Robin Kurzer

Robin Kurzer

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  • About me

    Skilled, seasoned digital content and advertising writer specializing in B2B, tech, healthcare, higher ed, DTC and more.

  • Education

    • Nicolet High School

      1977 - 1981
      High School Diploma

      Activities and Societies: School newspaper, drama, choir, youth group

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

      1981 - 1987
      Bachelor of Arts Communication: Radio, TV, Film

      Activities and Societies: Student Senator, Reporter for the Daily Cardinal

    • Columbia College Chicago

      1997 - 1999
      Studied toward an MFA Fiction Writing

      Activities and Societies: General studies toward a degree

  • Experience

    • Self Employed

      Jan 1995 - now
      Senior Communications Professional

      I collaborate with clients to help them identify and reach their marketing business goals through strategic, creative, compelling and SEO-compliant content. Written output includes websites, emails (DM and drip), social media, white papers, thought leadership posts and more. Add-on services include consulting, teaching, proofreading, content migration and editing.SME in #CTV, #Programmatic, #Privacy, #Cookies, #Data, #SaaS, #B2B, #DTC and much much more.Fully opertional home office with more than 20 years of experience working remotely with such tools as SharePoint, Egnyte, JIRA, Asana, Monday, Trello, Basecamp, Google Drive, Microsoft Teams, Slack and more.Past clients include: H&L Partners, Dept 11, OpenX, Emerging Technologies Coordinating Council, Madison College, SunPower, Zoological Society of Milwaukee, Kohler, Rightpoint, Jayne Agency and Revell. Show less

    • Tribal DDB

      Jan 1997 - Jan 2001
      Associate Creative Director

      I remember my tenure as a copywriter and then ACD as one of constantly justifying our presence. DDB was a TV shop, plain and simple, and our ragtag crew fought hard to get a line item on budgets, allowing us to create some of the first online experiences for Budweiser, McDonald's, State Farm, FTD and many, many more.

    • Tribal DDB

      Sept 2005 - Nov 2006
      Senior Copywriter

      A lot of banner ads for a lot of big brands. We did some great work for Dell Computers.

    • Arc Worldwide

      Nov 2006 - May 2007
      Senior Copywriter (Freelance)

      Provided copywriting for brands such as McDonald's, Whirlpool and Maytag.

    • Avenue A | Razorfish

      Jul 2007 - Jul 2011
      Senior Copywriter

      Provided strategic content for a variety of consumer packaged goods clients, including Oreo, Post Cereals and Eggo. Led creative direction and provided the first social strategy for Ritz Crackers.

    • Kohler

      Jun 2011 - Apr 2012
      Web Content Producer

      Helped Kohler Co. relaunch their world-class website, coming April 2012. Provided content strategy, editing, html, back-end CMS and SEO expertise.

    • Den Aviary

      Mar 2013 - Jan 2016
      Freelance Copywriter

      Provided copywriting and strategic content direction for B-to-B clients such as A-1 Freeman and North American Van Lines. Recent projects include vertical-specific one-sheeters, a sell/brag book and print ads.

    • Filament Games

      Sept 2013 - Apr 2014
      Interim Marketing Director

      Worked with this mid-size educational games company to build its marketing department. Managed an integrated, multi-touchpoint marketing push that included PR, direct mail, email and social media. Helped create a new tagline and new brand.

    • OneTouchPoint

      Apr 2014 - Jan 2015
      Freelance Copywriter

      Provided copywriting, strategic content direction and social media strategy for a wide variety of clients, including Markel Insurance, Mobile Mini Storage and the Milwaukee Zoological Society. Recent projects include a Facebook contest that grew the Zoological Society's fan base 50%, providing increased engagement and sales.

    • Third Door Media

      Oct 2017 - Feb 2019
      Reporter

      I wrote breaking and other news for trio of digital marketing publications:Marketing Land, MarTech Today and Search Engine Land. Curated andpublished weekly wrap-up column of timely news. Researched and wrotelong-form foundational pieces on this fully remote team.

    • H&L Partners

      Jan 2020 - Jan 2022
      Proofreader

      On-demand proofreading prior to trafficking for high-profile, high-volume ads and other content. Clients included McDonald's, AAA, VSP, Toyota and more.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Google Adwords Certified

      Google
      Feb 2015
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    • Hubspot Content Strategy Certificate

      HubSpot Academy
      Mar 2019
    • SEO Training Course by Moz

      Udemy
      Feb 2015
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