Matthew Phillp
Copywriter
Creative Direction| Brand Identity | Storytelling
Brooklyn, NY 11211
E-mail: contact@matthewphillp.com
Tel: +1 917-862-3994
Creative Copywriter with 10+ years of experience expanding businesses, sales, and engagement through storytelling-oriented copy aligned with data, insights, and brand identity
Strategic project leader streamlining the end-to-end creative process from concept to delivery, reducing revisions by aligning with client vision and facilitating collaborative communication between clients, creative teams, and stakeholders
Resourceful marketing professional recognized for releasing hundreds of in-house and agency projects across print, digital, social media, video, radio/podcast, out-of-home, and experiential platforms
Downloadable Resume
Work Experience
COPYWRITER
Meta
December 2023 - Present
Contracted to provide concept, copy and editing support to the Global Small Business Marketing team.
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Refresh web, email, and video assets designed to educate both customers and internal teams about advertising products Meta offers across all platforms (Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp)
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Work with stakeholders and designers to build an educational email marketing strategy to support Meta’s top tier advertisers around the world
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Collaborate with internal teams to streamlined the communication process between writers, designers, and stakeholders with a view to facilitate more efficient collaborative alignment and sped up production
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Record and edit voice over for video content
CO-CREATOR and CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Tell Me About Your Father, the podcast
November 2019 - Present
End-to-end production of podcast episodes: sourcing and researching guests, writing and conducting interviews, editing sound, publishing, and writing copy for social media and email to promote episodes.
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Wrote marketing material that has grown niche podcast followers from zero to 5,000+, with 1,000+ followers added each year and 1000 downloads per episode
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Featured high-profile guests include Molly Shannon, Jason Kander, Joel Kim Booster, Andrew McCarthy, Jake Jaxson, Kathryn Schulz, and Salman Toor
LEAD COPYWRITER, BRAND
Institute for Integrative Nutrition
May 2023 - Sept 2023
Contracted to lead a team of four through the company’s rebranding initiative. Promoted new brand partnership and product verticals across all digital and print channels.
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Rewrote the brand’s tagline and mission, vision, and purpose statements, which refined the company’s messaging
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Worked with stakeholders to build an educational email marketing strategy and drip campaign, which improved email open rates by 10%
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Created social media ad campaign content that exceeded marketing stakeholders' engagement goals
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Streamlined the communication process between writers, designers, and stakeholders, which facilitated more efficient collaborative alignment and sped up production
SENIOR CREATIVE WRITER AND STRATEGIST
20nine Brand Consultancy/Chronic Agency
July 2021 - December 2022
Managed concept development, copy, presentation, and execution for projects from creative brief to completion for 10+ clients, with up to seven projects simultaneously. Sourced, hired, and mentored copy interns and freelancers on an as-needed basis. Conducted customer and stakeholder research and made data-driven strategic and creative decisions on every project.
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Revamped the 20nine and Chronic Agency brand identities to CEO approval; overhauled web copy, social media editorial strategies, and wrote 28 case studies over six months
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Wrote and presented client pitches and maintained a 90% project win rate
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, COPY, CREATIVE STRATEGIST
Clients: Morgan & Morgan Law Firm, Hologram Sciences, O.school, DeSantis Breindel Agency
-New York, NY
February 2020 - June 2021
Generated creative strategies to tell brand stories and inspired action through copywriting. Established brand identities, style guides, social media content, email communications, and UX copy for client apps. Clients: Hologram Sciences, Morgan & Morgan Law, O.School, DeSantis Breindel, One Main Financial.
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Strengthened internal and external communications and brand guidelines by clearly articulating an inspiring value proposition and brand story, which drove online engagement
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Revamped email templates and newsletter content, which improved open and click-through rates by an average of 18%
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Streamlined the client briefing process and ensured collaborative communication, aligned vision, and detailed documentation, which produced final assets more efficiently
CONTENT CREATION SPECIALIST
Citarella Gourmet Market - New York, NY
November 2018 - December 2019
Recruited and mentored a team of five copywriters. Defined and implemented a brand identity aligned with a positioning strategy to target a broader customer base. Wrote all social media content, monthly promotional emails, and copy for bags and dozens of dozens of store brand consumer packaged goods.
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Wrote copy for radio and video scripts and print and digital signage, which facilitated a successful store launch and continued to boost sales and engagement
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Edited internal and external newsletters, expanded and engaged the customer base and improved the employee experience (internal newsletters were translated into Spanish and were printed and hand delivered)
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Overhauled the website look, feel, and function and implemented an SEO strategy that increased monthly visitors, subscribers, and sales
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Wrote email campaigns, invitations, signage, and print marketing material for events that demonstrated Citarella products and cooking techniques, which increased reach and orders
SENIOR COPYWRITER
Blink Fitness - New York, NY
September 2014 - September 2018
Led the brand’s copywriting initiatives including direct mail, digital and social media content, email, newsletters, 360 campaigns, out-of-home, in-store signage, radio/audio, video, and retail.
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Produced the critically acclaimed #BeYou and #HearMeRoar 360 campaigns, which expanded brand awareness and alignment with important social causes
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Wrote and revised the master brand book, fine-tuning the brand’s voice and style guidelines through three evolutions
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Formed brand partnerships with Conde Nast, NYU Langone, Upright Citizens Brigade, Hearst, and NYC Running
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Developed B2B assets to launch franchising, which grew the brand from 30 locations in the northeast to 100+ gym locations nationwide
COPYWRITER
Audible Inc. - Newark, NJ
October 2013 - September 2014
Wrote promotional and sales copy, website, email, and instructional content for Audible and the home recording and publishing service, ACX.
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Drafted UX copy for four app updates across eight types of devices over one year
CONTRIBUTOR
dot429.com - New York, NY
January - March 2014
Composed a weekly, published critique of HBO’s program Looking
CONTENT WRITER
Ilovenewyorkblog.com - Cake Group - New York, NY
February 2014 - May 2014
Wrote and researched engaging, on-brand, weekly blog posts about New York State tourist destinations
COPY EDITOR
Man of the World Magazine - New York, NY
November 2013 - January 2014
Copy edited the entire book for issues 6 and 7
WRITER
MSN.news.com - New York, NY
July 2013 - September 2013
Delivered condensed news reports for online publication
PROOFREADER
NYC Economic Development Corp - New York, NY
May 2013
Proofread the Mayor’s Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency
COPY EDITOR
Sotheby's Auction House - New York, NY
March 2013
Copy edited promotional copy for the Impressionist and Modernist Art Day Sale Catalogue
COPY EDITOR
Cesar's Way Magazine - New York, NY
March 2013
Proofread and copy edited all sections of the magazine
COPYWRITER
Livingsocial.com - New York, NY & Melbourne, Australia
June 2011 - June 2012
Wrote inspiring promotional copy for nationwide and regional Living Social email deals
COPYWRITER
Gilt City - New York, NY
June 2011 - December 2011
Wrote engaging, on-brand promotional copy for nationwide and regional Gilt.com email deals
CONTRIBUTOR
DNA Magazine - New York, NY
June 2006 - Present
Wrote and delivered monthly celebrity interviews, culture analysis and travel features centering on US culture
PRESENTER/CO-PRODUCER
DList Radio, EVR.com - New York, NY
January 2005 - March 2009
Presented a weekly news segment "This Week in Review" for live-to-air broadcast
Produced celebrity guest interviews, developed segments, research, and fact checking
Developed successful cross-promotional opportunities with record companies, bloggers, publicity firms, and venues for live show tapings
CONTENT EDITOR
DList.com - New York, NY
January 2005 - March 2009
Designed engaging acquisition campaigns
Developed content-based promotions and wrote all featured copy
ASSISTANT EDITOR
The Village Voice - New York, NY
March 2004 - February 2005
Wrote city listings for multiple categories (clubs, bars, retail, etc.)
Researched and coordinated coverage of the 5 boroughs of New York City with other Assistant Editors
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
The Village Voice - New York, NY
March 2004 - February 2005
Copy editing, fact checking, statistical analysis, research and reportage support for the Executive Editor
Education
University of Technology Sydney
Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism
The University of Sydney - Sydney College of The Arts
Bachelor of Visual Arts
2010 - present
2010 - present
Awards and Achievements
Lambda Literary Foundation - Fellowship recipient 2013
Alien of Extraordinary Talent - U.S. Greencard recipient 2010
Glammy Awards – Best Writer (DNA Magazine) Nominee 2009
Glammy Awards – Best Writer (DNA Magazine) Nominee 2008
Ann Arbor Film Festival - Lawther/Graff Award – Winner 2006
MCC Young Adult Fiction Competition - People’s Choice Award - Winner 2003