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Kent Priestley

Marketing Communications Strategic Leader at Trellist Marketing and Technology
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Seasoned marketing communications professional with copywriting and editing expertise.
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Location
Wilmington, Delaware, United States, US
Skills
  • Editing
  • Copywriting
  • Publishing
  • Magazines
  • Social Media
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Kent Priestley is a seasoned marketing communications professional with extensive experience in copywriting, editing, and publishing. He has worked with various companies, including Trellist Marketing and Technology, OneMagnify, and Shiny Advertising, and has also freelanced as a copywriter and author. Priestley holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Queens University of Charlotte and a BA in Environmental Studies from Warren Wilson College.

Experience

  • Trellist Marketing and Technology
    • Wilmington, Delaware
    • Marketing Communications Strategic Leader
      • May 2019 - Present
      • Wilmington, Delaware

  • Freelance (Self employed)
    • Author
      • May 2018 - Dec 2022

      “Eventually, just seeing Speakman products wasn’t enough. I needed to own them. A close friend warned that I was 'in too deep' and would 'die alone with a basement full of antique showerheads.' His concerns seemed valid.” ©2022 Kent Priestley IBSN 979-8-218-11757-3

  • OneMagnify
    • Wilmington, Delaware
    • Senior Copywriter
      • Sep 2015 - Apr 2019
      • Wilmington, Delaware

  • Shiny Advertising
    • Wilmington, Delaware
    • Freelance Copywriter
      • Apr 2014 - Sep 2015
      • Wilmington, Delaware

      Providing direct mail, web, consumer packaging, and brand development content.

  • CSC
    • Wilmington, Delaware
    • Senior Copywriter/Public Relations Manager
      • Aug 2010 - Sep 2015
      • Wilmington, Delaware

      Provided complete communications management for a leading global business, financial and legal services firm.

  • The Nature Conservancy
    • Contributor, Nature Conservancy magazine
      • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

  • W. L. Gore & Associates
    • Freelance Web Content Writer
      • 2013 - 2013

      Created online product marketing content for W.L. Gore & Associates, a global manufacturer of performance materials.

  • Peachtree Settlement Funding
    • Freelance Copywriter
      • May 2012 - Dec 2012

  • WNC magazine
    • Asheville, North Carolina Area
    • Contributor
      • 2008 - 2011
      • Asheville, North Carolina Area

  • Oxford American Magazine
    • Contributor
      • Nov 2010 - Dec 2010

      Wrote a National Magazine Awards-nominated profile, "Strange Machinery," which was published the 12th annual Southern Music Issue. (Dec. 2010.)

  • Healthcare Finance News
    • Contributor
      • 2010 - 2010

  • Our State Magazine
    • Contributor
      • 2005 - 2010

  • Garden & Gun Magazine, LLC
    • Contributor
      • Aug 2008 - Dec 2008

  • Chelsea Green Publishing
    • Contributor
      • 2008 - 2008

      Contributor to "Renewing America's Food Traditions: Saving and Savoring the Continent's Most Endangered Foods," edited by Gary Nabhan and with a foreword by Deborah Madison, ISBN: 9781933392899

  • The E.W. Scripps Company
    • Knoxville, Tennessee Area
    • Contributing Editor
      • 2008 - 2008
      • Knoxville, Tennessee Area

      Provided arts & entertainment content for Metro Pulse, an alternative newsweekly serving the Knoxville, Tennessee, metro area.

  • Mountain Xpress
    • Contributing Editor
      • 2005 - 2008

      Managed two columns for western North Carolina's most widely circulated weekly newspaper. Oversaw the work of nearly a dozen freelance writers. Wrote regular features and regional news articles.

  • Globe Pequot Press
    • Author
      • 2007 - 2007

      Author, with Jon Elliston, of "North Carolina Curiosities," published 2007.

  • Times Printing Company
    • Reporter
      • Apr 2001 - Jan 2004

      Provided content for a tri-weekly newspaper serving North Carolina's Outer Banks.

  • U.S. Coast Guard
    • Alameda, California
    • Quartermaster
      • May 1989 - May 1991
      • Alameda, California

Education

  • 2004 - 2006
    Queens University of Charlotte
    MFA, Nonfiction Writing
  • 1991 - 1995
    Warren Wilson College
    BA, Environmental Studies

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