Brendan Christie
Qualifications
Creative problem-solver with well over a decade of magazine and freelance experience. Flexible, deadline-driven team player who seeks to bring out the best in colleagues in order to achieve brand goals. Able to manage multiple side-projects while keeping core priorities on track.
Professional Highlights
Editor, realscreen magazine, June 2004 to present
Returned to the masthead to refocus content and initiate, plan and oversee a complete redesign and relaunch. For more on realscreen, please see the notation below.
Freelance Writing/Editing, March 2003 to June 2004
Over 14 months, I published more than 100,000 words in international and national publications, including frequent contributions to:
- 'boards - the international advertising and commercial production magazine
- Kidscreen - the monthly standard in the global kids' entertainment industry
- Media - a biweekly marketing newspaper (since relaunched) for Canadian media buyers
- Playback - a biweekly paper concentrating on Canadian film/TV production
- Strategy - Canada's marketing magazine
- realscreen - the international non-fiction film and TV magazine
Editor, 'boards magazine, May 2002 to March 2003
'boards is an international monthly concentrating on the business of advertising and commercial production. As editor, I helped refocus the content of the magazine and update its layout and style.
Editor, realscreen magazine, June 1997 to May 2002
realscreen is an international title covering the world of non-fiction film and television production, distribution and broadcast. After co-launching the magazine in 1997, I moved into the positions of special reports editor, associate editor and then editor. realscreen has since become the sector leader and spawned an annual event that attracts more than 1,000 industry players to Washington, DC each year.
Industry Guide Book/Book Credits Include:
- The Adventures of Gus and Us
by Lynda Craig (2006, childrens' title) - Editor - International Co-production Guide
(2003, 96 pages) - sole Writer/Researcher - Shooting in Europe Guide
(2003, 84 pages) - Editor/Contributing Writer - Careers in Wildlife Filmmaking
by Piers Warren (2002) - Contributing Writer - International Factual Broadcast Guide
(2000, 518 pages) - Editor - Factual Broadcast Guide, North America
(1999, 118 pages) - Assistant Editor/Senior Writer
Other Experience
I have tackled corporate online work for clients such as World Vision Canada, Borderfree.com, the CBC, Chapters/Indigo and Microsoft, as well as some work for ad agencies with clients including Canada Post, Grolliers and MediaLinx (Sympatico.ca).
I have also been published in such venues as The National Post, The Toronto Star, Penthouse, Docs (France), Author's, Writer's Connection, and Negative Capability.
Related experience and education
Received an Honours degree in English Literature from the University of Toronto
Freelance design for clients such as The Television Bureau, Telecaster and The Printing House
Familiar with Mac and PC versions of most graphic applications, including Quark Xpress, InDesign and Photoshop