Versatile Vegas-based writer, editor, and model privileged to work with a diverse set of top-flight clients and collaborators. Author of the Neon Diary about the Las Vegas entertainment scene.Projects include: creating and producing networking luncheon series for leading nonprofit, writing a science-heavy brain health newsletter, policy research for lawmakers and candidates, preparing entries that won international corporate awards for Fortune 500 company.I contributed to the official Nevada sesquicentennial commemorative book and served on the Las Vegas Centennial Commission, wrote young readers biographies of major business leaders, and worked on more than a dozen winning political campaigns.

Model/actor represented exclusively by the TNG agency available for work in Southern Nevada and out of the market. All bookings made through agency,https://www.tngagency.com/classics/1932650/doug-puppel

Develop and administer communications and marketing campaigns and engagement programs for the UNLV Office of Economic Development, including producing website, social media, print content. Engaged with several initiatives, including Black Fire Innovation, Small Business Development Center, Sports Research and Innovation, Research & Technology Park, UNLV Research Foundation, and student incubator programs.

Develop online content for Nevada Public Radio; manage KNPR.org

Develop stories, write scripts, engineer, edit segments, and write Web copy for KNPR's State of Nevada, the leading public affairs show in the Las Vegas market.

Consult in the election campaigns of statewide and Clark County, Nev., candidates, including the district attorney and district and family court judges. Duties include video, online and print content development, community outreach, fundraising, and coordinating events.

Headed business operations at Nevada's only statewide Shakespeare company.

Responsible for public-facing communications for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, one of North America's largest trade unions. This included editing its quarter-million circulation members magazine, including developing, editing and frequently writing stories, headline writing, managing a far-flung group of contributors, and coordination of advertising efforts. Also served as editor for Carpenters.org, the union's website, and led a six-figure relaunch of the site.

Developed stories, supervised editors, designers and writers, and coordinated efforts with sales force for casino-industry publication. Also assisted in trade show and online business operations.

Created newspaper's first stand-alone business section; won best-in-state honors for business coverage three of the four years I was business editor.

Responsible for editing copy, laying out pages, and supervising reporters during stints on the copy and city desks.