Ricky Tucker
Creative and insightful senior writer, editor, storyteller and educator with a critical understanding of marketing, literary publishing, entertainment, emerging pedagogical practices, and contemporary art forms.
Work
Lucai productions – Screen Writer 2017
+ Scripted and outlined pilot episode of hourlong drama pitched to
Netflix, HBO, Hulu and Showtime.
+ Worked instrumentally as main creative, developing 10-episode arc.
+ Generated overarching themes and in-depth character development.
+ Ensured plot continuity.
The New School Marketing & Communications – Lead Writer 2015 - present
+ Generated Copy and key messaging for award winning advertising.
+ Lead and workshopped writers room sessions
+ Edited of long form and short form copy.
+ Creatively concepted international digital and print ad campaigns.
+ Script edited and post-produced work for video campaigns.
+ Ideating, merchandise disruption and takeover initiatives
Author/Producer John Reed – Editor/Research Assistant 2012 - 2014
+ Time-lined/archived non-fiction book and cultural criticism projects.
+ Curated archived images pertinent to book thesis.
+ Excavated articles and texts for critical data.
+ Worked with publishing houses and literary organizations to secure publication information.
12th Street Journal – Editor/Online Editor/Art Editor 2011 – 2014
+ Edited submissions for nationally published literary journal.
+ Arranged layouts for print and online journals.
+ Facilitated exhibit reviews, author and artist interviews.
+ Ideated and executed PR campaigns magazine.
Teaching
How to Write a Manifesto – Teen Vogue Summit 2018
Delve In: a Flash Fiction Workshop – Guttman Community College 2018
Reading Your Work Aloud: Print to Performance – The New School 2015-18
Collaborative Narrative Building – Goldsmiths, University of London 2015
Education
M.A. Creative Writing/Education – Goldsmiths, University of London 2015
B.A. Creative Writing (Fiction) – The New School 2014
Awards
LAMBDA Literary Emerging Writers Fellow 2017
The Moth GrandSLAM Competition, London 2016
Shortlisted for Masters Review Anthology (Non-Fiction) 2015
Publications
2018 Essay: Double Consciousness – for dr.Doctor
2016 Interview: Eileen Myles – for LAMBDA Literary
2016 Essay: Constant Erasure – for Different Skies vol.4
2016 Essay: Veronica Was Touch and Go – for the Tenth Mag
2013 Intervew: Hilton Als on White girls – for NBCC Awards
2013 Intervew: Beatrice Preciado – for the Paris Review