Bill Slocum Resume 2025

BILL SLOCUM
97 Richards Avenue #E10
Norwalk, Connecticut 06854
(203) 837-7218
e-mail: bill.slocum@gmail.com / Twitter - @BillSlocum1

Portfolio: www.slokes.com / LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/billslocum

SUMMARY

Over the last decade, my work has included client-focused success stories, blog posts around connectivity and networking, website copy, Twitter feeds, podcast scripts, and magazine articles.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Spectrum Business/Charter Communications – Stamford, CT     May 2022 – Present

Copywriter

Creating content that helps open doors for a technology partnership with business clients of all sizes is the focus of my duties. Much of this centers on case studies spotlighting success by public and private enterprises achieved with assistance from Spectrum Business. In 2023 and 2024, the number of published case studies more than doubled over the prior five years.

In September 2024, a case study I helped create on Texas State Aquarium won the 2024 Leading Lights Award for Outstanding Use Case in the category of Customer Experience. Another case study I worked on, on a Ford dealership in Kentucky, was a finalist for another prize the same year, for Outstanding Use Case in the category of Driving Digital Innovation.

Lately, I have expanded my content responsibilities to include crafting blog content focused on small-business entrepreneurs, and how greater success can be enabled using Spectrum Business technology and expertise. I have also produced blog posts about solutions for larger enterprises.

Data Axle Non-Profit Solutions – Rye Brook, NY                      May 2019 – May 2022

Copywriter

I wrote direct-mail appeal letters for Data Axle, formerly known as Infogroup, a leading provider of data-driven marketing solutions. The clients I worked for included national non-profit agencies and religious institutions. I worked closely with account directors and their clients to find the right tone and message to represent Data Axle’s clients to donors and potential donors.

 

Accenture – Chicago, IL                                                               May 2016 – May 2019

Copywriter

I wrote content around social media campaigns for a variety of Accenture industry groups, including Health, Cybersecurity, Border Security, and Federal Government. This mainly took the form of producing short copy for Twitter and LinkedIn feeds, as well as for digital display tiles.

 

Moffly Publications – Greenwich, CT                                         May 1992 – May 2019  

Senior Writer

I produced over 100 cover stories and feature articles for a trio of high-end glossy magazines with strong community identification in lower Fairfield County, Connecticut.

 

Murphy & Company – Greenwich, CT                                        July 2006 – November 2017   

Copywriter/Copy Consultant

I wrote and otherwise shaped content for dozens of websites and microsites for various top-tier businesses, including Citi, Duff & Phelps, Fluor, and Robert Half. I shepherded the development of highly technical explanatory text for the first-ever Robert Half Legal eDiscovery Services site.

 

The New York Times – New York, NY                                    January 1995 – February 2007

Correspondent

I wrote close to 100 spot-news, feature, profile and other articles for the Times’ weekly Connecticut supplement, covering a variety of topics. I broke into the Times with an article about how seriously Connecticut police enforced the then-strict 55 miles-per-hour speed limit. For the better part of a decade, I wrote on average 12 articles a year for the Times Connecticut section.

 

Greenwich Associates – Greenwich, CT                                       May 2000­ – July 2003

Content Editor/Press Liaison

I assisted in the creation and deployment of written content for a subscription website, Greenwich.com. This included preparing and editing detailed analyses of the firm’s research of financial institutional investment practices worldwide.

 

Connecticut Magazine – Trumbull, CT                                February 1998 – May 2000

Writer

I authored a variety of stories, including pieces on OpSail 2000, the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, and controversy surrounding the Millstone nuclear power plant.

 

Greenwich News – Greenwich,CT                                               May 1988 – May 1992

Reporter

I covered local news, including politics, crime, zoning, and public health issues. During this time, I branched out and wrote arts and sports stories, developing my craft as a feature writer.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree, English Honors, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT