Creative: Writer / Director / Producer / Thinker
kimtaylor430@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/b-kim-taylor-0396466/?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile
2020 = Creator of Seminar-in-Place (@Home) for Creative Marketing Copy Teams: https://kimtaylor430.wixsite.com/seminar-in-place
Podcast Guest for Mouth Media: https://beautyisyourbusiness.com/2019/03/b-kim-taylor-beauty-news-nyc-beautiful-stories/
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SCRIPTWRITING:
Book-to-Screen Adaptation / Series Overview + treatment/bible writer for Australia’s Interactive Publications Pty Ltd in Brisbane
The Selected NY agency: re-branding + scripting a commercial for Buchanan’s scotch whiskey brand + on-set direction of talent
Arnold Worldwide: AMGEN pharmaceutical commercial #SpeakYourMigraine; scriptwriter + on-set shooting
ScriptWriter: The Bench series, based on the NYC play by Rob Galinsky
Garnered an Honorable Mention Award at the Tribeca Film Festival for a biopic script about scientist Marie Curie
Wrote, directed, & produced a promotional video for the comedy series Tribeca PTA. Pilot, treatment/bible + Season 1 overview.
Pilot, treatment/bible + Season 1 overview for Alaska Can’t Wait
Profound Projex: experiential live theater immersion over the course of a week in multiple NYC locations
Stanton/Chase CEO projects: Susquehanna feature film screenplay, We Are Bridgeton feature film screenplay
Berkshire Multimedia: interactive online/dvd game script writer - French history immersion // Louis XVI
Haley Productions: immersive theatrical murder mystery script that unfurled at a Boston hotel and a Boston restaurant.
Scott Calder International: wrote a murder mystery script for the company’s staff to re-enact at The Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C.
The Shooting Gallery: script reader + coverage
Stick Figure Productions: script treatment writer (Boss Tweed-era script)
Pseudo Productions / Soho: segment producer for Fox 5 interactive online show, "The Couch” + Pseudo founder Josh Harris
Wrote, directed, and produced a one-act play for The Village Gate: "The Writing Lesson."
The Giving Tree - voice actor, read as The Tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBeeLCEHlns
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Devised questions for The Princeton Review’s test-prep vocabulary section
The Content Farm TV - Liquid History Show episode
Segment Producer for Interactive TV show THE COUCH, for Josh Harris @Pseudo Productions in Soho.
BRAND CREATION + IDENTITY --
360 branding for The Copy Lab NYC
360 branding for The Pop Bag for NYC movie theaters
CREATIVE DIRECTION:
Instructor of the classes: Creative Ad Copywriting, Short Form Copywriting, Native Advertising + Copywriting Fundamentals classes for Mediabistro — guiding the creative portfolio work of more than 500 students who have landed jobs at Momentum WW, Y&R, Huge, Saatchi & Saatchi, Kate Spade, Macy's, Yahoo, etc.
IDENTITY + COPYWRITING:
@Alternatives (www.AltNY.com): Kiss My Face, Corning, The Stork Club, HMV + Alt NY website.
@LANDOR NY: Victoria's Secret, Smirnoff vodka, Toshiba, Ocean Spray, + tech firms.
@SALT SF: tech firm naming
@BCA NY: brand identity Lion Tours / Africa
@Meyer & Associates NY / Soho: American Express Platinum Destinations Travel Catalog (200+ pages)
@Time Inc's Strategic Communications: American Express direct mail + digital, Harrah's native content, Bank of America sponsored content.
DIGITAL/WEBSITES:
Beauty News NYC - publisher of the first online beauty magazine, founded 2003 + purchased in 2011; 12 sections + social and a newsletter
MouthMedia Podcast interview: https://beautyisyourbusiness.com/tag/b-kim-taylor/
Mediabistro: Content Manager: Oversaw the digital content and layout + re-design UX / https://www.mediabistro.com/
AltNY agency: website re-design
AGENCIES:
Landor NYC, Wit Inc, The Moderns, Alternatives / Alt.com, Time Inc. Strategic Communications, SALT SF, Calori + Vanden Eynden, David Levy CD, BCA NY, Meyer & Associates NY, Scott Calder International
OVERVIEW of WORK:
scriptwriting, ghost writer, TV commercial pharma scriptwriter, full branding campaigns + brand identity, native advertising/advertorials, banner ads, email blasts, humorous radio commercials, packaging copy, poster series, unique alternative + experiential advertising promotions (scavenger hunt + games @ Copy Lab, experiential @Pop Bag), collateral, taglines and tagline renewal, product naming, catalog copy + design, mobile, blogs, direct mail + various social media.
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CORPORATE SEMINAR LEADER:
Random House / Crown Publishing -- "Best Practices in Digital & Print Copywriting" / 3-hour seminar including remote loop-in with executives in CO and CA
Stew Leonard's: copywriting + social media seminar for the executive marketing division
Mediabistro: 3-hour seminar on branding + copywriting across multiple platforms
MediaBrix mobile gaming agency: seminar on improving client presentations.
SPEECHWRITING
Yad Vashem speech: Aneta Weinreich for Bronka Porwitowa's Medal of Honor and her inclusion at the Wall of Remembrance, 2018.
Henry Roth Bridal / event speech
Sydney Museum in Australia for a book launch; wrote speeches for three presenters
FOUNDER:
Conceived of The Pop Bag NY, a new + experiential way to advertise and promote at NYC movie theaters, matching movie theater audiences with free samples and coupons. Partnered with more than 100 brands on experiential/alternative advertising initiatives. The Pop Bag was a Harvard Business School Case Study.
Co-founded The Copy Lab NYC for advertising creatives: met in NYC bars to learn about new ad platforms, listen to guest speakers, play creative games, enjoy speed-dating style match-ups with creative recruiters & serve as a networking pool. Partnered with a tequila brand, Los Feliz on the LES, Ad Age, and Mediabistro.
AUTHOR
The EVERYTHING for Copywriters & Ad Classrooms Book: Create a Killer Portfolio, Master New Platforms, and Land a Job (with Step-By-Step Exercises + Guidance) -- https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B06Y3P8JMB?ref_=pe_1724030_132998070
The Great New York City Trivia & Fact Book -- Cumberland House
Jupiter Communications: The Interactive Home Report - 90+ pages
The Yale Press Encyclopedia of New York City / Volume 1: contributed 40 entries
Franchise Manual for the London B. B. King's Blues Bar - 650+ pages
GHOST WRITER /
Edited Memoirs for:
Joseph Weinreich / Henry Roth— Sydney, Australia, WW2 memoir
Aneta Weinreich - “The Right Time to Speak” - Sydney, Australia, WW2 memoir
Anya Verkhovskaya - Russian invasion of Ukraine
Arnold Gans - Chemist and inventor of Slim Fast and other products
Marianne Wong - family of famous NYC restaurant entrepreneurs
Patricia Evangelis - Greek-American tale
Mr. X - Anonymous Tale of 100 Dates
Laura Alamery - Women Real-Estate Magnates
Terry Moore - The Stand-Up Comedian Life
Latisha Porter - Sounds of the Heart / HearStrong recipient
Kasha Ritter - How To Pursue Your Dream of Being an Artist
Dr. Cecilia Ores - “Reading Pushkin in Siberia” - New York City, WW2 memoir
JOURNALISM
Conde Nast Incubator / The New Yorker: writer/editor: https://paidpost.newyorker.com/article/preview_schwab_2018/ and
https://paidpost.newyorker.com/article/samsung/patrick-janelle-brings-experiences-abroad-back-home
Published in The New York Times, Bustle.com. Time Out New York, Akashic Books, Princeton Review Online, SPY, National Lampoon, the Ann Arbor Observer, VIBE, Details, Special Report, Vegetarian Times, Japan's A*Broad Travel magazine, New York Press, the Michigan Daily, Bridal Guide, The New York Social Calendar, Gotham magazine columnist, New York Newsday, the Yale Press Encyclopedia of NYC, Downbeat, Downtown magazine, Political Storm, New York Press, Seven Days, Beauty News NYC, and other media.
Humor - National Lampoon’s “Don’t Go There” column, Spy magazine, U Michigan’s Gargoyle, Flexx Mag + Weekly Humor.com
Syndicated columnist: "Stats of the City" and "Tales of New York" NCI newspaper chain + Gotham magazine.
Gale Press encyclopedias in Detroit, MI: contributed more than 100 biographies for Contemporary Musicians, Contemporary Authors + Contemporary Women
EDITORIAL
Newsweek International: editor / researcher on the overseas desk
EIC New York Social Calendar
Editor/ researcher New York Magazine.
Purchased the first digital beauty magazine, founded in 2003, in 2011 - Beauty News NYC.com — oversee a staff of editors/writers
Time Inc. Strategic Communications Division // native + sponsored content for American Express, Bank of America, Harrah's Casino Las Vegas.
EDITOR
"Differential Impact of Income Inequality on Health Risks -- A Global Cross-Sectional Analysis" -- Dissertation by Micky Padway, CFA.
Editor, The Gefilte Manifesto Cookbook: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods," Flatiron Books-MacMillan / author Jeffrey Yoskowitz; 2016; founders of The Gelfiteria in Brooklyn.
OTHER:
Executive Board at P.S. 3, The John Melser Charette School // VP of Fundraising in Greenwich Village
Radio announcer, scriptwriter + DJ at the University of Michigan's wcbn.fm.
Founded an indie literary magazine while in school there (Subway Behavior) + was an editor of UMich's humor magazine.
EDUCATION:
M.A. in Media Studies from The New School / Parsons with a concentration in scriptwriting + University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (Liberal Arts).
Most satisfying work = raising two incredible sons
VOLUNTEER
Fundraising VP/Chair, Executive Board — The John Melser Charrette School/P.S. 3, Greenwich Village. Conceived & oversaw annual budget and fundraising events, including offsite celebrity events & exceeded budget goals.
SOCIAL
@BKimTaylor = LinkedIn, IG, Facebook, Threads
