Lou Dzierzak

Lou Dzierzak has been full-time freelance writer since 1997. He’s served as a contract editorial director, managing editor and contributing editor for national caliber business magazines. As a successful full-time freelancer in an ever-changing media landscape he’s honed the skills needed to secure multiple assignments from titles like Scientific American, Backpacker, Star Tribune and a long list of now defunct magazines and online publications. As a contract editor, he’s recruited, trained and nurtured the work of dozens of freelance writers. He’s helped writers advance their careers by building workflow processes that deliver quality work on deadline. Through these hard-earned professional experiences, he’s learned to craft queries that attract the attention of experienced editors, conduct successful interviews with CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and earn repeat assignments from editors of both traditional print and new media online publications.