Derek Squires Email & Phone Number

San Jose, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

● I consider myself a veritable “Swiss Army knife“ across both short and long-form content; blogs, social media, bylined articles, white papers/e-books, customer success stories, press releases, landing pages, external/internal newsletters and other marketing collateral that drive results.● I bring a strong set of soft skills and the “writer’s toolbox”— style, grammar, vocabulary/"walking thesaurus", paragraph structure, and the ability to weave a concise, compelling narrative in Plain English. I’m a stickler for flawless, non-repetitive, error-free copy.● I am adept across the end-to-end content creation process—SME interviewing or independent research, completing an initial draft on deadline, and negotiating edits with stakeholders to achieve a polished final product.● I offer a versatile portfolio of successful past projects, and everyone who’s given me an opportunity has been consistently pleased with my work. I have a comfortable remote workspace and am anxious to begin the next chapter of my content marketing career—helping your company tell their story, ideally in a full-time remote or hybrid role from my Palo Alto home.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Created and copyedited bylined blogs and trade media articles, social media posts, website updates, landing pages, press releases/media pitches, e-books, external/internal newsletters and other content deliverables, driving 22,000+ page views, 3% average click-through rates, quantified MQL/SQL top-of-funnel leads and new customer sales. Collaborated with internal design team to create 30+ online graphics; selected/edited appropriate stock images as needed. Revised/updated existing case studies, e-books and other legacy materials as needed.Supported marketing team in curation of content creation plans and publishing calendar.

Zürich, Ch

Contributed multiple freelance content marketing projects: revised existing e-book for manufacturing markets, repurposed recorded webinar into white paper format, SEO-optimized landing pages, cybersecurity blogs.

Boise, Idaho, Us

***Position eliminated due to COVID-19 downturn.Crafted and formatted IT/DevOps consultants' career profiles, spotlighting leading-edge technologies.Drafted/edited internal and client technical role descriptions, maintaining Taos corporate branding and voice; curated company postings across multiple online job boards.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Crafted and edited various marketing assets including blogs, press releases, social media, case studies, infographics, email campaigns, business proposals, landing pages and video scripts for portfolio companies of international tech incubator: Infinx (healthcare revenue cycle management solutions) and Syrma Technology (OEM electronics manufacturing).Collaborated with internal UX team for content refresh and formatting of both companies' websites.Queried sales teams for useful content topics. Edited externally-written content for clarity and consistency with company voice.

Delivered top-quality marketing and public relations content, including press releases, blog posts, website content, feature articles, white papers and e-books for a wide range of high tech companies.Clients included Zanaware Technologies (headend management solutions for cable/broadband industry), Revel Systems (iPad-based retail point-of-sale system) MPA Networks (SMB IT services) Prose Media (freelance writing services) and Brican Flight Systems (unmanned aerial vehicles).

Wrote publicity materials for clients of high tech public relations agency, including press releases, blog posts, executive biographies, bylined technical articles and monthly industry round-ups.