glinting communications portfolio

Luxury Real Estate Brokerage Collateral

sadie — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:45:45 +0000

In 2008, Zenith Design Group developed a series of collateral items for a start-up luxury real estate brokerage. Glinting developed copy for targeted web sites, brochures, and letters that played up the exclusivity and quality of the properties represented by the group. The below is a link to a Realtor-oriented brochure.

This piece, and its companions, have won several awards including an OBIE, PIAG Print Excellence Award, Create Award, and others.

Agency Promotion Direct Mail - 10th Anniversary

sadie — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:44:49 +0000

Zenith Design Group celebrated its 10th anniversary during 2008. As part of this, the agency executed a monthly direct mail campaign demonstrating its core principles and creativitiy - based on words that included “io”/10. Glinting provided copy for these mailings, which have been recognized with Create Awards, Davey Awards, and OBIE Awards, to name a few. Click on the images for a closer look.

Welcome Video

sadie — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:20:31 +0000

Acclaro gifted its clients with video iPods which were awaiting them as they arrived to their rooms for the client’s annual conference. Acclaro wanted to include a welcome video personalized to each recipient, and asked us to draft the message.

Fortunata

sadie — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:48:56 +0000

Fortunata is a high-end ceramics company, bringing beautiful Italian pieces to the US market.

Working with my friend and colleague Steve West at 68 Design, I wrote copy for a beautiful brochure. The file is about 10MB; it may take a while to load.

We also worked on a piece (the size of a large postcard) focusing on one of Fortunata’s product lines, Festa.

Utility Case Study

sadie — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:02:53 +0000

The case study below illustrates how a Pennsylvania utility leveraged an outage management solution to prepare for a major storm and respond when 440,000 homes lost power, restoring 95% of its customers within 24 hours.

SmartGrid Press Release

sadie — Sat, 26 May 2007 16:15:15 +0000

A relationship long in the making, industry powerhouses partnered to develop an integrated outage and distribution management system - SmartGrid technology - for one of the nation’s largest utilities. The press release required a high level of coordination, both in development and outreach.

Coverage of the announcement included T&D World and Metering, as well as several analyst briefings including Gartner and IDC.

Cancer Survivor Profiles

sadie — Fri, 18 May 2007 17:27:31 +0000

The Huntsville Botanical Garden hosts the Garden of Hope, cultivated by the Intergraph Foundation to recognize cancer survivors. Twice yearly plantings and ceremonies feature three people who have fought the battle; each is profiled on a plaque and on the Foundation’s website.

For the first year of the Garden, I supported the semi-annual ceremonies by writing select profiles, teaming to coordinate the event, and conducting media outreach.

GeoWorld TechTime Column

sadie — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:25:14 +0000

As part of a quarterly series of TechTime columns for GeoWorld, this article is ghostwritten on behalf of an industry thought leader. It explores the benefits of standards, service-oriented architecture, and the Open Geospatial Consortium. Information was gathered through interviews with subject matter experts.

3D Visualization of Terrain for Military Intelligence

sadie — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:13:15 +0000

This article, which appeared in the February 2007 issue of Imaging Notes, was ghostwritten based on earlier works and interviews with the business unit’s vice president, to whom it is attributed. Using plain language, it explains highly-technical 3D visualization software and how it can be employed in a military intelligence setting.

T&D World Cover Story

sadie — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:43:38 +0000

This case study about Kansas City Power & Light made the cover of Transmission & Distribution World in December 2006. In a public relations and project management role, I worked with a copywriter and the client to arrange interviews, oversee the review process, and pitched the story to the publication.