John Michael Arnaud Email & Phone Number

Bristol, Tn, Us

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States

• Specialize in product catalog copy. Successfully execute voice and presentation requirements for multiple clients, notably AT&T, Booz Allen Hamilton, Cummins, Dell, Dow, ExxonMobil, FedEx, Ford, GE, Geico, Gold's Gym, Hulu, Jeopardy!, John Hancock, Kellogg’s, Lowe’s, Marriott, Mercedes-Benz, NHL Seattle Kraken, PACCAR, Sony, The Home Depot, Wheel of Fortune, and many more.• Edit game rules for hobby board/card game publisher Calliope Games.• Eliminate mechanical errors, remedy awkward prose, and correct continuity irregularities for author-clients without usurping their unique voice or musicality.• Proofread book titles for Keen Communications, with an eye for visual consistency.• Develop Web copy, brochures, content articles, and book jacket copy.• Acted as a VIP associate editor for Reputation.com, editing client biographies and relevant content articles. Efforts included copyediting, fact checking, SEO, and submitting feedback to writers to improve quality and ensure adherence to style and objective guidelines.

Promotion to Marketing Coordinator includes all previous duties plus more direct management of email content flow and the ReadyPosts social media service for local shops.

Piney Flats, Tn

• Edit and proofread all publications, including ads, emails, sales flyers, brochures, database text, corporate communications, video scripts, and special projects; fact check all material.• Rewrite copy as needed to refine message and enliven presentation.• Write press releases, emails, Web copy, content articles, blog entries, and product descriptions.

Bellevue, Wa

• Sole editing and proofreading resource for all teams in a deadline-driven creative environment.• Owned all editorial responsibilities related to product releases, including meeting schedules, collaborating with authors and graphic artists, reviewing content, and implementing revisions.• Perfected award-winning game rulebooks and components, with special emphasis on logic, consistency, organization, technical accuracy, style, and textual-graphic cohesion.• Edited all marketing collateral, including packaging, fiction, press releases, advertisements, posters, magazine articles, Web content, catalogs, and special projects.• Maintained internal style guides and ensured adherence to licensor trademark requirements.

Renton, Wa

• Edited game rulebooks and packaging, advertisements, posters, press releases, media alerts, product solicitations, catalogs, Sideboard magazine, and other marketing collateral.• Created and maintained style guides for several company departments.• Secured legal review for all relevant outbound communications.

Birmingham, Al

• Wrote magazine ads, inserts, and wrappers; Web banners and product pages; and catalog copy for gardening, cooking, and hobby book titles published on behalf of magazines such as Cooking Light, Southern Living, and Sunset.• Coordinated with direct mail freelancers, edited their work, and handled prepress production. • Oversaw departmental administrative functions.• Was promoted twice—from intern to assistant to coordinator—within one year.

Ba, English (Professional Writing), 3.94

Activities and Societies: Yearbook Sports Editor (2 years), Blue Key Honor Society (President 1997), Phi Kappa PhiOutstanding Senior.

3.97

Activities and Societies: Boys State (1993)American Legion School Award (1994)