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Diane (Turner) Pinnick

Award-winning Senior Writer and Marketing Communications Consultant

Areas of Expertise:

Media Relations
PR Writing/Press Kits
Special Events
Strategic Planning
Press Tours
Crisis PR

Newsletters
Print Collateral
Web Writing
Editing/Proofreading
Journalism/Features
Publications Management
Areas of Specialty: Entertainment
Fine Arts
Hospitality/Tourism
Healthcare
Education
Consumer Products
Government

Newspaper/Magazine list includes entrepreneur profiles and biographies plus articles about law firms, entertainment, children, collectibles, gardening, tourism, travel, fashion, construction, wine and restaurants.

Awards:

  • PROTOS Award for Media Relations, OC/Public Relations Society of America
  • 2 Awards of Excellence for Special Events & Observances, OC/Public Relations Society of America
  • Certificate of Excellence, Best Feature Story, Orange County Ad Federation
  • Award for Promotion of Fund Raising Event, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Wild Card Award (internal communications/WEB), Community College PR Organization
Years in Industry: 20+
Education:

USC, Master of Professional Writing
CSU, Fullerton, B.A. Communications, PR Emphasis
California State University, Florence, Italy

Sample Client & Employer Listing:


 

Work Samples:
Feature story
Video (on-screen narration)
Obituary (media release)

News Release

Disneyland
EPCOT Center
Euro Disneyland
Queen Mary
Walt Disney Consumer Products
Walt Disney Classics Collection
Columbia Pictures TV
KNBC-TV
KOCE-TV
Disney Channel
Disneyland Hotel
Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort
Bowers Museum
Luckman Theatre & Fine Arts Gallery
Orange County Dept.of Education
Saddleback College
Hughes Microelectronics
Governor's Office of Emergency Services
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital
Bergen Brunswig
City of Huntington Beach
Magazines: Orange Coast, OC Metro, Collectors' Showcase, On Location, Forum Fifty, Color and Aroma, Rest, Disney News, Disney Channel
Newspapers: Sutton News Group (Newport Ensign, Irvine Today, Costa Mesa Today), Disney Times, Epcot Today
Ghost wrote Magic Kingdom Gardener columns that appeared in San Diego Union, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Ventura County Star
Wrote advertorials that appeared in OC and San Diego Business Journals
Editor: Senior Highlights Magazine, Free From Drugs (booklet for OC Dept. Ed.)
Co-author: EPCOT

Description of Services:

 

 

Diane is an award-winning writer/publicist, with degrees in both communications and professional writing. She excels in media relations, special events and writing.
As a writer, she can produce, adapt and edit all of your writing needs--from Web pages and newsletters to press kits and feature stories.
As a results-driven public relations/marketing professional, her efforts have garnered her clients outstanding increases in positive publicity, membership, and sales.

Her employers say it best…
"I recommend Diane for any position where writing and communication skills are the number one priority"…Jack Lindquist, former Disneyland President
"She is a one person operation, but her output would suggest that she has a hardworking and diligent staff. She is excellent!"…Dr. Clifford Harper, Dir. Harriet & Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex
"She knows her business and is a professional upon whom one can rely. She was poised, flexible and enthusiastic...It is with confidence that I recommend Ms. Turner"…Sunny Charla Asch, Assoc. Dir. Korean Cultural Foundation
"She has demonstrated an outstanding ability in both her written and communicative abilities…with media on both a national and international basis…this is a firm recommendation"…Greg Albrecht, former Manager of Publicity, Disneyland Resort
"I found her to be extremely professional, effective, hardworking and talented…I highly recommend hiring her"…Ray Silver, Huntington Beach City Administrator

Location: Huntington Beach, Calif.

Telephone:

(714) 841-8924
E-mail: Diane Pinnick
Website: 
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