alex firer

Covered the NPL for the PUBG corp.

Script sketches and videos for FailArmyU, a popular Tosh.0 style panel show wherein viral videos are joked about and discussed. Pitched and participated in writer's room.

I did on set and office PA work for Abso Lutely Productions' "Hot Package".

Created the weekly show for Cafe's Facebook Channel: "Let's Win A Pulitzer", which included live topical drawing with an audience participation element. Created a weekly cartooning show the Cafe.com Snapchat channel, wherein I drew cartoon topical elements into live backgrounds and photos.

Create blog entries for Guff.com and SarcasmSociety.com.

Traveled the world and sat inside the official Mirmir console, pretending to be a computer as I wrote jokes on my feet about what the patrons of the event looked like. In the end they got a printed out photo of themselves with the paragh I wrote for them along with the Patron logo, encouraging them to try our product. Had to write jokes quickly and on my feet, producing a paragraph in a minute and change. Worked with clients to create the voice of the Mirmir brand.

THE BUBBLE: Provided blog content for TheBubble.com, including video posts, news reporting and humor blogging. STUPIDVIDEOS.COM: Provided viral video content for StupidVideos.com and managed its social media accounts. BRANDED CONTENT: Brainstormed for ad campaigns such as Fiat and helped develop The Enthusiasm Network's developing web campaign.

Write copy and post content for brands that include network competition shows, video games and Netflix cooking shows. Participate in brainstorming sessions for varying brands. Deal with quick turn around on multiple projects with quick turn around and sudden client requests.

* THE ONION NEWS NETWORK- Contributing Writer * Contribute 10-25 Headlines for the Onion’s Video Segments * One was sold as YouTube’s 2013 April Fool’s Day Video (YouTube Ready To Select A Winner), and was honored with a Webby Recognition in Branded Content * THE ONION * INFOGRAPHICS * Features Writer: Contribute 14 jokes a week to the ‘Statistics’ videos. * The Onion News Network (IFC) * Contributing Writer: Had the headline “Small Town Throws Pride Parade For Only Resident” featured in episode.

* Wrote coverage on screenplays and pre-existing literature for Dark Horse Entertainment. * Edited a trailer from pre-existing footage for a studio pitch to Universal. * Did general office duties such as scheduling, answering phones, making copies, and keeping files organized.

* Responsibilities- * Write 7-10 articles a day concerning current pop culture trends and events on a variety of subjects * Manage a team of contributing writers and interns, training the latter * Produce the Newsletter for the company using MailChimp * Provide weekly progress reports on website * Run company meeting regarding numbers progress * Used Hootsuite to promote articles on company’s social media * Accomplishments- * Co-wrote and produced the sketch video “Elmo Gets Fired”, which received 15 million views, and was written up in the Associated Press, Hollywood Reporter, USA Today, Daily Mail, Huffington Post, Teen Vogue, TMZ (and was featured on the TV show), Uproxx, Mashable, Refinery29, Daily Dot, and was Tweeted out by Mark Hamill and Chelsea Clinton. * Two interns who worked under me at the company have been promoted into jobs.

Paste is the premier pop culture destination for discerning readers who prize substance and authenticity. Our mission is to discover and share Signs of Life in pop culture, covering the best in music, movies, books, TV, video games, craft beer and soccer.

Write videos for The Leaderboard, Channel Frederator's video game hub.

Create SEO friendly entries and blogs for Trendy Collection (clothing), SimiFlooring (floors) and TRIXMEDIA Blog (Corporate Advice) and James K. Singh (Personal Injury Blog). Run Twitter, Facebook and GooglePlus accounts for the Trendy Collection. Write ad copy for The Trendy Collection's, SimiFlooring and TRIXMEDIA newsletters. Have approvals on graphic designs for advertising of Trendy Collection gowns. Assist with Quickbooks-- helping organize the company's ledger's and finances.

Pitch and write articles for The Sarcasm Society, a list based comedy site.

Pitch and write articles for The Devastator's magazines including Issue #12 [Horror] and Issue #13 [Space Epic] Represented the publication with "Suffering City"-- a piece imagining a Soviet David Bowie-- at Stan Lee's Comikaze, a Los Angeles based Comic-Con.

Write entries for gaming, comic book, and celebrity blogs.

* Onion, Inc. is a Chicago-based digital media company composed of America's Finest News Source, The Onion * pop-culture sister publication, The A.V. Club * internet culture satire website, ClickHole * creative services agency, Onion Labs * long form content studio, Onion Studios * and full-service production company, Onion Productions.Founded in 1988, The Onion has become America's most recognizable and prominent source of comedy, with daily coverage of politics, technology, sports, business, entertainment and more. Over the last 20 years, Onion Inc. has expanded into advertising, video production, and long form content development for television and film. Onion, Inc.'s websites have a combined audience of over 30 million monthly unique visitors and account for more than 6 million Facebook fans, 9 million Twitter followers, and 830,000 YouTube subscribers.

Studied film and video at Emerson College with a focus on writing for TV and Film. Minored in Creative Writing wherein I also learned publishing skills. Activities and Societies: Hyena, Emerson Comedy Workshop