Martin C. Fredricks

426 East 17th Street
West Fargo, N.D. 58078-2196
(701) 492-2911
fredricks@qwest.net

Professional Profile

• 17 years experience in communications fields
• Advertising, marketing, journalism and public relations experience
• Strategic planner
• Self-starter and strong collaborator
• Ability to apply strategy to communications solutions
• Ability to develop attentiongrabbing creative concepts
• Has completed work for international, national, regional and local clients

Experience

President & CEO
Fredricks Communications Corporation
West Fargo, N.D.
2 /04 - present

• Provide advertising, marketing and business writing, editing, public relations, communication planning and communication consulting services to businesses and organizations.
• Component services include: project management; marketing and sales materials; radio, TV and print ad concepts, headlines and copy; media relations; website content; correspondence audits; internal and external newsletters; sales and training video scripts.
• Write feature stories for various local, regional and national publications.

Strategic Planner / Copywriter
GL Ness Inc.
Fargo, N.D.
2/01 - 2/04

• Developed creative concepts, headlines and brandpositioning statements.
• Wrote compelling, strategy-driven copy for everything from TV, radio and print ads to brochures and other collateral materials.
• Key contributor to the brand development and strategic planning team.

Freelance Writer / Editor

• My stories, commentary and poetry have appeared in local, regional and national publications.

Senior Writer / Editor
North Dakota State University
Fargo, N.D.
2/98 - 2/01

• Promoted from copywriter to senior writer/editor due to initiative with college and department publications.
• Wrote news and feature stories for flagship alumni publications, NDSU Magazine and Bison Briefs.
• Coordinated production of and edited tabloids published for NDSU's eight colleges. Supervised parttime writer.
• Conceptualized, wrote and edited copy for brochures, posters and other promotional publications.

Public Info. Specialist
U.S. Senator Byron L. Dorgan
Fargo, N.D.
11/91 - 2/98

• Resolved constituent concerns involving government agencies at every level through research, effective communication, mediation and compromise.
• Advised senator on issues and helped formulate policy in specialty areas, including agriculture, natural resources, energy and public lands.
• Mentored student interns.

Editor
The Courant
Bottineau, N.D.
3/91 - 11/91

• Coordinated every editorial facet of weekly newspaper.
• Wrote eight to 10 news and feature stories and an editorial each week, and shot and developed photographs to accompany them. Edited all submitted materials.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, English
Mass Communication Minor
1990
North Dakota State University
Fargo, N.D.
3.36/4.0