Assignment: Freelance copywriting.

Client: Sater Design Group

Challenge: Perform interviews, conduct research and write feature articles and section introductions for a Florida-based luxury custom home design firm. This publication is available across the country in major bookstore chains and I’m listed in the magazine’s masthead as a Contributing Editor.

Sample Copy:

Your new home is finished, bringing an end to an intense period of life in which you’ve contracted with designer, builder and decorator in the creation of your dream house. Now it’s complete and you’re ready to move in and claim it as your home.

Randy Kurtz of Kurtz Homes believes that his relationship with you as your builder does not end there, and he believes this very strongly. After all, he learned it from his dad.

Randy and Ron Kurtz have worked closely with clients in the construction of large luxury homes for nearly 25 years. Ron passed away last year, and Randy has given a lot of thought to the dynamics behind his father’s success. “He was very compassionate with people, and felt that he was a servant to many people,” he says – and adds with a smile, “He had two modes: he was 90 miles per hour or he was asleep.”

In this issue of the Luxury Home Plans Magazine, I contributed a second feature article, a home plan introduction and several section intros as well.

Assignment: Freelance copywriting.

Client: Sater Design Group

Challenge: In this premiere issue of Luxury Home Plans Magazine, I contributed a home plan introduction, a “custom homeowner spotlight” feature and several section introductions. This magazine is targeted to high-end custom homeowners and can be found in bookstore chains across the country.

Sample Copy:

Calling All Romantics – Enjoy the outdoors, moonlight, the ocean, the stars

It may sound like a riddle, but the first thing you notice when you walk inside Vasari…is the outside. That’s because virtually every room in this villa-style home plan reveals open, impressive views through the house and out again. From the kitchen you can see the veranda. From the comfort of your couch, the pool. From the secluded master suite you can enjoy the shoreline and long, warm sunny days.

Assignment: Freelance copywriting.

Client: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Challenge: Conduct research and write copy for 110+ consumer products in 28-page spring catalog. Includes baseball memorabilia, vintage photographs, apparel, toys, books and more.

Sample Copy:

Abbott & Costello “Who’s on First” Pub Glass
The comedy team performed their most famous sketch nearly a thousand times in their careers on the radio, in films and even at the request of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Now you can own these classy cobalt blue pub glasses immortalized with Abbott & Costello’s comic rantings.

MLB Mr. Potato Head
Two American classics together at last: Major League Baseball and Mr. Potato Head. Kids can have hours of fun changing up his ballcap, glove, baseball, bat, arms, nose and more.

Assignment: Freelance copywriting.

Client: Sater Design Group

Challenge: Conducted research and provided copywriting for section introductions and 80+ home plan descriptions in this 160-page book.

Sample Copy:

How does a classic…become a classic? A sense of style is certainly important. A well-known standard of refinement and elegance is also essential. But we like to think that classics are formed by endurance. By time. You do not witness them being produced or fabricated – true classics evolve and grow, building significance and impact across generations. That’s why these Classic Country designs have been created with the highest, most established, standards of style.

Assignment: Freelance copywriting.

Client: gilurickdesign.com

Challenge: Inform customers and vendors of a freelance graphic designer’s move from Pennsylvania to Florida.

Sample Copy:

Usually I give your graphic design projects several directions.

Today you get only one. South.

My business has gone south – to sunny Bonita Springs on the Gulf Coast of Florida – but there’s no need for you to feel lost. For experience and creativity in your graphic design projects, all signs still point in the same direction: gilurickdesign.

Assignment: Project management, copy concept and writing.

Client: PPG Industries

Challenge: Create an appealing, informative POP brochure for the Manor Hall premium line of paints from PPG.

Sample Copy:

Admit it. You love your home.

The first time you saw it, you knew you were hooked: from the style of the architecture to the walls, doors, trim and windows – inside and out, it’s your home. It’s where you live. And welcome others. It’s where you escape. And relax.

Assignment: Freelance copywriting.

Client: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Challenge: Conduct research and write copy for 100+ consumer products in 32-page holiday catalog. Includes baseball memorabilia, vintage photographs, apparel, toys, books and more.

Sample Copy:

National Baseball Hall of Fame Cooperstown Bear
The ultimate gift for the baseball collector who has everything: this charming Cooperstown bear, a Hall of Fame exclusive. Wearing a glove on his right – naturally, because he’s a southpaw – this plush player is suited up in a pinstripe uniform jersey and pants with the Hall of Fame logo on his left chest.

Baseball Hall of Fame Mini Bats
These authentic 18″ hardwood bats, made from Northern Ash, are the perfect size for kids and holiday elves.

Assignment: Freelance copywriting.

Client: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Challenge: Conduct research and write copy for 100+ consumer products in 24-page catalog. Includes baseball memorabilia, vintage photographs, apparel, toys, books and more.

Sample Copy:

2006 Bruce Sutter Induction Cap
Sutter’s rags-to-riches story from minor league pitcher to one of the game’s top relief pitchers is the stuff of dreams – and these eye-catching caps are a fitting tribute.

Hall of Fame Entrance T-Shirt
There are two ways to get into the Hall of Fame – play great baseball or walk through the front doors. This classic T-shirt illustrates one of those options with an exclusive screenprint of the Hall of Fame’s new courtyard entry way.

Assignment: Project management, copywriting.

Client: Bradley Brown Design Group

Challenge: Express gratitude to customers and vendors through corporate donation to a Make-A-Wish Foundation Halloween party.

Sample Copy:

I am strong today.

Larry has spent almost a third of his seven years on a ventilator. He’s been in and out of surgery ten times. For him, tomorrow means something different than it does for other children.
That’s why, with your support, we gave nearly 100 Make-A-Wish children a whole day to be anybody or anything they wanted…

This holiday season – now more than ever – make today the important one.

Assignment: Copywriting.

Client: PPG Industries

Challenge: Provide an enticing and design-inspirational message for home painters – along with an attractive presentation of paint color chips.

Sample Copy:

Invite.
Choose the right color, and you define a room’s style. Shades of bold color thrill your visitors the moment they walk in the door – or fresh, cool tones welcome them in elegance.

Gather.
Use cool colors to expand your family room – and give your family more room. Or let warm hues create a comfortable, soothing space that will draw others in.