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nDash Writer Profile for Alison Marek

Headline

Direct-to-Consumer Medical Writer -- creating clickable copy

About Me

I'm an oft-published writer and award-winning filmmaker and ghostwriter with specialized experience in the medical, wellness, health and science industries. My work's been supported by grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Showtime Networks, Inc.

Industries I Write About

Science & Medicine

Health & Wellness

Business

My Writing Samples

Award- and grant-winning short screenplays

In addition to the link provided here -- which goes to goes directly to the award-winning PSA I wrote and associate produced for the Down Syndrome Research Foundation (DSRTF) -- my website alisonmarek.com features PSAs and shorts I wrote on health issues, including pediatric AIDS "The Playground," and sponsored short films, including "The Three-Body Solution" a romcom about two physicists. Click on http://alisonmarek.com/producing.html and http://alisonmarek.com/short-films--psas.htmlb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laTD2IWAHeI

Building business, marketing

Just one of the hundreds of articles I wrote to help retailers and manufacturers in the toy industry build their businesses. In addition to being Manging Editor of online newsletter, I ran the video department and created email blasts and promotions. More articles: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/tv999iqs3boal/ Here's a link to two of the thousands of videos I shot/edited/or produced for TDmonthly: Product demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am9wqyfJCRI Charitable giveaway promo

https://www.dropbox.com/s/m5uynfpxv8o39uv/TDmonthly%20-2%20How%20to%20Find%20Your%20Soul%20Employees%2C%20Part%20I%3A%20Hiring%203.pdf?dl=0

Shh! I'm a GHOST!

Can't provide samples of my most CURRENT medical and science writing because it's all done on the QT for SEO. (Please ignore copyeditor's typos on sample.) And here's a "fake" intro, similar to a type I'd write for testosterone therapy: "Remember that old beater you had when you were 16, and how the engine always died just when you needed it most? These days, you feel like that old beater. Will you ever rev up again?

https://alchemy43.com/blog/the-alchemy-43-difference/

Old, old acne

This is an example of a VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD interview I did with a top dermatologist. PLEASE don't look at the publication year. Yes, I'm experienced, but I'd rather pretend to be a prodigy.

https://www.scribd.com/document/166272694/The-Pathogenesis-of-Acne

Acupuncture video

To illustrate needle tolerance, I shot and edited video of 5-year-old boy getting treatment at Dragon Acupuncture in Irvine, Ca.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kt4zlgBvko

Experience

Ghostwriter -- Science, medicine

Currently ghostwrite blogs for SEO for various medical practices, dental practices, and med spas. Specialize in writing funny or provocative intros that get readers clicking.

Company: Various Medical and Aesthetic Practices

I worked there from 10/2017 until now

Writer/Story Producer/AP -- Science, medicine, other industries

Wrestle stories from reality, or make them up from scratch: Your choice. Have produced/written/directed award-winning short films, PSAs, mini documentaries, thousands of product videos, AP'd reality TV and feature film. Won various awards, including Bronze Aurora and local Emmy nom.

Company: Santa Monica City TV, Pivot TV, TLC, ToyDirectory.com

I worked there from 5/2005 until now

Content I Write