pages, and in cross-checking information on faculty to ensure accuracy and consistency.

Researched local businesses and interviewed small business owners for start-up hyper-local news website. Wrote summaries of the information collected and published the content on the site.

Prospected for clients, presented advertising products and services, demonstrating the value-add to their business. Created and proofed ad copy and negotiated contracts. Consulted closely with clients at every stage.

Framingham, Ma

Organized and prioritized daily workload for publishing staff. Performed quality control reviews on incoming documents. Served as point of contact from research analyst community to document production team. Analyzed production inventory, assessed and prioritized requests, and allocated resources. Advised clients on document submissions, status inquiries, and expectations.

Production assistant on database-driven professional catalog for a major home goods retailer. Point of contact for clients, management, production staff, design and writing teams. Solicited information from vendors and processed data and graphics into database.

Member of traffic operations team for busy marketing collateral publishing department.

Planned sports coverage for 3 weekly newspapers. Wrote and edited stories, laid out page design. Managed staff of freelance writers.