Matthew M Stevens Email & Phone Number

Tampa, Fl, Us

Tampa, Florida

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Leading and/or assisting with preparation of proposals, including RFPs, across multiple legal practice areas and industry sectors• Managing the proposal process from receipt of RFP to finalization of response by working collaboratively and directly with lawyers and marketing, business development, and other firm personnel to gather accurate and targeted information• Creating custom placemats, proposals, presentations, common coverage maps and other marketing collateral using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Microsoft PowerPoint• Utilizing market intelligence to enhance proposals• Post production tracking of opportunities for wins/losses, updating InterAction data base information, accurately archiving completed proposals for easy retrieval, and providing continuing support with follow-up materials

Port Charlotte, Fl

Wrote regular "Man on the Pier" column, a mix of personal anecdotes and how-to fishing tips and tricks focused on land-based angling in and around the waters of Charlotte Harbor. Took supporting photographs for column, as well as for cover of magazine and other articles. Also appeared as occasional guest host on the publication's weekly public radio show, "The WaterLine Radio Hour."

Port Charlotte, Fl

Planned and budgeted daily coverage of Sports section including local and wire copy. Edited local copy for style, grammar and content, and proofread completed pages before sending them to prepress. Regularly designed display fronts and feature packages as the slot designer, as well as producing occasional infographics and taking photographs. Took incoming calls from coaches at events we were unable to cover and wrote brief reports to round out daily local coverage. Wrote occasional columns and feature stories.