Freelance copywriter Phil Tardif has an extensive history of providing editorial services, with nearly four decades of experience that includes newspapers, corporate communications and the agency environment.

Tardif started working in newspapers as a teenager, first as a sports correspondent for the Montgomery County Sentinel in Maryland and later on the sports department staff of The Washington Post.  He moved to Oregon after college and served for three years as a writer-editor in the corporate communications department of the state's leading worker's compensation insurance carrier.

In early 1984, Tardif joined Cohn & Wolfe, the Atlanta affiliate of the world's largest public relations network.  During his 13 years with the agency (the last four as a vice president and group manager), he handled a wide range of writing and editing assignments while also carrying out account management duties for several clients, including The Coca-Cola Company, The Home Depot and Hanes.  He supported PR programs tied to Olympic Games sponsorship by all three of those companies and also was involved in numerous other Coca-Cola PR initiatives.

Tardif has been providing freelance editorial services since 1997.  In addition to writing for print and developing client Web site copy, he has tackled several audio and video scriptwriting projects and occasionally supervised a-v production during his career.