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THE RECRUITMENTA Curriculum Vitae
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THE RECRUITMENT |
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FX |
PARK ATMOS. |
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SLOW, DRAMATIC MUSIC. |
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FVO |
Is this bench taken? |
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MVO |
No. |
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FVO |
(slow and deliberate) A good park is untouched by the city it cares for. |
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MVO |
(same delivery) It saddens me that the band no longer plays on a Sunday. |
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FVO |
(speaking more urgently) We've found your copywriter. |
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MVO |
Is he good? |
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FVO |
Of course. |
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MVO |
Background? |
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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. |
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MVO |
Eleven years? Doing what? |
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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. |
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MVO |
Flexible? |
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FVO |
You mean like long hours and short notice? |
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MVO |
No. That goes without saying. I mean scope of service. |
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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... |
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MVO |
What's his M.O.? |
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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. |
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MVO |
Education? |
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FVO |
State education. Studied journalism and scriptwriting at Goldsmiths College. A quick learner. First article he wrote was sent to six magazines, three accepted. |
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MVO |
References? |
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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. |
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(silence.) |
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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... |
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MVO |
His name again? |
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FVO |
Paul Sharville. I have his number. 01273 730900. |
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MVO |
Bring him in. |
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