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Resume for David Schecter

No, this isn’t funny art from one of David’s best-selling cards -- it’s the writer displaying fashion sense and a clear vision at an early age

DAVID SCHECTER
P. O. Box 4445
Chatsworth, CA   91313
(818) 886-8863 or (800) 788-0892
FAX: (818) 886-8820
david@mmmrecordings.com

http://www.mmmrecordings.com/writing/writing.html

I’M LOOKING FOR:

Interesting writing assignments that can take advantage of my wide range of professional experience, including my excellent sense of humor and ability to meet any deadline, even if it means not having any kind of normal life for days on end.
 

SOME OF MY WRITING HAS BEEN DONE FOR:

American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio 
Top studio, humorous, and alternative copywriter for best-selling greeting cards, books, promotions, posters, calendars, and licensed character products. Also contributed to art direction, new product development, conventional writing, and anything I was asked to do, no matter how ridiculous some of the assignments were!  One of the best gag writers in the business.

Licensing copy
Copywriter for licensed products featuring Star Wars, The Honeymooners, Dennis The Menace, Hi & Lois, The Mask, Andy Capp, Batman, Hagar The Horrible, The Lockhorns, Funky Winkerbean, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Three Stooges, The Tick, Popeye, The Brady Bunch, The Flintstones, Marvel Comics, Archie, Ren And Stimpy, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Mad Magazine, Betty Boop, Looney Tunes, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Married With Children, Ziggy, Beavis And Butt-Head, The Simpsons, The Twilight Zone, The Tonight Show, and more.

AOL, Avanti, Applause, Hasbro, Northern Exposure, Playskool, Portal, Price Stern Sloan, Those Characters From Cleveland, etc.
Copywriter for a wide variety of toys, books, cards, products, and merchandise for all age groups.  Developed stories and characters and wrote treatments for feature films and television and radio shows. Consultant for new product development in teen, juvenile, and foreign markets.

Monstrous Movie Music, Burbank, CA
Producer, writer, publicist, and co-owner of the acclaimed CD label specializing in music from classic science fiction films.  Due to the high quality of our product, my extensive 32 - 40 page liner notes, and my promotional skills, our product has been lauded by “Movieline,” “Premiere,” The Sci-Fi Channel, “The L. A. Times,” “The Philadelphia Inquirer,” “Films In Review,” “The Denver Post,” “Mix,” “Starlog,” National Public Radio, and countless other newspapers, books, magazines, and internet sites.  For further details, please visit:
http://www.mmmrecordings.com/

Writer of popular humor articles and cartoon gags for newspapers and magazines including “Parade,” “Reader’s Digest,” “First For Women,” “The Milwaukee Journal,” “The Buffalo News,” “The Cincinnati Inquirer,” “The Cleveland Plain Dealer,” “The Providence Journal,” “The Orlando Sentinel,” and “The Sacramento Union.”

Reviewed music, videos, books, and concerts, and conducted interviews for national and international magazines.

WHAT I DIDN’T LEARN FROM “LIFE,” I LEARNED FROM:

The University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Bachelor of Arts with distinction. Phi Beta Kappa.

The Advertising Center, Los Angeles, California.

The University of California at Los Angeles. Screenwriting courses and advertising copywriting classes.