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THE RECRUITMENT

A Curriculum Vitae
by
Paul Sharville



 


 

TITLE:

THE RECRUITMENT


 

FX

PARK ATMOS.


 

GRAMS

SLOW, DRAMATIC MUSIC.


 

FVO

Is this bench taken?


 

MVO

No.


 

FVO

(slow and deliberate) A good park is untouched by the city it cares for.


 

MVO

(same delivery) It saddens me that the band no longer plays on a Sunday.


 

FVO

(speaking more urgently) We've found your copywriter.


 

MVO

Is he good?


 

FVO

Of course.


 

MVO

Background?


 

FVO

Eleven years behind the pen. Went solo in the spring of '97. Since then he's carried out independent hits for the BBC, MasterCard, Christie's, and others. He gets results.


 

MVO

Eleven years? Doing what?


 

FVO

Six as a resident copywriter at a design studio from '85 to '92, then another five in the marketing department of a major corporate from '92 to '97. Did a big hit for them on all their literature and ended up running their marketing show. Didn't like the desk job, so he went freelance.


 

MVO

Flexible?


 

FVO

You mean like long hours and short notice?


 

MVO

No. That goes without saying. I mean scope of service.


 

FVO

Ad campaigns, corporate videos, broadcast ads, sub-editing, design for print, websites. He's comfortable at any briefing. Recent work includes editing the Christie's South Ken magazine, writing an awards ceremony script for TV's Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, not to mention a three-week run of his own prize-winning comedy play at a leading London fringe theatre. Business sectors include travel, engineering, defence, IT, finance, art & antiques, education...


 

MVO

What's his M.O.?


 

FVO

Word processor. Expert user. Mac or PC. Been known to get in close and use a sharpened pencil when he has to. Can deliver by fax, e-mail or hard copy. Has his own office, but he's also good on site. You'd never know he's one of ours.


 

MVO

Education?


 

FVO

State education. Studied journalism and scriptwriting at Goldsmiths College. A quick learner. First article he wrote was sent to six magazines, three accepted.


 

MVO

References?


 

FVO

Impressive. We've heard good things from Mike Osborne, group head of production at Capital Radio, and Mark Wilkinson, director at Christie's. They'll talk.


 

 

(silence.)


 

FVO

Look, he's a lean, mean, writing machine. You don't want to lose him. If you want corporate, he adopts company style and philosophy like a second skin. He cut his teeth on multi-million pound tender submissions and corporate award entries. His freestyle work is original, sharp and funny and his copy is more persuasive than a chance meeting in a pub between salesmen of the year for Expensive Gadgets Inc. and the Association for the Terminally Gullible celebrating a lottery win. Oh, and his grammar and spelling are floorless...


 

MVO

His name again?


 

FVO

Paul Sharville. I have his number. 01273 730900.


 

MVO

Bring him in.

 

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