Writing Resume
Brian Hensley
Address Home: 989.202.2744
628 Ridgeville Dr. Cell: 989.422.0143
Prudenville, MI Email: brianhensley19@yahoo.com
48651
I am an independent freelance writer from Michigan with 14 years of web writing experience and a lifetime of creative writing accomplishments.
Experience
- 14 years writing automotive content
- 10 years in the music industry
- 3 years of professional songwriting experience – with two self-produced albums
- 4 years of writing prose, poetry, and lines for various greeting card companies
- 2 years of creative writing classes
Summary of Skills
- SEO Content
- Blog Posts
- Ghostwriting
- Copywriting
- Automotive Journalism
- Product Description
- Website Content
- Landing Pages
- Basic HTML
- Script Writing
- WordPress, Google Docs and Sheets, Microsoft Word, Dropbox, Monday.com, Grammarly, and other CMS
Work History
Company: StreetSide Classics https://www.streetsideclassics.com/
Location: Charlotte, NC
Responsibilities: Vehicle Write-Ups
Start: 2025 — May, 1 2026
Company: Outsell
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Position: Automotive Copywriter
Start: January 2022 — March 2023
Responsibilities: Writing dealership content for vehicles based on OEM specs
Company: Forged Media
Location: Australia
Position: Automotive writer
Start: July 2021 to mid-January 2022
Responsibilities: Writing long-form content based on research to commonly asked automotive content.
Company: Muscle Cars & Trucks
Location: Detroit
Position: Automotive Blog Writer
Start: Mid-July 2021 to Late January 2022
Responsibilities: Mostly writing about hot or new topics within the automotive industry.
Company: CoPilot
Location: California
Position: Automotive Content Writer
Start: Jan. 01, 2021 to Jan. 2022
Responsibilities: Writing articles for the site on all kinds of different topics that have to do with the automotive industry.
Company: Ignite Visibility
Location: California
Position: Automotive Writer
Start: 2016-to-2020
Responsibilities: Writing/proofreading web pages, part descriptions, blog posts, etc. for various automotive high-performance wholesale part companies: PartsForYourCar.com, Southern Car Parts, RPI Designs, and more.
Company: Foffer
Location: Georgia
Position: Copywriter
Start: 2015-to-2016
Responsibilities: Writing long-form copy with call-to-actions for companies that supply rare outdoor adventurous experiences all around the world.
Company: L2TMedia
Location: Chicago, IL.
Position: Automotive Writer
Start: 2015-to-2016
Responsibilities: Writing various web content pieces for different dealerships about their services, parts, and vehicles they sell. Pages, Blog Posts, SEO Articles, Etc.
Company: Paramo Group Inc.
Location: Washington
Position: Automotive SEO Writer
Responsibilities: Write 7-10 automotive articles per day. Each article focused on a different vehicle aimed to direct traffic to various dealership websites. (400-500 words)
Company: WebpageFX Inc.
Location: Pennsylvania
Position: B2C and B2B article writing
Responsibilities: Ghostwriting many articles for their different clients, mostly in the automotive genre. Some companies include – CJ Pony Parts, Empire CAT HD equipment and The Whiz Cell.
Company: FanSided Spartans Avenue
Position: Sports Writer
Responsibilities: I mainly kept up with football and basketball season games and news for the Michigan State Spartans (MSU).
Company: Many other independent freelance contractors/clients
Position: writer, light editing, light HTML
Rates: TBD – Comfortable with flat rate or hourly
Education
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School: Southern New Hampshire University
Certification: Attending
School: Recording Institute of Detroit
Certifications: Recording, Producing, Songwriting, Composing, Business of Entertainment
School: William D. Ford Vocational School
Subject: Automotive
Certifications: Certificate of competition and many ASE certifications.
