Does your marketing make
customers believe that only you can solve their problems or
improve their lives?
An accomplished, award-winning copywriter/copyeditor, Jonathan
Davis (The Eloquent Arrow) creates clear, eloquent
messages that capture your target audience.
WHAT THE ELOQUENT ARROW DOES FOR YOUR BUSINESS
Connect with your market
through concise, well-aimed copy Edit your existing messages with an eagle’s
eye for detail and a writer’s
sense of flow Help you distinguish your brand, product or service with clarity and conviction Establish writing-style guidelines and focused marketing strategies Make deadlines while balancing several jobs at once Inject even more energy, intelligence and
professionalism into your
communications
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Started a successful freelance business with a recognizable
brand Built an efficient in-house marketing department from the ground up Conceived & wrote an award-winning
ad and annual report for a major trade association Edited award-winning
textbooks for a brand drawing 80% of company revenue Composed & edited a 24-page brochure for a high-profile trade
event in one week Raised more than $100,000 in three months with a targeted
fundraising brochure
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance Writer and Editor
Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice
Westerville, Ohio
Funeral-profession voluntary certification program
BannerDirect
Wilmington, North Carolina
Direct-mail marketing agency
Big Rock Casino
Espanola, New Mexico
Popular hotel and casino
Harrah's
Joliet
Joliet, Illinois
Popular hotel and casino
Media-Fuse
Chicago, Illinois
Web 2.0 marketing agency
The Oswego
Chamber of Commerce
Oswego, Illinois
Advocate of local/community business
Tecture
Chicago, Illinois
Graphic/Web design and marketing services firm
TripleSpoke
|Brand Architects
Chicago, Illinois
Brand marketing and design agency
Weblinx, Inc.
Oswego, Illinois
Graphic/Web design and marketing services firm
Wilbert Funeral
Services, Inc.
Broadview, Illinois
The United States’ leading provider of death-care products and services
Marketing
Director
Camins
Tomasz Kritt, Chicago, Illinois
A brokerage firm specializing in Chicago industrial real estate and
office tenant representation
Establish brand identity for new company; execute marketing plan with outside marketing & PR
agencies; write all marketing text; create marketing
collateral in-house, build mailing lists and coordinate print production; oversee all direct-mail campaigns;set marketing budgets and track expenses.
Lead
Marketing Copywriter
National
Marine Manufacturers Association, Chicago,
Illinois
A not-for-profit association representing the recreational boating
industry
Write and edit all
marketing copy for 23 consumer boat shows and
2 trade shows; mentor junior
writer.
Senior
Marketing Copywriter
National
Restaurant Association Educational Foundation,
Chicago, Illinois
A not-for-profit association representing the restaurant and foodservice
industry
Write and edit all outbound marketing messages
for in-house creative team; manage content for
company Web site; establish writing style and
trademark guidelines; mentor junior writer.
OTHER WAYS THE ELOQUENT ARROW FILLED BLANK PAGES
WITH COMPELLING
INFORMATION
Stephen
King’s America (Bowling Green Popular Press,
Ohio)
Published book-length thesis of recurring themes in the work of popular
author Stephen King, who authorized The Eloquent Arrow’s research
of his safekept work.
The
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois
Sports Writer/Stringer
The
Daily Journal, Wheaton, Illinois
Sports Writer/Stringer
Eastern
Illinois University
Sports Writer, The Daily
Eastern News
WHERE THE ELOQUENT ARROW SHARPENED HIS PEOPLE AND BUSINESS
SKILLS
First
Chicago Bank (now Chase), Warrenville,
Illinois
Sales Banker
- Top Branch Sales Performer 1993-1995
- 100% rating on survey of customer service performance
Oak
Brook Bank, Oak Brook, Illinois
Sales Banker
- Top investment and loan products referral agent
during all months of employment
EDUCATION
Bachelor of
Arts degree (English), magna cum laude, North Central
College, Naperville, Illinois
"He
does his work for us correctly in the first
round 99% of the time. I have had no other
experience with a creative who comes close
to this success rate."
