Writer, Editor and Concept Developer
johnerikjordan@gmail.com
WORK HISTORY
Primary in-house content marketing author and commissioning editor for the Babbel Magazine.
Wrote articles, interviews and video scripts for humans and optimized the website for search engine crawlers.
Melded art, games, and language learning into a custom curriculum. Co-founded the Fantasy-Adventure camp program, for which I also wrote scenarios.
Hebbel am Ufer Theater, Berlin. October – November 2012
Wrote the script for Jeremy Wade's video collaboration with the students from the Hector-Peterson-Schule and Lina-Morgenstern-Schule as part of the series, We Like China, China Likes Us.
Jeremy Wade, Berlin. September 2012
Developed a series of early concepts for Jeremy Wade's dance/drawing/music performance.
Produced all the video content for Corbis' Contributor Gateway, an internal contributor relations website. Duties included video editing and copywriting for corporate branding, tutorials and interviews.
Helped organize events for PlayBerlin every two months that brought the site's online community together for gallery exhibits, concerts, and performance events. My primary role was writing scripts that wove narrative elements into unscripted events. Highlights included The Large Hadron Collider (Mis)Launch: Time Travel Gone Wrong at Alte Kindl Brauerei; Magic Happens at ZMF; and YaYaYa at Direktorenhaus.
Los Angeles, CA. April 2007 - June 2009
Video Editor and Project Manager (media) on projects for clients like Sony Computer Entertainment, Hallmark, Boeing, and Major League Baseball. Produced GreenLight's corporate and advertising reels.
EDUCATION
New York, USA. 2006
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
Summer Lake, Oregon, USA. November – December 2012
New York, USA. 2006
New York, USA. 2001 – 2006
SKILLS
Microsoft Office, Final Cut Studio, Adobe Premiere, Photoshop & After Effects
Copywriting, scriptwriting, concept development, copy editing
Project management, event organizing
Carpentry, DIY
German (B1)
INTERESTS
playing ukulele, reading and writing science-fiction, hiking and roving, cinema,
indie games, table-top and role-playing games, summer barbecues
- Junior Content Writer
Primary in-house content marketing author and commissioning editor for the Babbel Magazine.
- SEO Content Writer Trainee
Wrote articles, interviews and video scripts for humans and optimized the website for search engine crawlers.
- Counselor and LARP Game Designer
Melded art, games, and language learning into a custom curriculum. Co-founded the Fantasy-Adventure camp program, for which I also wrote scenarios.
- Scriptwriter
Hebbel am Ufer Theater, Berlin. October – November 2012
Wrote the script for Jeremy Wade's video collaboration with the students from the Hector-Peterson-Schule and Lina-Morgenstern-Schule as part of the series, We Like China, China Likes Us.
- Writer and Concept Developer
Jeremy Wade, Berlin. September 2012
Developed a series of early concepts for Jeremy Wade's dance/drawing/music performance.
- Video Editor and Producer
Produced all the video content for Corbis' Contributor Gateway, an internal contributor relations website. Duties included video editing and copywriting for corporate branding, tutorials and interviews.
- Scriptwriter and Concept Developer
Helped organize events for PlayBerlin every two months that brought the site's online community together for gallery exhibits, concerts, and performance events. My primary role was writing scripts that wove narrative elements into unscripted events. Highlights included The Large Hadron Collider (Mis)Launch: Time Travel Gone Wrong at Alte Kindl Brauerei; Magic Happens at ZMF; and YaYaYa at Direktorenhaus.
- Production Specialist
Los Angeles, CA. April 2007 - June 2009
Video Editor and Project Manager (media) on projects for clients like Sony Computer Entertainment, Hallmark, Boeing, and Major League Baseball. Produced GreenLight's corporate and advertising reels.
EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Fine Art (Film & Sculpture)
New York, USA. 2006
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
- Writer-in-Residence
Summer Lake, Oregon, USA. November – December 2012
- Robert Breer Film Prize
New York, USA. 2006
- Full-tuition Scholarship
New York, USA. 2001 – 2006
SKILLS
Microsoft Office, Final Cut Studio, Adobe Premiere, Photoshop & After Effects
Copywriting, scriptwriting, concept development, copy editing
Project management, event organizing
Carpentry, DIY
German (B1)
INTERESTS
playing ukulele, reading and writing science-fiction, hiking and roving, cinema,
indie games, table-top and role-playing games, summer barbecues
