Travis Marmon Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

After Chicago became the design hub for the whole company in 2018, I went full time working on weeklies, designing suburban papers in Chicagoland, Maryland, South Florida, Connecticut and Virginia. Prior to that I began as a temp paginating weekly newspapers in the Chicago suburbs, while also doing odd jobs such as copy-editing for RedEye (a Monday-to-Friday free city paper targeted at millennial audiences) or assisting with the features team.

Chicago, Il

Writing for a pair of music and pop culture blogs based in Chicago. Pieces include concert reviews, long-form opinion columns and news articles.

I wrote essays on music, particularly death metal, for Noisey (now called Vice Music).

Album reviews and other small pieces about punk and alternative music.

Chicago, Il

B2B work writing about the food industry (usually meat) for large companies.

Freelance sports coverage for website covering all forms of professional and collegiate sports in the U.S. Focused on Detroit Lions, Detroit Pistons and Michigan State football/basketball.

Detroit, Mi

Reporting on the issues that affect the community of Southwest Detroit.

Wooster, Oh

Conceiving, writing, editing and laying out a student-run college newspaper that has been in publication since the 1880s. Managing a staff of more than 20 other students.

Conceiving, writing, editing and laying out the sports section of a student-run college newspaper.

A&E Writer. Wrote essays on topics ranging from masculinity in heavy metal to sexism in the HBO series "The Newsroom."

Cleveland, Oh

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English

Wrote 100-page journalistic memoir, "Reflecting on Roeper," for Senior Independent Study.

High School