Ritch Duncan

Digital Marketing Specialist

New York, New York, United States17 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Award-winning copywriter with extensive social media experience.
  • Created campaigns for major brands like PBS KIDS and Amazon.
  • Published author with a strong background in comedy writing.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C Marketing and Entertainment professional with a focus on digital content creation.

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Skills

Core Skills

CopywritingSocial MediaDigital MarketingCreative ExecutionsContent Strategy

Other Skills

Creative WritingWritingStorytellingPresentation SkillsCampaignsPresentationsBrand voiceBloggingComedyEditingBroadcastEntertainmentTelevisionVideo ProductionPublishing

About

Creative copywriter, social media strategist and comedy writer. Written award winning social media campaigns and posts for clients including PBS KIDS, Amazon's Alexa, Ted Lasso, Cookie Monster, Fox Entertainment, Warby Parker, Jackass, Dexter, Impractical Jokers, Showtime, WarnerMedia, Sesame Workshop and AppleTV+. Editor-In-Chief of DeathbedWriting.com A published author who has written for The New York Times, Gawker, and Yahoo! Sports. Written for television programs including Billy on the Street and SNL, as well as radio shows for NPR and PRI. Toured the country as a stand-up comic. Was once bullied by Patrice O’Neal. Lives in Upper Manhattan with wife and daughter.

Experience

Microsoft

Social Copywriter

Jan 2026Present · 2 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

CopywritingCreative WritingSocial MediaWritingStorytelling

Amazon

Contract Creative Copywriter

Aug 2022Aug 2024 · 2 yrs · New York City Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

  • Social media and marketing copywriter for Amazon’s Alexa.
CopywritingContent StrategyDigital MarketingBrand voicePresentations

Glow social & digital agency

Creative Writer

Aug 2021May 2022 · 9 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Writer, strategist, man about town.
Presentation SkillsCreative ExecutionsDigital MarketingCampaignsPresentations

Trutv

3 roles

Manager: Digital Content and Social Media

Jan 2009Feb 2011 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Managing the daily writing and editing of digital content for truTV.com and its numerous social media communities including the hit show IMPRACTICAL JOKERS on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and more. Responsibilities include managing an in-house team responsible for writing, editing, blogging, livetweeting, copywriting, captioning, and punching-up every word in the digital and social space for truTV, as well as working with and directing external agencies. Goals are to engage and entertain fan communities, as well as drive tune-in to linear programming.
Digital Marketing

Senior Writer

Promoted

Jan 2008Sep 2019 · 11 yrs 8 mos

Presentation SkillsCreative ExecutionsDigital MarketingCampaignsPresentations

Writer/ Producer/Social media guy

Nov 2007Jan 2009 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Digital Content and Social Media
  • Responsibilities include:
  • writing and maintaining the voice of truTV across numerous social media platforms, blogs and mobile devices.
  • Creating topical and humorous photo galleries and web videos for truTV.com.
  • Writing and creating web extras (games, interviews, user generated content, etc.) to be featured on the show pages, social media platforms, and mobile devices of both the network at large and individual truTV programs.
  • Increasing overall positive awareness of truTV by increasing traffic to the web page and encouraging conversation over social media.
Digital Marketing

Random house/broadway books

Co-author

Jan 2009Jan 2010 · 1 yr

  • "The Werewolf's Guide to Life, a Manual for the Newly Bitten," published in 2009 by Random House, Broadway Books.

Public radio international

Staff Comedy Writer

Oct 2007Mar 2008 · 5 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Hired as a Staff comedy writer on Public Radio International's "Fair Game With Faith Salie," writing and producing topical, news-based political comedy. Highlights included co-writing an original satirical song with Andrew WK:
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KMV3dc2PbI

Court tv

Writer

Oct 2006Oct 2007 · 1 yr

  • Freelance writer, blogger, punch up guy

Testtakers

SAT Prep Teacher

Jan 2005Jan 2007 · 2 yrs · Long lsland, Staten Island, New York

  • Expertly taught impressionable children cutting edge ways to game standardized tests.

Comedy central

Comedy Writer: Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn

Oct 2003Dec 2003 · 2 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Wrote and produced segments for the 12 pilot episodes of the cult classic comedy talkshow that ran on Comedy Central from 2002-2004. Wrote monologue jokes, bumpers going in and out of commercial, and topical conversational bits for Colin and panelists.

Jest magazine

Editor-in-Chief

Jul 2002Aug 2004 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Writer, editor-in-chief, and co-founder of the late, great Jest Magazine.

Various

Contract Copywriter/social media/comedy/content creator

Jan 2000Present · 26 yrs 2 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area · Hybrid

  • Created comedy material and/or social media copywriting/content for: Fox Entertainment, PBS KIDS, Sesame Workshop, Warby Parker, Billy On The Street, Ask Me Another on NPR, Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live, American Bystander, The Onion News Network, Onion Sports Network, Team Coco, The New York Times, Salon.com, Gawker, Maxim, Puck Daddy, The Late Late Show, many more
Presentation SkillsCreative ExecutionsDigital MarketingCampaignsPresentations

Education

Earlham College

BS — English Literature/Theater

Jan 1992Jan 1996

Earlham College

Bachelor of Arts — English

Jan 1992Jan 1996

Earlham College

Bachelor's degree

Sep 1992Dec 1995

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