Lee
Callister
Persuasive Content for Web and Print
About Me
I am a writer and media generalist interested in part time and free lance assignments I can do remotely for socially responsible organizations and companies emphasizing eco-culture, affordable housing, sustainable living skills and technology.
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I live on a houseboat on the Canal in San Rafael, California where I write and post collected stories and photographs about life afloat around the world in an age of rising sea levels for a Facebook page and blog called Buoyant Life. With housing increasingly scarce and expensive in many places, I am now also focusing on the Tiny House movement, a companion style of futuristic housing that is also fun, space efficient, and easily relocated, and shares the same focus on sustainable living incorporating modern energy management systems and other green technologies.
I'm currently available for persuasive content writing assignments, including reportage, web copy, proposals, and white papers, including research and analysis. I also have a variety of web, video, and other media skills and live event production experience.
Recent Experience
2008 - 2019
Community Activist focused on writing and talking about political issues with the City of Redwood City, The California State Lands Commission, and State Senator Jerry Hill's office regarding the future of the floating community at Docktown Marina. President Floating Home Association. Commodore Peninsula Yacht Club. Managing personal rental properties.
2005-2008
Content Project Manager. Media Zone, San Carlos CA, da provider of pay-per-view streaming video sports and other cultural content via the Internet
2003 - 2004
Associate Producer. Internews Interactive, San Rafael, CA
• Yvote04. Managed webcam relationships and lined up guests for television/web project aimed at young voters at locations across the US. Produced with Link TV.
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SNAP. Managed webcam relationships and lined up guests for television/web project linking teenagers around the world. Produced with Link TV.
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“America Alone? An Encounter between Americans and the World”. Provided logistics coordination, research, and guest relations for international TV project on globalization with live video feeds from Brazil, Switzerland, and San Francisco.
2004 - 2004
Project Manager. The Young Group, a developer oF corporate web sites, San Francisco CA
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FibroGen. Managed production of new web site and content management system for biotech company.
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Trinity CFS. Managed production of multiple web sites and content management system for national Foster Care Organization. Main site had both national and local front ends.
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American Academy of Opthamology. Managed production of searchable Membership
Directory CD-ROM.
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DemandTec. Managed development of Web site promoting unique price optimization
application.
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US Build. Consulted on b2b supply chain Web application and marketing site for
homebuilders.
Education
UC Berkeley
Masters degree in Journalism. Thesis project of documentary film investigating disputed Native American land settlement won several awards, including an Emmy from the San Francisco chapter, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Brigham Young University
B.A. Communications, with focus on Advertising and P.R Outstanding junior in Advertising. Cum Laude.
