Henry can write on a number of levels, encompassing the divine and the sublime, the good, bad and the ugly, and the agony and the ecstasy. Okay, that's a little silly, but
Henry's degree in English from UT Austin, integrated with his love of humor and marketing strategy, makes for a unique package.
Relevant Technical Skills
English degree, University of Texas at Austin (minor: Economics)
Graduate hours, Liberty University
Microsoft's Suite
Certificate of Writing Instruction, Junior College Level
AP Style-monger
Creative and Creative Comms Writing
Henry wrote his first book, Monsters! A Socio-eekonomic Exzaminashun of Ferry Kreetchurs in a Cappitalist Sosiety in 1972. Since then, he completed a degree from the University of Texas at Austin and has ventured
down several creative writing paths. His experience includes:
PODCAST PRODUCTIONS. Currently at H.D. Vest Wells Fargo, Henry produces monthly a podcast featuring Vest president Roger Ochs, developing the format and providing the questions and topics.
In 2006, Henry developed and produced a podcast for A/V professional Doug Via.
The podcast covered many creative levels, including writing comedy shtick, PR and web content.
THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS. Henry is currently writing and producing "theatrical" educational videos for the internal staff at H.D. Vest, using internal team members as actors.
In 2005, Henry started the Jesus Laughed Ministry. Henry provided narrative/creative copy for the Park Springs Bible Church "What's the Difference?" series and for Park Springs'
Christmas production, "Signs of Heaven."
MARKETING BRAINSTORMS/STRATEGY/COPY. Providing Web copy, editing and marketing brainstorms for Lesley Hensell PR (Nelson-Westerberg, Jigsaw.com, Austin-Tetra and
Travelocity), and Education.TI.com.
INTERNAL COMMS NEWS ANALYSIS. Providing industry analysis, employee success stories and obituaries for TXU's intranet.
TOPICAL HUMOR. Writing humor scripts for evote.com animated political cartoons.
NEWSPAPER COMICS. Creating
Arlington City Limits, a comic feature appearing
in the Arlington Morning News for more than two years. Also, Henry produced editorial cartoons for publications including
evote.com, Dallas Business Journal, Arlington Morning News
and The Daily Texan. He even received a first-place award
for
editorial cartooning from the Southwestern Journalism Congress.
PRODUCT MARKETING. Providing clever marketing/product descriptions for television.
"The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor" for Cracked Magazine, 1994.
Featured poet in the University of Texas at Austin journal Analecta, 1990.
The editing and proofreading background goes without saying, but we'll mention anyway:
Proofreading and writing copy for TXU's internal pubs Because We Care, Gotcha! and TXU Daily as well as for academic papers and newspaper media.
Having been deemed "Master Speller" for saving several print production projects from disaster at Falcon Graphics.
