DAVID SPEAKMAN – david@speakman.io
With an undergraduate education in business and organizational communication, journalism/public relations & publications/graphic design and a post-grad law degree with an emphasis on intellectual property, David has more than three decades in reportorial, research, editing, design and management experience in various professional media and legal work, specializing as a hired gun for Silicon Valley-based start-ups and legal firms in the following areas:
- GAME DESIGN & PRODUCTION: Taking abstract concepts and working with a team to transform them into consumer products. From design through manufacturing and warehousing to fulfillment to the customer.
- PRODUCT/PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Focuses on working with a core group of creatives (everything from journalists to designers to software engineers) to enable them to meet goals – on time – and within budget.
- IP and GENERAL LEGAL DOCUMENT ASSISTANCE: Writing, editing and filing of legal documents. I have worked on cases ranging from U.S. Supreme Court to filing provisional and other patent prosecution paperwork with the U.S. Patent and trademark office to jobs as small as assisting self-represented clients fill out and file family law documents here in Silicon Valley.
- CONTRACT/FREELANCE WRITING & EDITING: More than 20 years of experience as a paid writer and editor in print. TV, and the web – with a focus on technology, intellectual property, legal analysis, and technical writing. Extensive experience in working on strict deadline and thrive in environments others think are too stressful. Past writing experience includes deadline content writing, marketing-oriented white papers, as well as the design and editing of periodicals. (LinkedIn Profile)
- BRANDING: Works with design teams on developing websites, blogs, logos, branding and trademarks. Everything from setting up WordPress blogs to filing and defending trademarks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.