Daniel Distefano Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, Us

I help the various banking brands under Green Dot Corporation find, articulate, and maintain their brand voices. Regardless of whether we're trying to reach low-to-moderate income households living paycheck-to-paycheck or big businesses in need of BaaS software that meets their payment needs, I craft empathetic copy that empowers and educates our customers.Writing: Websites, social media, CRM, blog, crisis comms, UX, and moreBrands: Green Dot, GO2bank, Walmart MoneyCard, RushCard, Amazon Flex

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

I managed a small team of writers in crafting, presenting, and delivering copy for some of the world's most renowned Fortune 50 companies. Regardless of whether we were writing B2C or B2B comms, I helped writers create fruitful relationships with clients, understand asks, and ultimately deliver successful copy on time. Writing: Websites, video scripts, podcast scripts, internal comms, white papers, newsletters, emails, and more. Clients: Comcast, Xfinity, Aetna, CVS Health

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Brooklyn, New York, Us

I ideated, strategized, and wrote on highly successful campaigns for sports & culture lifestyle brands. Writing: Taglines, billboards, emails, video scripts, product descriptions, and more.Clients: Nike, Sprite, Beats by Dr. Dre, UNTUCKit, Hennessy, Raised

Brooklyn, New York, Us

I upheld timely bookkeeping, client invoicing, office expenses, outgoing and incoming payments, and project budgeting.

I pitched, wrote, and edited essays on narrative, craft, and the publishing industry while coordinating posting schedules with roster of freelance writers.

I helped create and develop The Helen Zell Writers’ Program’s own literary press, where we typeset and pressed limited print runs coinciding with The Zell Visiting Writers Series.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

I met one-on-one with undergraduate English majors producing Undergraduate Creative Theses to provide feedback, revision strategies, and tailored reading lists.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

I was awarded a year-long postgraduate fellowship to work towards the completion of my final fiction manuscript.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

As part of earning my MFA at the Helen Zell Writers' Program at University of Michigan, I was a GSI teaching undergraduate-level composition and creative writing courses. Courses: Food for Thought, An Introductory to Rhetoric; Introductory Creative Writing, A Fiction & Poetry Workshop

I directed the Foreign Rights team in drafting, proofing, and sending contracts, upheld correspondence between agents, authors, scouts, foreign publishers, and translators, and acted as the agency’s legal liaison in foreign publishing matters.

I wrote licenses granting permission to reprint authors’ works and assisted the Foreign Contracts Coordinator in drafting and mailing contracts, cover letters, and amendments.

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I reviewed submissions from the slush pile, edited accepted work, and solicited agents for material. To increase readership, I researched and implemented advertising campaign strategies and developed Canteen’s First Annual Fiction Contest.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

I curated descriptive maps of advertising billboards throughout the country. And I got coffee. Lots of coffee.

Mfa, Fiction

B.A., English, Creative Writing

Study Abroad

Hs Diploma