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.
Kevin writes and produces research reports. He interviews, films, runs focus groups, crunches data, and uses other research-methods to support insights. Additionally, he is hired as a copy editor of such research reports.
For example, Kevin wrote Best Practices for Shakespearean Film Adaptations to help assess this challenging genre. His report analyzed Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (above) and a dozen other Shakespearean film adaptations. Kevin interviewed, ran focus groups, and researched data-sets ranging from London theatre leaders, to key female audience-demographics. His report identified potential reasons why only two films in this genre have had stunning box-office success.
Other research reports include Troika Ad Agency: A Communications Audit, FOX Entertainment's Charities, and The Business Plan to Help Combat DVD Piracy in China. Kevin also writes reports outside the entertainment industry. He co-wrote competitive analysis on the tele-medicine industry. Additionally, he worked with L.A. Convention & Visitor's Bureau's Research Department. Finally, Kevin has produced over 40 documentary-shorts/interviews featuring industry leaders. These include best practices from The Sundance Film Festival; Xbox; USC scholars; surgeons in Cali, Colombia; and dozens more.
In sum, Kevin has written, researched, and produced research and insights across industries.