Leonard Pierce, the proprietor of this site, is an experienced production coordinator in the textbook publishing industry, with a wide range of editing, proofing, design, image management, and other skills, and a specialty in assessment. He most recently worked for Hampton-Brown/National Geographic School Publishing’s production branch in San Antonio, TX from 2006 until its closure in 2010. He is also an experienced executive assistant, project director and planning coordinator with extensive computer, administration, human resources, training, and quality and environmental management certification skills. Information about his employment and educational history can be found on his LinkedIn page, located here; if you’d like to consider him for full-time employment, e-mail him at biz at ludiclive.com or call (210) 569-4082 for a résumé, salary history, references, and any other information you require.
SELECTED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE: Experienced administrative assistant & support staff, production assistant and project manager with a great deal of experience in delivering key projects on time, under budget and with value added. Efficient, thorough and effective worker with a history of innovation, forward-looking solutions, and creative problem-solving. Go-to resource for quick turn-around, excellent communications, and new approaches within a department or throughout an entire organization. Creative writer, observant proofer, thoughtful editor, and dependable production resource who works well with minimal supervision on smaller projects, but can bring together disparate resources to reach common goals on major ones. Productive, friendly, quick to learn, and with extensive experience in key areas. Proficient with all major office software programs, Mac + PC.
* Project planning & coordination * Sales & marketing support * Presentations & public events planning * Budget planning & tracking
* Scheduling & long-range planning * Photo & art rights management * Production & project management * Editorial planning & assistance
* Copy editing & proofing * Green business planning * Writer, copywriter, content provider * Layout, design, & vision
* Contact management & coordination * Vendor relations & billing * Project supervision & client relations * Fact-checking & research
* Resource library & asset tracking * Software & job training * Quality & efficiency improvement * Human resource assistance, filing & tracking
Leonard is also a freelance writer and editor with over 20 years of experience in a number of different formats, for trade and consumer publications. He has written for ‘zines, websites, daily newspapers, alt-weeklies, and local and national magazines, as well as advertising campaigns, training films, catalogs, brochures, and marketing materials. He has contributed pieces to two book anthologies, with a third coming next year, and his first solo book project will be published by Hal Leonard Books in fall of 2011. Among the many types of writing at which he has shown excellence are trade magazine articles (features, profiles and business analysis); entertainment and culture writing (music, movie, television, book, and restaurant reviews, critical analysis, features, celebrity interviews, and profiles); advertising and marketing (ad copy, marketing copy for music and film packaging, and marketing brochures); technical and educational material (standardized tests, textbook copy, instructional video scripts, and training manuals), and humor and short fiction. He is also an experienced speaker who has done presentations, public readings of his work, and numerous radio shows.
PARTIAL PORTFOLIO FOR LEONARD PIERCE
- Contributed two pieces to Coudal Partners’ Field-Tested Books anthology, available here. Contributions are available as scans or text on request.
- Contributed a number of pieces to the Onion A.V. Club’s Inventory anthology, available here. Details about specific contributions available on request.
- Staff writer for UR magazine from 2004 until it was discontinued. Contributed music, film, book, and restaurant reviews, features, interviews, local events coverage, and more. Text, hard-copy clips or scans available on request.
- Writer for Metal Edge magazine from 2007 until it folded. Contributed music reviews, interviews, features, and additional material. Text, hard-copy clips or scans available on request.
- Writer for Nerve.com‘s “Screengrab” film blog from 2007 until it was discontinued. Contributed film reviews, features, and interviews. Text, hard-copy clips or scans available on request.
- Contributed restaurant reviews to the Chicago Reader. Text available on request.
- Contributed restaurant and music reviews to Time Out Chicago. Text available on request.
- Contributed book, film, and restaurant reviews and features to the Chicago Tribune‘s MetroMix. Text available on request.
- Contributed opinion pieces, news coverage and interviews to White Sox Interactive. Text, hard-copy clips or scans available on request.
- Contributed humor and short fiction to various publications and websites, including Über, Pindeldyboz Magazine, Moonshinestill, Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Hobart, Sanitary and Ship, Cap’n Wacky, the City Desk, Lawyerbear, and Utter Wonder, among others . Text, hard-copy clips or scans available on request.
- Written for The Formula on WLUW independent radio, and appeared many times discussing politics and popular culture on WLUW’s Under Surveillance program. Audio archives for most of these shows can be found here; others are available on request.
- Acted as associate editor and senior writer for the High Hat, an online magazine of arts and culture. My contributions can be found by searching here.
- Contributed a large number of features, articles, interviews (with writers, filmmakers, actors, musicians, and others), reviews (music, DVD, book, comic, television, and others) and other material to the Onion’s A.V. Club. An index of my work can be found here.
- Contributed a large number of showcase articles, features, spotlights, and business analysis for Blueprints magazine, the produce industry trade publication of Blue Book Services. Text, hard-copy clips or scans available on request.
- Contributed music reviews to eMusic, the Village Voice and Pitchfork. Text, hard-copy clips or scans available on request.
- Written political humor and analysis for Cursor, Sadly No!, and AlterNet, and appeared as a guest on Sam Seder’s radio talk show on Air America Radio. Text, hard-copy clips or scans available on request.
- Contributed interviews, analysis, features, and show reviews for TV.com. An archive of these pieces can be found here.
- Been a featured reader at the 215 Festival, the Funny Ha-Ha series, the Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival, and the SPEC/Diatribe Media reading series in Chicago.
- Presented my work three times at the annual Experience Music Project‘s Pop Conference.
- Many other projects; please inquire.
More information on my writing can be found on my MediaBistro profile page, here, or at the LinkedIn site listed above. If you’re interested in hiring me for a freelance writing or editing project, please don’t hesitate to contact me: biz at ludiclive.com or (210) 569-4082. Thank you.
