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My name is Dylan, and I love to write. I also love to talk, though listening is my more natural vibration. I am an introvert hidden in an extrovert's body. I enjoy writing about music, food, sport, and travel. I laugh at my own jokes.
I support several publications and companies as a freelancer on an ad-hoc basis. I am currently working as a reporter on the local music beat for Newcity Media. I cover local shows in Chicago and draft interview pieces featuring (sometimes very big) artists. I also ghostwrite on LinkedIn for founders of startups with a focus on SaaS, primarily at seed-to-Series A stages. Additionally, I support a PR agency as a campaign manager and content editor, representing the lynchpin balancing client expectations and service with campaign delivery. I also author press releases and high-impact written collateral circulated among Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, and AP News (among other outlets).
I write sophisticated, pithy, and useful copy to both satisfy and grow business deliverables. I write social copy for multiple clients across different industries daily and am happy to share those social profiles upon request.
I enjoy helping creative teams satisfy sales goals through better communication and storytelling. I am also interested in being of service by contributing to missions that bring grace and awareness to those less fortunate and substance use disorder recovery-oriented campaigns.
Additionally, from my previous career and life, I offer close to a decade of experience generating ~$MM revenue streams through sales and recruiting verticals oriented around technically savvy advertising products and software and engineering-centered headhunting. In these roles, I authored multiple sales and recruiting scripts and led and mentored dozens of Account Executives.
I am primarily available for journalistic and creative assignments at this time, though I will always consider interesting freelance advertising and content writing opportunities. I can be reached at [email protected] for either.
The most consequential damage inflicted is the lives being destroyed by ICE and its Operation Midway Blitz. But there is also a very real artistic cost shouldered by Latino musicians, artists, fans and storytellers, bleeding our city's richest cultural veins in real time.
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It's a stacked bill built to honor every CD you ever burned.
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It's a stacked bill built to honor every CD you ever burned.
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