All writing is a story, and every story has a message.
Whether creating a work of my own, or helping someone else find just the right set of words, I am passionate about my craft, and proud of my accomplishments. I would love to help you find your story, and make it shine.
Corey Finkle: Always writing, all ways writing.
Corey E. Finkle
Writer / Editor / Media Producer / Marketer / Business Manager / Storyteller
Profile
Accomplished and creative writer/copywriter/editor with exceptional experience in numerous media formats including film and television, web and social media, corporate and government videos, and promotional campaigns. Thorough and detail-oriented team player who specializes in all facets of project management, from start to finish.
Proven Strengths
WRITING: Copywriting / Editing / Advertising/Message Development/Story Adaptation/Film Text
COMMUNICATIONS: Public Relations/Crisis Management/Marketing/Advertising
DESIGN: Web Content/Product Packaging/Education Programs/Short Film
PRODUCTION: Documentaries/Plays/Videos/TV Episodes
OTHER: Voice Over Direction/Acting/Improv Comedy/Comic Book Design/Writing
Professional Experience
AllwaysWriting, Inc. / WRITER/PRODUCER / 2007 – Present
Wrote / produced / managed wide variety of production projects for diverse set of clients including:
- Developed and implemented strategic brand communications for social media and web for FGX (Gargoyles Performance Eyewear).
- Created copy for the Navy Acoustic Effects Model website and multi-media campaign.
- Created broadcast promotional spots/campaigns for TLC, Travel Channel, National Geographic, and Discovery Health.
- Created presentations and brochures for The World Bank Institute, The International Finance Corporation, the US Navy, Roger Williams University, and the Certified Financial Planners Board, distilling complex concepts and ideas for the general public.
- Created and wrote Off The Clock, a monthly five-minute sitcom for the Intel Corporation, designed as a training program for retail sales professionals.
- Created corporate materials for Hasbro, Reebok, Sears, Safeway, Sony, Nikon, Samsung, Norton, McAfee, ASUS, Best Buy, Boeing, Choice Hotels, Pepco, and The Mars Company, maintaining brand consistency and corporate messaging.
- Adapted folktales for use in graphic novels and interactive tablet applications.
- Created and executed real-world puzzle hunts for private and non-profit fundraising events.
- Wrote three episodes of WTF? for Animal Planet, airdate Fall 2008.
- Wrote extensive explanatory and introductory text for a new web initiative for LEGO.com and the John McCain Presidential Website.
Travel Channel, Chevy Chase, MD – WRITER / PRODUCER / 2011
Wrote/produced wide variety of production projects, including:
- Created topical promotions for national broadcast for Ghost Adventures, placing and keeping the show among the highest-rated programs on the network.
- Created topical promotions for Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, maintaining ratings at or above network goals each week.
- Successfully implemented a marketing campaign using fan content from social media.
Team Creations, Washington, DC / PRODUCER / 2005 – 2007
Began development of Otto’s Children, a feature-length documentary film on the life of Otto Frank, and also:
- Developed, wrote and produced broadcast promotional spots for series and films (BBCA, TLC, Discovery Health, Discovery Home, PBS, The Military Channel).
- Wrote and produced TVOne’s 2006 Upfronts, which won a Telly Award.
- Wrote and produced extended interstitial for Little People, Big World.
- Served as lead writer for broadcast promotional materials for the 2007 Silverdocs Film Festival.
Team Productions, Washington, DC / ASSOCIATE PRODUCER / 2003 -2005
Researched and compiled sources/content/footage/photographs for documentary films; assisted with writing, editing and production for major cable network clients such as The History Channel, Discovery Networks, TLC, and National Geographic Channel; created, wrote, produced, and directed videos for viral internet campaigns ; and developed and refined proposals for films, television series and direct-to-market video productions.
- Wrote/ directed/produced original short films for festivals, holiday videos and promotional tools.
- Production credits include Tyrants on Trial (THC), JFK: A Presidency Revealed (THC), The Project (Team Productions) and promotional spots for TLC.
Team Sound and Vision, Washington, DC / OPERATIONS MANAGER: BBC AMERICA / 2001 - 2003
Managed and coordinated post-production needs for all departments of major client.
- Demonstrated problem solving/dependability through consistent handling of crises/deadlines.
- Rewrote show scripts for the National Geographic Channel.
- Arranged and directed voice over talent.
- Wrote, directed and produced original video piece for company’s tenth anniversary party.
EDUCATION
B.S. - Speech (Cum Laude) - (Major: Interdepartmental Studies, Concentrations, Theater and Psychology) Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
RELATED ACTIVITIES
Active, curious and multi-faceted individual with wide variety of interests, including:
- Wrote and performed in pilot television comedy series Ten-One
- Award-winning Parenting blogger (Conversations with Leo)
- Award-winning improvisational comedy performer: Providence Improv Guild “PIG,” Bring
- Your Own Improv “BYOI”, District of Columbia Unscripted Players "DCUP," and ComedySportz
- Professional storyteller for museums, schools, parties and cultural events
- Aspiring children’s author and playwright (The Red Herring and the Case of the Suspicious Similes, Dinosaur Diggers, The Turning Point Chronicles, Tommy’s Time Machine Ticket)