THE COPYDOCTOR'S C.V.

Ric Cooper
Creative Consultant

Copywriting / Speechwriting / Radio Production

Curriculum Vitae

Address: Hermitage House,
Farleigh Hungerford,
Bath. BA3 6RW

Telephone: 01225 777858
Fax: 01225 760543
e-mail: RicCooper@yahoo.com

Education: Lancing College, Sussex: 1968 - 1971
Lycee Maurice Ravel,
St Jean de Luz, France: 1972
Magdalene College, Cambridge: 1973 - 1976
(M.A. English Literature)

Career: Freelance consultant, writer &
radio producer Since 1991


DMB&B Ltd. London/NewYork. 1983 - 1990
Senior Copywriter / Group Head.
Board Director - Creative (1987)
Head of Radio, 1988-90
Responsible for writing and co-producing
TV, press and radio advertising campaigns
for numerous clients including
McDonalds, Colgate Palmolive,
Express Newspapers, British Lamb,
The Nationwide Building Society,
Kleenex, Weetabix, the DTI,(“1992”)
Vidal Sassoon etc.



TalkBack Radio Production, London.
Director/Producer 1981- 1983

Capital Radio, London On-Air Promotions writer/producer
/ Senior Producer 1979 -1981

David Williams & Ketchum
Copywriter 1978 - 1979

Sharps Advertising, London
Graduate trainee / Copywriter 1976 - 1978


Miscellaneous: Cambridge Footlights, 1973 - 1976.
Winner: International Clio (Radio) 1982, 1983, 1985.
Winner: ILR Station Promo / Charity category 1982
Co-Winner: ILR Gold Award: 1983.
Travel Advertising Awards: Radio, 1st Prize: 1983.
D&AD Member since 1983.
Winner: Creative Circle Radio Workshop 1984.
British Television Advertising Awards - Bronze 1986.
London Advertising Awards, Radio Winner 1988.

1992 / 93: Consultant Producer, Classic FM.
Responsible for all promo production
and sponsorship credits, plus commercial production,
and some presenting. Co-anchored US Election Special, 1992.

Contributor: The Spectator, Country Living,
BBC Radio Bristol, Classic FM, The Times (as
obituarist). The Bath Chronicle.

Speechwriting:
Conservative Central Office 1986 - 1991
Member, Professional Communicators Group;
Contributor to Downing Street speech unit;
Wrote Party Broadcasts (TV and radio) for Chris Patten,
Ken Clarke, Kenneth Baker, John Moore.

Broadcasts for Sir Richard Branson, Sir John Harvey-
Jones, Sir John Egan, Bruce Oldfield, Richard Rogers.
Alan Sugar.

Conference speeches for: Graham Hinton (Chairman IPA)
Tony Douglas (COI) Krister Ahlstrom, Andy Byrd (DMB&B)
and senior executives at Mars, RHM, and Vidal Sassoon.

Current and recent clients:-



Ahlstrom (Helsinki, Suomi) - Corporate communications
Antonin Rodet, (Negociants) Beaune, France.
Bates UK Advertising: Department of Trade & Industry
BBC Proms/Radio 3
Bostock & Pollitt Ltd – Hammersons Development
Cavendish Maine Recruitment.
Circus Communications – NCR Corporate, Abbey National.
CPC London Ltd (Commercial property consultants)
DMB&B Ltd
Harley Advertising - Ericsson Corporate
Helphire PLC
The National Magazine Co.
Cosmopolitan
Country Living
Harpers & Queen
Esquire
P4 / PricewaterhouseCoopers
Roger Simmons Design Consultancy.
Silicon Graphics, Europe.
Teachers Assurance Group
TSI / Mercator (EAI / financial software)
Vidal Sassoon
Vodafone/The Personal Number Company

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