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Marius Masalar
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Dynamic, savvy professional offering clever and poignant writing for web and print Enthusiastic achiever with a love for integrating that writing into a design that will help tell the story Quick achiever, with an honest work ethic and a strong ability to work collaboratively with the

production team, as well as independently when necessary

KEY COMPETENCIES

The
Flexible writing style Audience connection Project consultation Dispensing sarcasm

Objective criticism Compelling editorial writing Understanding of layout Typographic knowledge

Outside

Box

Thinking

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

REVIEWER, INTERVIEWER, and PODCAST PERSONALITY, TrackSounds www.tracksounds.com Contributing informative, accessible reviews of current film and game soundtracks Conducting interviews with composers and frequently speaking on the SoundCast podcast WRITER, REVIEWER, AppStorm.net (Envato, Pty Ltd.) www.appstorm.net Writing weekly Game Review column for iPhone.AppStorm.net Contributing regular in-depth reviews for both iPhone.AppStorm.net and Mac.AppStorm.net

2010-Present

2011-Present

WRITER, REVIEWER, ComposerFocus 2010-Present www.composerfocus.com Design & Management of content copy, photography, typography, and numerous spread designs EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, The Woodlands School Yearbook Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Design & Management of content copy, photography, typography, and numerous spread designs REVIEWER, MacApper www.macapper.com Contributed numerous reviews of current and upcoming Mac software releases WRITER, UglyWart Studios Toronto, Ontario, Canada Conceptualized and wrote the primary background story for in-development MechNet game 2008

2008

2007

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media ; Minoring in Media English & Philosophy

2008-2012 2008-2010

RTA School of Media at Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario Specialist Certification in Orchestrating & Producing Film & Game Music Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts

SOFTWARE & HARDWARE PROFICIENCIES

Fully comfortable in a Mac or PC environment Competent in HTML5 / CSS3 Strong Wordpress Proficiency Adobe InDesign, Acrobat Pro, etc.