As a creative writer and producer for both television and the corporate world, I possess strong communication skills and an ability to exchange ideas with a diverse group of people.
Writing for sitcoms such as Mad About You, Dharma & Greg and The King of Queens taught me the value in leaving out the fluff and trusting your audience. If you can say something with fewer words – do. It’s a lesson I keep close.
My focus now is on web development and inventive marketing strategies. From producing fully-realized concepts to telling complete stories in a snippet of ad copy, I strive to create compelling and unique web content that emotionally connects with an audience.
Corporate Events Creative Writer 2007 – 2009
Todd Street Productions – New York, NY
Main Clients: Iron Mountain, Novo Nordisk
- Assisted clients in creating theme for annual corporate conference
- Originated outlines for series of video shorts
- Facilitated necessary changes based on client’s ever-changing needs
- Wrote and edited copy for video series
Television Writer & Producer 1999 – 2007
Los Angeles, CA New York, NY
Mad About You, Dharma & Greg, King of Queens, Hope & Faith
- Led the creative team in brainstorming and story outlining sessions
- Independently wrote scripts for new episodes
- Revised other writer’s scripts for upcoming shoots
- Acted as liaison between creative team and various department heads from set design, costumes and editing to make sure a common vision was timely executed
- Assigned as point person to clients such as Touchstone, ABC, 20th Century Fox, Columbia TriStar, and Sony to make sure the creative team and studio executives had a clear dialogue at all times
Corporate Events Logistical Producer 1997 – 1999
Encore Productions – New York, NY
Main Clients: IBM, Netscape, Sun, Javasoft
- Organized creative materials for prospective client proposals
- Scheduled and booked all international travel for the entire logistical and creative team
- Corresponded with international venue managers to facilitate production needs including setup, equipment rentals and catering
- Facilitated the foreign exchange of team’s per diem money
- Allocated petty cash and documented and reported production travel expenses at tour’s end
Experience
- Microsoft Word
- Excel Spreadsheets
- WordPress
- Basic HTML
- Search Engine Optimization
- File Transfer Protocal
Skills
Contact
Copy, voice and editing by Jenna Bruce
Video
Press Release
Blog Posts
Slogans / Taglines
Free Report and Email Campaign
Corporate Presentation
Screenplays
After reading this screenplay, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Academy award-winning producers of such films as American Beauty, Big Fish and Milk, told my agent I was a better and funnier writer than Tina Fey. Not bragging, just saying.
These next excerpts are from another film I wrote called “Walter Kupnik Dreams a New Dream.” A middle-aged, down-on-his-luck man learns to turn his life around with the help of his Imagination. Literally.
Samples
“Jenna did a remarkable job on a difficult project and delivered before the tight deadline we gave her. From the unfocused information we supplied her, she proactively overhauled our marketing plan and exposed aspects of our plan we hadn’t considered, improving it considerably. She wrote concise, informative copy that was on target, capturing the essence of Vasco Partners’ product and mission. We highly recommend her and plan to use her whenever we are in need of a writer who’s more than a writer.”
W. Hanson
Vasco Partners
vascopartners@gmail.com
“Jenna did a fantastic job for me. She was extremely creative and attentive to what we needed. And best of all, she was on time. I’d hire her again in a moments notice.”
Scott DiGiammarino, Reel Potential
“Ms. Bruce quickly grasped what I wanted to say. She was easy to talk to and listened to all I said then asked all the right question before she offered her own suggestions on how to take what I wanted to say and make it better. What she wrote for me was exactly what I wanted to say only much better. I recommend her.”
Philip Beamish
“Jenna, thanks so much for the great, thorough and very professional delivery of assignment that at first might have seemed a bit unusual and unclear. With terrific writing skills, stunning efficiency and unprecedented enthusiasm Jenna “nailed” it and did exactly what she had to do- delivered the best possible outcome! Hope to continue working with Jenna as she is doing an absolutely awesome job working on a travel related stories project. A+ all the way!”
Yan
http://worldbyshotglass.com/
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