Evan Benner Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

CAPS is Toyota's in-house engine for all-out creativity.

Content Writer for Marriott/Contently (2015)Copywriter/Scriptwriter for Suite Imagery, LLC. (2013-2016)Copywriter for VSA Partners - Experiential concepting (2014)Producer, Copywriter for Township - Restaurant, Entertainment Venue broadcast video (2013)

Chicago, Illinois, United States

As a Collective Member, my expertise is copywriting.PinPoint Collective is a research & creative agency on a mission to create more inclusive communities by partnering with leaders willing to listen to the audience they value. Fueled by that mission, our team is a curated group of the country’s most talented and diverse creatives who are downright.

Greater Chicago Area

Worked closely with a team of art directors and designers to create experiences that connect brands with real people—everything from experiential marketing concepts, trade events and timely on-premise brand activations. I was also responsible for developing copy across all essential and supporting elements—digital, print, video, POS and signage..

Greater Chicago Area

Zócalo Group is a full-service digital and social media agency, helping leading consumer and business-to-business brands become the most talked about and recommended in their categories. As a copywriter, I worked diligently to concept engaging social content and activations that offered something truly special for our audiences — entertaining, in-feed.

Greater Chicago Area

Vokal is a digital experience agency specializing in mobile application development, responsive website development, user experience design, and branding in an interconnected world. As the sole copywriter, I developed copy for user interfaces, worked closely with a large designer and developer team, created marketing communications to support our clients'.

Greater Chicago Area

Researched and wrote SEO optimized blog posts that linked music fans to cool songs they'd heard and needed help identifying in various advertisements.

Greater Chicago Area

Developed academic website copy (landing pages and microsites), marketing communications and online ads to drive enrollment in educational institutions and their online programs. Concepted brand advertising campaigns and headlines.

Greater Chicago Area

Engaged closely with all Third Street clients, from digital to social, direct consumer engagement, print, and fully integrated campaign pitches. With three nutritional supplement brands, differentiation was a primary practice.Clients:Cabot Woodcare (Digital, Social, Direct, Concepting)Optimum Nutrition (Digital, Social, Concepting)BSN (Print, Digital.

Greater Chicago Area

Wrote strategic copy to develop and grow brands for businesses in healthcare, focusing on brand voice and vision. Created key business collateral (print and digital), sales tactics and resources from full brand launches to brand refreshes.Clients:Kiva Recovery (Branding, Voice, Business Collateral)Provant (Business Collateral, Internal Message.

Used content marketing to build SEO and drive business leads. Wrote blog posts and online guides to aid small businesses in social media marketing best practices (for the time). Supplied content for blog partnerships.

Madison, Wisconsin

Captured photos of concert performers and attendees, intended for exhibition on social media, stimulating engagement.

Madison, WI

Conducted back end startup operations including inventory management and shipping distribution. Contributed blog posts highlighting inventory selection to encourage member engagement and generate new traffic and memberships.

Madison, Wisconsin

Produced digital publications from bimonthly newsletters to special reports. Executed new social media strategy by establishing separate but cohesive presences for non-profit ABC and its health care advocacy project, Health Watch Wisconsin, as a tool for increased awareness and generating new subscribers and members. Publications served health care.

Madison, Wisconsin

Contributed event preview articles, aiming to generate awareness and attendence, and concert reviews with photos to maintain engagement.http://trueendeavorsblog.com/?s=Evan+Benner

Madison, Wisconsin

Curb Magazine is a yearly publication created entirely by 20 ambitious students and distributed in part by the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Wisconsin in Madison as part of a class. Curb 2011 was built around the concept of "Wisconsin lifestyle."

Product promotion, contact management, press release distribution.

Generated content promoting Japanese musicians by interviewing bands, writing articles and regular features, and managing and editing content submissions.

Ba, Journalism: Strategic Communication, Japanese, East Asian Studies

Activities and Societies: Study abroad (Japan)

Japanese Language And Cultural Studies