Experience

Canopy Management

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Copywriter

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Oh, you think you can succeed on Amazon all by yourself? That's cute.If you're not already killing it, you should probably talk to someone at CANOPY. Oh, you think you can succeed on Amazon all by yourself? That's cute.If you're not already killing it, you should probably talk to someone at CANOPY.



Freelance

• Direct Response Copywriter

  • Aug 2019 - Present



Magic

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Copywriter

  • Mar 2021 - Dec 2021

  Y'all, I slung so much copy across so many verticals, they started to call me The Copy Machine.It got confusing after a while, so after that they just went back to calling me Ian. Y'all, I slung so much copy across so many verticals, they started to call me The Copy Machine.It got confusing after a while, so after that they just went back to calling me Ian.



National Recreation Systems

• United States
• Sporting Goods Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Engineer

  • Aug 2016 - Mar 2021

  Oddly enough, I'm actually a member of the Expert Institute, where I serve at need as an expert witness in stadium seating manufacturing and design, code compliance, etc.I'm literally an expert at bleacher design - isn't that weird? Oddly enough, I'm actually a member of the Expert Institute, where I serve at need as an expert witness in stadium seating manufacturing and design, code compliance, etc.I'm literally an expert at bleacher design - isn't that weird?



Custom Engineering and Fabrication

• United States
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Design Engineer

  • Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

  Remember that time I designed structural steel elements for the metals recycling industry? Man, what a trip! I learned a lot at that job, including that I wasn't that good at it, nor was I into it enough to stick around. Sorry, guys! 😬 Remember that time I designed structural steel elements for the metals recycling industry? Man, what a trip! I learned a lot at that job, including that I wasn't that good at it, nor was I into it enough to stick around. Sorry, guys! 😬



Nelson Global Products

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• CAD Engineer

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2015

  This was a fun one - great team of people and I learned a ton about quality control, tooling design, lean manufacturing, automotive standards, etc.I worked there as a tooling designer, packaging compliance engineer, and was the engineering rep for the Continuous Improvement team.Got laid off the week before Christmas from an RIF - c'est la vie! This was a fun one - great team of people and I learned a ton about quality control, tooling design, lean manufacturing, automotive standards, etc.I worked there as a tooling designer, packaging compliance engineer, and was the engineering rep for the Continuous Improvement team.Got laid off the week before Christmas from an RIF - c'est la vie!



National Recreation Systems

• United States
• Sporting Goods Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CAD Draftsman

  • Jun 2001 - Aug 2014

  Remember making money before you had all those responsibilities?I don't, but this is the job I had when that was the case. I was a draftsman, BoM checker, designer, and all-around fun kid to have around.Part-time (summers) from 2001-2006; full-time from 2006-2014. This is how I became a bleacher expert! Remember making money before you had all those responsibilities?I don't, but this is the job I had when that was the case. I was a draftsman, BoM checker, designer, and all-around fun kid to have around.Part-time (summers) from 2001-2006; full-time from 2006-2014. This is how I became a bleacher expert!