April Winchell
april@aprilwinchell.com
OBJECTIVE: To find a full time position in new media, utilizing my writing and production skills.
Professional Experience: Advertising
Creative Director/Owner
Radio Savant Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles/California
I started Radio Savant for the purpose of providing breakthrough radio campaigns, promos and other audio for a variety of clients.
Media clients include NBC, FOX, Columbia Tri-Star, Focus Films, Playboy, Comedy Central, Stan Lee, Disney, Oxygen, CBS radio and Clear Channel.
Other clients include California Cheese, Earthlink, NFL, Microsoft, Saturn, Mercedes-Benz, Unocal, Federal Express, Del Taco, Jack in the Box, Coors Light, Home Depot, Gatorade and many others.
Radio Savant has won every major advertising award in the world, including Cannes, Grand Radio Mercury, Clios and Grand Clio, Grand Andy (first and only time awarded for radio), D & AD, One Show Gold and many others.
New Media Projects:
Other Advertising Experience:
BBDO
Los Angeles/California
Senior Copywriter/Radio Producer/Consultant
TBWA/Chiat/Day
Venice/California
Senior Copywriter/Radio Producer
J. Walter Thompson
Los Angeles/California
Copywriter/Radio Producer
Tracy-Locke
Los Angeles/California
Copywriter
Professional Experience: Web
Designer/Owner
aprilwinchell.com
Los Angeles/California
Developed in 2000 as a means of self-promotion, aprilwinchell.com is now a world class repository of strange music and audio entertainment. I maintain and code the site myself, updating frequently with proprietary digital content which I have created and produced. Aprilwinchell.com has been profiled all over the world, and was recently hailed by The Guardian as one of the internet’s “Hottest Sites”.
Site Highlights:
Professional Experience: Radio
KFI
Los Angeles, California
Host/Producer
In addition to writing and producing all content for the three-year run of my prime time weekend show, I developed multiple interactive components to KFI’s radio programming.
Highlights:
Other Radio Experience:
KABC
Los Angeles, California
Co-Host/Producer/Fill-in
KSLX
Los Angeles, California
Fill-In Host/Producer
KTLK
Los Angeles, California
Fill-In Host/Producer
Professional Skills:
HTML
Quark
After Effects
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere
Adobe Image Ready
Adobe Acrobat
iMovie HD
Microsoft Word
Final Draft
RealAudio
Garage Band
ProTools
Mac OS X
