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Samantha Tolson is a goal-oriented and versatile writer who will add a fresh voice to your project or enterprise. Her writing portfolio spans multiple fields - including comedy stage, screenwriting, and PR. She’s written over ten comedy sketches and a feature-length script, PR pitch letters, client and sponsorship proposals, monthly newsletters, short bios, conference minutes, a mise-en-scène, and a film treatment. Ms. Tolson’s feature-length script, Feathers, was a finalist in the 2015-2016 Screenplay Festival competition.
Although involved in the PR department, my primary role is in the daily writing, editing, and research needs of Truu Scotchy's (my employer's stage name) music production company, Showtime Wood Records. Specifically, my job is to ensure all media (pitch letters, press kits, e-mail blasts, and social media posts) sent out on his behalf are promptly delivered and professionally presented.
Company: Showtime Wood Records
I worked there from 11/2016 until now
Paid by the assignment, I wrote custom essays for Chinese students studying abroad (including college essays and graduate-level term papers).
Company: SimpleTense Education
I worked there from 3/2016 until 9/2016
During this four-month, temporary assignment, I helped my employer, Ann Taylor, form the groundwork for an after-school program in Jacksonville where kids would get a meal after school and receive help with homework while their parents were busy working. Specifically, I drafted e-mails sent out to business partners and proofread charter documents that legally estalished the non-profit status of the after-school program.
Company: Charity Mavens (non-profit organization)
I worked there from 10/2014 until 1/2015
This was a self-published short story printed by the company, Southern Printing & Marketing. It is a personal memoir written by Ruth Merchant, a former volunteer who traveled around the world teaching English, counting turtle eggs, caring for Romanian orphans, and more. Through my editing, she was able to develop a quality manuscript that best conveyed her voice and captured her amazing experiences as a volunteer to her readers.
Company: Adventures in Volunteering/Traveling
I worked there from 1/2014 until 1/2015
I had four clients whom I met every month, promoted daily on social media, and pitched to outlets (magazine, blog, radio, and television) for interviews. I also took extensive minutes at meetings, wrote proposals to bring in new clients, pitch letters, monthly newsletters, press kits, clients’ bios (for electronic press kits), and reviewed/proofread other colleagues’ pitch letters and newsletters before they were sent out to media companies.
Company: Jay Productions Agency, LLC
I worked there from 3/2014 until 10/2014
In this one-month, unpaid stint, I helped raise money for First Congregational Church by editing and compiling recipes from church members into books which were sold at the church.
Company: First Congregational Church of Lake Worth
I worked there from 7/2012 until 7/2012
I learned how to create quality layouts from a professional journalist. It was here I also discovered that while I was not the best photographer, I was great at writing captions for the photos.
Company: All Saints' Yearbook Committee
I worked there from 8/2007 until 5/2008