Sean Brenner Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Lead news editor for UCLA's central media relations office and UCLA Newsroom website.• Editing breaking news announcements and press releases about research breakthroughs by UCLA faculty in disciplines including medicine, nanoscience, stem cell science, physics, social sciences, climate change and sustainability.• Advising UCLA p.r. representatives on how to optimize their writing to maximize interest among journalists and the general public.• Completed comprehensive update of… Show more • Lead news editor for UCLA's central media relations office and UCLA Newsroom website.• Editing breaking news announcements and press releases about research breakthroughs by UCLA faculty in disciplines including medicine, nanoscience, stem cell science, physics, social sciences, climate change and sustainability.• Advising UCLA p.r. representatives on how to optimize their writing to maximize interest among journalists and the general public.• Completed comprehensive update of UCLA media relations editorial style guide.• Helped develop UCLA's first-ever State of the Campus microsite and served as project's lead editor. • Writing and editing campus announcements and key correspondence for UCLA's chancellor and provost. Show less

• Edited news releases on breaking UCLA news and research breakthroughs by faculty for campus's central media relations office. • Wrote for UCLA Magazine, the university's award-winning quarterly.• Wrote and edited for the university's chancellor and executive vice chancellor.

• Wrote and edited a broad range of marketing communications materials, including social media, print ads, brochures and speeches as part of UCLA's central communications department.• Served as department's lead copyeditor.

• Speechwriter and chief editor for the chancellor of one of the nation’s leading universities. • Developed and wrote speeches, official statements, campus announcements, correspondence and social media.• Created and posted content for the chancellor’s website and Facebook page.• Served as Interim Director of Executive Communications, 2010-11.

• Projects include writing and editing for a wide range of media, including websites, corporate newsletters, magazines, advertising, public relations materials, direct mail, textbooks and annual reports.• Edited five-title series of books on marketing best practices published in 2013 by Event Marketer magazine (see http://amzn.to/1i8ggoB).• Client list includes American Banker, Bankers Life and Casualty, College of DuPage, CVS, Deloitte & Touche, Euro RSCG Tatham Partners, Gibson… Show more • Projects include writing and editing for a wide range of media, including websites, corporate newsletters, magazines, advertising, public relations materials, direct mail, textbooks and annual reports.• Edited five-title series of books on marketing best practices published in 2013 by Event Marketer magazine (see http://amzn.to/1i8ggoB).• Client list includes American Banker, Bankers Life and Casualty, College of DuPage, CVS, Deloitte & Touche, Euro RSCG Tatham Partners, Gibson Communications, Hewitt Associates, The Joint Commission, Livestrong.com, Newbridge Marketing, Rite Aid, SportsBusiness Journal and University of Southern California. Show less

• Taught online course on copyediting through university’s continuing education program.

• Directed editorial operations for 10,000-circulation magazine and e-newsletter read by marketing executives at Fortune 500 companies.• Reported, wrote and edited articles about sports and entertainment marketing, business-to-business events, public relations events, buzz marketing and corporate sponsorship.• Developed and maintained relationships with executives at leading national brands and marketing agencies.

• Led classes on copyediting, news judgment and page layout for graduate and undergraduate students at one of the nation's premier journalism programs.

• Directed editorial operations for leading trade publication covering sponsorship of sports, arts, entertainment and nonprofits. Published biweekly with approximate readership of 20,000. • Maintained network of sources at Fortune 500 companies, marketing agencies and sports, arts, and nonprofit organizations.• Represented IEG in interviews with national media, fielding inquiries from consumer and business reporters.

• Editor for monthly sports marketing newsletter with readership of 5,000. • Co-wrote and led production of books including annual Sports Sponsor FactBook, Inside the Ownership of Professional Sports Teams and 500 Great Sports Promotion Ideas.• Served as company's primary spokesman, fielding national print and broadcast interviews on a range of topics related to sports marketing.

Msj, Journalism

Ba, Political Science