Erik David Even www.kunochan.com
kunochan@gmail.com
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Experience
Zoic Studios Culver City, CA
Internal Brand Manager 9/09 – Present
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Design, create, edit and maintain a daily news and features blog covering the VFX and CGI industries
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Provide editorial services for public relations and marketing projects
JDJournal.com Pasadena, CA
Lead Copywriter 8/08 – 9/09
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Researching, editing and writing news and blog posts for professional legal blog and employment blog; create editorial graphics
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Write weekly scripts for online video content; work with video production team
Professional Interactive Entertainment, Inc. Santa Monica, CA
Head Writer / Senior Editor 9/05 – 3/08
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Wrote and edited news & features for network of video game sites
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Managed permanent staff of three off-site writers and numerous freelancers
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Liveblogging and photo coverage of gaming events, including BlizzCon and the WWI; gaming and fan conventions; professional gaming competitions
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Created and managed blog properties; led company-wide initiative to create GGLWire, a network of gaming-related blogs
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Created editorial graphics in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
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Produced marketing email and PR blasts
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Contributed content to daily video show www.epilepticgaming.com
Self-Employed Northridge, CA
Assistant Editor / Copy Editor 11/01 – 9/03
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Copy editing, basic research and test bank writing for various publishing projects. Clients were The McGraw-Hill Companies and ETC Inc.
Norm Marshall & Associates Sun Valley, CA
Web Producer 10/98 – 11/01
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Designed and maintained web presence for entertainment marketing agency
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Developed internet-related entertainment marketing initiatives
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Managed Graphics Arts department; produced print materials and promotional gift packages for clients
RealSelect, Inc. Thousand Oaks, CA
Web Designer, Copywriter 6/97 – 10/98
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Wrote content, created graphical elements for realtor.com, the nation’s largest realty web site; team member for $2 million site redesign launched in 1998.
United Education Institute Van Nuys, CA
Multimedia Instructor 1996-1997
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Instructed adult students in multimedia vocational program; Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, Macromedia Director, HTML. Also taught MS Office.
Commercial Programming Systems Pasadena, CA
User Interface Designer/Icon Artist 1995, 1997
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Employed as contractor by Kaiser Permanente / Deloitte & Touche, to design and implement user interface elements.
Writing Samples
Writing samples available at http://www.kunochan.com.
Web design examples available upon request.
Recent appearance on G4’s “Attack of the Show:”
http://wire.ggl.com/2007/08/29/ggls-erik-kunochan-even-on-attack-of-the-show/
Skills
Windows and Mac OSX proficient; Microsoft Office
Writing Adobe Photoshop HTML
Copyediting Adobe Illustrator Adobe Dreamweaver
Editorial Management Adobe InDesign WordPress
Graphic Design Adobe ImageReady Blogger
Page Layout QuarkXPress Forum/Community Management
Research
Professional Certifications
ETP Multimedia Authoring University of Southern California
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Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Director
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HTML, Web Design
Flash Authoring Moviola Digital Education Services
Web Server Administration Learning Tree University
Macromedia Director Multimedia Workshop
Education
University of California, Los Angeles Westwood, CA
B.A. Anthropology 1994
