Experience

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  Self-employed

  • United States

  • Author

    • Feb 2022 - Present
    • United States

    Author of fiction and non-fiction books

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  PRECIOUS BLOOD MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION NFP

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Workforce Development Coordinator

    • Oct 2018 - Feb 2022
    • Greater Chicago Area
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  Self-Employed: Inspired Ideas & Writing tha...

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Writer-Creative Director, Author, Speaker & Interviewer

    • Jun 2017 - Oct 2018
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Hatching big ideas and telling compelling stories with the benefit of 38 years experience in broadcast TV, marketing, advertising and corporate communications. In addition to writing, creative direction and interviewing, skills include video production, public speaking, and writing books.

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  Stepien Creative Services, Inc.

  • Author

    • 2012 - Jun 2017

    "Dying to Be Happy: Discovering the Truth About Life" - A non-fiction spiritual take on mortality"Three Days: The Search for the Boy Messiah" - A Biblical Novel -- An Epic Adventure

  • President, Writer-Creative Director,

    • Mar 1996 - Jun 2017

    Stepien Creative Services, Inc. is a creative consulting company.Our specialty: Inspired ideas & writing that works!Creative Direction, Strategy & Consultation:Treatments & Concepts --- Brand StrategiesPromotion, PR & Ad Campaigns -- Displays, Exhibitions & EventsMarketing Strategies -- Sales & Marketing Presentations Communications Plans -- Meetings & Media PreviewsCopy Writing:Advertising -- Video & Film TV & Radio -- Direct Mail Web sites -- Web VideoArticles -- Speeches Newsletters -- News ReleasesBrochures -- Training & Employee CommunicationsI am an idea guy. A journalist and a brand marketer.A strategic thinker with a passion for brainstorming creative that inspires and delivers results.Plus, I am an accomplished interviewer, working with celebrities, executives and real people. My background is Emmy-award-winning, major-market broadcast TV, as well as promotion, marketing and adveritising. Whether you need to communicate B2B or B2C, I can help you make an impact. We'll capture attention and deliver a memorable message that moves, on air, online or in words on a page. You'll have the power of 30-plus years experience working for you.

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  AdVenture, Inc.

  • Chief Creative Officer & Chief Operating Officer

    • Aug 1987 - Mar 1996

    Award-winning video & film production company.#30 on the 1995 Michigan Private 100 -- fastest growging and most profitable private firms in the state

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  WXYZ-TV, Detroit, American Broadcasting Company

  • Special Projects Producer-Director

    • Jan 1979 - Aug 1987

    Climbed the ladder from intern, to production coordinator, to associate producer, to producer, manager of on-air production to special projects producer-director and membor of the Directors Guild of America.Producing, writing and directing, documentaries, live daily programming, celebrity intervi...