CREATIVE RESUME
Kris M. Smith
Self-Employed Freelance Copywriter 2008 – Present
“Top-Rated”
“Best
Provider at Upwork
of 2015” at Thumbtack Professionals
PAST PROFESSIONAL CREATIVE ENDEAVORS
On-Hold Concepts Tacoma, WA January 1, 2007 – January 11, 2008
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Copywriter, created riveting on-hold copy for hundreds of clients across America.
Voted “Employee of the Quarter” the last two quarters of 2007
Church For All Nations Tacoma, WA 2005 through 2006
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Created monthly congregational bulletins
Created fliers, posters, brochures, calendars and booklets for ministry events
Created PowerPoint presentations
One of three top-level proof readers for internal and external branded publications
King’s Manor Assisted Living Community Tacoma Activity Director, 2004
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Helped create monthly newsletters and skits for residents and their families
Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, CA 1992 to 2003,
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Wrote intranet website; won coveted Carrot Award (Bugs Bunny runs the
place, you know!) for this achievement
Wrote copy for various WB newsletters
ACHIEVEMENTS
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Author of nine books, https://www.amazon.com/Kristine-M.Smith/e/B001HN12DS
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Published “The Enduring Legacy of DeForest Kelley: Actor, Healer, Friend”
via Payloadz.com (Top seller in non-fiction there for seven months)
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ACHIEVEMENTS continued
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Earned Certificate of Achievement and Quality Performance from Warner Bros.
for creating an intranet website for newly-hired secretaries and assistants and
for temps who were sitting in for ill or vacationing employees
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Created Warner Bros. newsletters for the MIS and Recycling Initiatives
departments
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Awarded a Certificate of Journalistic Excellence by Eagles Auxiliary in Cle Elum
WA
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Received Certificate of Appreciation from the Animal Protection Institute (API) for
quality and quantity of work accomplished during four years of employment
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Wrote dozens of animal welfare-related articles for the API Publication
MAINSTREAM during my time there
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First published article, TV STAR PARADE, Jan. 1969, “The Real McCoy” (about
meeting actor DeForest Kelley for the first time; De became my mentor and chief
cheerleader later in my career: I was his personal assistant and caregiver at the
end of his life and spoke at his memorial service at Paramount Studios)
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Wrote various published/well-received Letters to the Editor about animal welfare
issues from-
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Wrote exposes of Animal Welfare Act anomalies in Veterinary Journal
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Wrote Serval article for Sacramento Zoo publication in 1984
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Researched and wrote an entire milestone anniversary issue for the TacomaPierce County Humane Society
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Have been stringing words together since 4th grade when my mother informed
me, “There aren’t as many Roy Rogers comic books in the world as you want all
the time. If you want more Roy Rogers stories, you’re going to have to write them
yourself.” Ever after, teachers encouraged me to write, bought me subscriptions
to The Writer Magazine, and now here I am, a professional writer in the
Information Age—perfect timing!
