About Karen Webb:
Owner of both Pinch Hit Productions, LLC, and Pinch Hit Marketing, Ms. Webb held various
positions at EMC Corporation, a Fortune 500 storage hardware and software company. As
Director of Global Event Marketing for EMC, she was responsible for corporate event marketing,
corporate video, event production and program management, and marketing strategy, and held
the position of Director of Solutions Marketing, responsible for product positioning and solutions
marketing strategy and execution. Ms. Webb holds a BSBA in Management from Lesley University,
an MBA from the Babson Graduate School of Business, and a Certificate in Screenwriting from
Emerson College, in addition to post graduate studies at MIT Sloan, Harvard Business School, and
Babson College in Marketing, Leadership, Management, Innovation, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship.
Ms. Webb is a member of Women in Film and Video New England (WIFV/NE), the International
Women's Writers Guild (IWWG), Romance Writers of America (RWA), and Scriptscene (a
screenwriter's division of RWA.) She is also a featured writer and columnist for various
publications and websites and an instructor at Enter Stage Left Theater. Her publication credits
and awards include:
La Japonaise/Christmas Cake, full length feature script, 1st prize winner in the 2008 Rhode
Island Film Festival, 2009 Best Screenplay in the Beaufort Film Festival; 2009 finalist in
the Woods Hole Film Festival, 2009 Finalist in the LA Feel Good Film Festival, 2009 semi-
finalist in the Women in Film & Video screenwriting competition , 2008 semi-finalist
Moondance Film Festival, 2008 finalist in the New Hampshire Film Festival.
Arthur's Salvation, short script, 2008 grand prize winner in the Manhattan Short Film Festival,
finalist in 2007 Vail Film Festival, finalist in 2007 Moondance Film Festival.
Green Grass, short script, 2nd place short script screenwriting competition in 2007 Vail Film
Festival, chosen as RIFC 2007 Film Project
Seven Day Auction, full length feature script, 3rd place 2006 Romance Writers of America
screenwriting competition, optioned to LA director, currently in development in LA
It's Time to Stop Movie Stars From Teaching Kids That Smoking is Cool, Op-ed essay,
Metrowest Daily News, Boston, February 25, 2007
What the Dreamcatcher Can't Catch (on the Virginia Tech massacre), Work It, Mom!
online web portal, featured columnist, April 17, 2007
Little Known Laws of Parenting, Work It, Mom! online web portal, featured columnist,
April 4, 2007
You Can't Fire Your Kids, Work It, Mom! online web portal, featured columnist, May 2007
What Little Time You Have, personal essay, New England Writers Network Journal, March 2007
Valentine's Day Gifts for People in Need, Metrowest Daily News, Boston, February 13, 2008
A Very Special Valentine, Work It, Mom! Online web portal, featured columnist, February 14, 2008
Black Thumb Extends to Animal Kingdom, Op-ed essay, Metrowest Daily News, Boston,
January 12, 2008
A Paramour Of The Outdoors I Am Not, Work It, Mom! online web portal, featured columnist,
January 8, 2008
Spinning the Magic of Christmas, Op-ed essay, Metrowest Daily News, Boston, November 28, 2006
Let It All Out, co-wrote 48 Hour Film Festival short film, winner of the Best 49 Hour Film, August 2006
One More House, co-wrote National Film Challenge short film, October 2006
Arthur's Salvation, short story, New England Writers Network Journal, March 2006
Stick to the Gift Pyramid, Op-ed essay, Metrowest Daily News, February 13, 2006
A Gift for Murray Evers, full length feature script, 2005
Ring of Vengeance, full length feature script, 2005
Maybe This Will Be the Year, Op-ed essay on Red Sox 2004 season, Metrowest Daily News,
April 9, 2004
The Next Phase of Potty Training, Essay, New England Writers Network Journal, March 2004
Telly Award for Business Video Production, EMC Sales Meeting Opener, Rocky, 2003 (with
Encore Productions)
Aurora Award for Business Video Production, EMC Sales Meeting Opener, Rocky, 2003 (with
Encore Productions)
Telly Award for Business Video Production & Editing, 9/11, for EMC Corporation, 2002
