Patrick specializes in radio commercial script writing. Keeping the length of the advertisement in mind, he creates engaging and informative copy for successful, effective campaigns. His span of goods, services and industries covers a broad range from consumer and retail to industrial and medical.
Patrick is an avid reader of biographies and autobiographies. He is also a big sports fan with football being his game choice, especially when Notre Dame or the Chicago Bears are playing. When there's not a game on, Patrick can be found keeping up with his guilty pleasure - professional wrestling.
Patrick taught junior and senior high school English focusing on grammar, literature and composition.
Patrick was able to hone his skills of writing radio commercial copy that led him to a lengthy career on the creative side of broadcast advertising.
Patrick has worked in the advertising area of radio since 1996. A majority of the formats he has worked for target the demographics of females 18-54 and males 24-54 ranging from good, services and industries including retail, industrial, manufacturing and medical. The produced versions of his written copy have been heard in major markets such as Chicago and Dallas.
Patrick has been involved with a youth basketball organization since his childhood. After he was a player he became a coach and league director. He has also served in the public relations capacity by writing press releases detailing organization accomplishments ands promoting upcoming events,
As a big fan of stand-up comedy Patrick has been lucky enough to take to the stage on a few occasions with self-written material. He has also worked with fellow comedic hopefuls to create material for their acts. Some of Patrick's favorite comics are Christopher Titus, Kathy Griffin, Jim Gaffigan and Bo Burnham because of their styles of observational and story-telling styles of comedy.
Patrick began as an intern at a small radio station in 1996 and quickly rose to the position of head copywriter and production director. His work have been recognized at the local, state and national levels and has been heard in major markets such as Chicago and Dallas. Working at radio stations of numerous formats has given me experience writing copy aimed at demographics across a wide spectrum of ages and genders.