I’m a highly-creative writer and editor with a track record across e-commerce, music, gadgets, fashion, and entertainment. I craft authentic, people-first stories that engage diverse audiences, turning trends into compelling content across articles, interviews, and reviews. As a former Managing Editor and Entertainment Editor, I’ve led editorial teams, built audiences, and consistently delivered high-traffic content. I’m skilled at editing, proofreading, fact-checking, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to produce brand-aligned content that informs, inspires, and entertains.…

Malcolm A. Batten

I’m a highly-creative writer and editor with a track record across e-commerce, music, gadgets, fashion, and entertainment. I craft authentic, people-first stories that engage diverse audiences, turning trends into compelling content across articles, interviews, and reviews. As a former Managing Editor and Entertainment Editor, I’ve led editorial teams, built audiences, and consistently delivered high-traffic content. I’m skilled at editing, proofreading, fact-checking, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to produce brand-aligned content that informs, inspires, and entertains.…

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I’m a highly-creative writer and editor with a track record across e-commerce, music, gadgets, fashion, and entertainment. I craft authentic, people-first stories that engage diverse audiences, turning trends into compelling content across articles, interviews, and reviews.

As a former Managing Editor and Entertainment Editor, I’ve led editorial teams, built audiences, and consistently delivered high-traffic content. I’m skilled at editing, proofreading, fact-checking, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to produce brand-aligned content that informs, inspires, and entertains.

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Work Experience

Managing Editor at Mr. Showpiece
January 1, 2025 - August 23, 2025
Handled multiple roles including Publisher, Managing Editor, and Writer for a website featuring articles, reviews, and blogs on music, gadgets, fashion, entertainment, and more. Edited and proofread stories, ensured content relevance to current events, and performed comprehensive fact-checking using various tools and references. Created engaging, immersive writing styles covering diverse topics such as dance, fashion, and technology to drive site traffic and maintain audience engagement.
Entertainment Editor at Gstyle Magazine
January 1, 2019 - August 23, 2025
Served as Online Media Editor and General Contributing Writer, producing content on trending music, albums, music videos, fashionable gadgets, and mobile applications. Edited and proofread correspondent articles, conducted fact-checking to ensure publication accuracy, and crafted engaging articles that consistently achieved high views and interactions. Focused on content spanning music, technology, fitness, and entertainment sectors.
Managing Editor (Publisher & Writer) at Mr. Showpiece
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
Publisher, Managing Editor and Writer for a website covering articles, reviews, and blogs on music, gadgets, fashion, hair products, music instruments, watches, electronics, entertainment industry, media events, and relationships. Edited and proofread stories, evaluated relevance to current events, and performed fact-checking using MS Word spellcheck, Grammarly, magazines, books, Bing, and Google to ensure accuracy. Built traffic through engaging content and crafted immersive writing styles with conversational techniques.
Entertainment Editor at Gstyle Magazine
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Online Media Editor and General Contributing Writer focusing on music, albums, and music videos, as well as headphones, mobile devices, and related apps. Edited and proofread articles contributed by correspondents; conducted fact-checking via MS Word spellcheck and search engines; consistently achieved high views and interactions, securing a large share of the most-viewed articles.

Education

Master of Fine Arts of Creative Writing at Full Sail University
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2014
Bachelor of Science of Entertainment - Business at Full Sail University
August 1, 2009 - August 31, 2012
Certification of Content Strategy at LinkedIn Learning (Sunnyvale, CA)
January 1, 2022 - October 29, 2025
Master of Fine Arts of Creative Writing at Full Sail University (Winter Park, FL)
January 1, 2014 - October 29, 2025
Bachelor of Science of Entertainment - Business at Full Sail University (Winter Park, FL)
January 1, 2012 - October 29, 2025

Qualifications

Certification of Content Strategy
January 1, 2022 - August 23, 2025
Certification of Content Strategy
January 1, 2022 - October 29, 2025
Master of Fine Arts of Creative Writing
January 1, 2014 - October 29, 2025
Bachelor of Science of Entertainment - Business
January 1, 2012 - October 29, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Consumer Goods, Software & Internet
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    An abortive, ex-cop now dancer inspires to be the most sought after choreographer in the business but when his parents are murdered by a drug lord who’s underground dance battles are a front to move heroin through the city streets it ultimately sends him on a path of revenge. Treatment/Summary After Taurus “Fluid” Castillo, an ex-cop and inspiring choreographer has an argument with his father about doing something with his life, his mother makes sure he’s still meeting them at a restaurant for dinner because they have something very important to talk to Fluid about. He ends up running late because he is at the Brooklyn Navy Yard warehouse in an underground dance battle hosted and financed by a well-known criminal connoisseur named Source. Earlier Source approaches him about throwing the dance battle. Fluid reluctantly denies the request. While Fluid and his crew are winning the battle against his rival and employee of Source named TKO, Source gives a signal to one of the thugs in his crew and the thug makes a call. Simultaneously while Fluid is closing out the battle his parents are being murdered. When Fluid finally wins the battle he rushes to meet his parents at the restaurant where he finds out they were murdered. Fluid vows to avenge his parents’ death. resume article pdf graphicdesigner animator illustrator videoeditor pitchdeck…