Experience   Name: Heidi Howell Occupation: Wordsmith I offer ... Extensive professional writing and editing experience in marketing communications, advertising and public relations, plus conceptual design, art direction and project management. Specialties Writing, copywriting, content writing, editing, copyediting, proofreading (freelance, contract, telecommute) My professional history • Owner/Principal, Heidi Howell Writing Services, Modesto, CA • Senior Writer/Corporate Editor, GNLD, Fremont, CA • MarCom Writer, Underground Technologies, Inc., Byron, CA • Advertising/Public Relations Asst., Hardwick Advertising, San Marcos, CA • Ad Design Intern/Dist. Sales Mgr., Times-Advocate, Escondido, CA • Promotions Mgr./Copywriter, Layout Specialist, Daily Universe, BYU, Provo, UT Professional affiliations Central Valley Public Relations Organization (CVPRO) Projects include • Advertising • Articles • Brochures • Catalogs • Copywriting • Corporate backgrounders • Editing and proofreading • E-mails • Employee communications • Flyers and fact sheets • Interviews, bios and profiles • Letters • Marketing collateral • Newsletters • Press releases • Resumes/cover letters • Scripts, phone "on-hold" spots • Trade show materials • Training manuals • Web content Writing samples Thought for the day: The best things in life aren't things.