KEVIN MARDESICH
COMMUNICATIONS
WRITING, STORIES
& MARKETING
Kevin offers full-service communication skills. His writing, story, and marketing projects help Oscar, Emmy, and other industry leaders tell their stories. Kevin's credits include: 1) PR campaigns for National Geographic; 2) developing scripts for Oliver Stone; 3) Troika ad agency projects for ESPN and Apple; 4) documentary-shorts for USAID and UCLAx; and 5) writing/producing MTV's Emmy-winning interactive films, Take A Stand Against Violence -- which earned White House praise. Kevin also lectures at Stanford, Fordham, UCLAx Film, and USC's #1-ranked PR program.
(Above). US AID (Agency for International Development) and EDYN (European Democratic Youth Network) hired Kevin for story expertise. Working in Europe, he trained local PhDs, undergraduates, and other activists in documentary-shorts for social media to stand-up to authoritarians. First-time filmmaker Ana's above video is a portrait of Russia's 2008 invasion, occupation, and destruction of her country, Georgia. This attack preceded Russia's war against Ukraine in 2022.
Photos of the attacks on Pearl Harbor and 9/11. Kevin presents nationally, comparing White House crisis-management speeches by FDR and President Bush. Both speeches share a similar opening theme. Photos: Wikipedia.
Kevin's expertise with crisis storytelling has been recognized by four White House administrations, staff, alumni, or agencies. For example, he interviewed and met with President Bush's former-staff 10 times regarding 9/11. Kevin presents nationally at PRSA and universities on 9/11 vs. Pearl Harbor White House speeches.
Kevin also zoomed with President Obama's national security expert on Russia, Ambassador Michael McFaul, PhD.
Additionally, as shown in the photo on this page, Kevin's team in Europe, EDYN, was funded by President Biden's US AID agency. Kevin coached on story and documentary-shorts for YouTube, Instagram, and other social channels to stand-up to authoritarians.
Finally, President Bill Clinton's radio address and White House special event praised Kevin's MTV PSAs and interactive-films he wrote and co-produced. They were called Take A Stand Against Violence and co-won the prestigious Governor's Emmy.
