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Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Santa Monica, Us

A boutique PR firm specializing in hands-on development and execution of strategic, results-driven press campaigns for brands, content creators, technology leaders, and stealth startups.

Conqueroo is an independent music publicity firm that delivers effective results for an eclectic roster of music industry clients.

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Management team member with direct report to CEO at developer of software with over 170 million downloads. Served as Director of all external-facing communications and marketing including strategic planning, website, blog, and social media positioning, public/media relations outreach and PR agency management.• Managed branding strategies, social networking, grass roots marketing, and company messaging. • Wrote copy for investor presentations that secured early-stage information technology funding led by Timberline VC. • Government affairs spokesperson for trade association; actively lobbied and educated government officials on technology-related issues, public policy, regulations, and stealth business model potential. • Continually exercised ability to distill complex ad technologies into clear customer value propositions.

Strategy and execution of worldwide media and grassroots marketing campaign for the music industry’s first major broadband programming initiative in conjunction with ISPs. Devised strategies and tactics to promote the organization's vision and articulate key messages; drafted company positioning statements, speaking points, Q & A’s, and byline ghost speech writing for senior level management on industry-related issues including strategic, legislative, regulatory, and technology.

Positioned the company as an industry leader less than six months from launch; garnered front page space in worldwide media outlets. Developed communications plans for this original “dot com,” an entertainment network that showcased original Gen-Y broadband programming, games, music and sports. Created genre-specific TV media campaigns for a diverse slate of original internet programming; targeted viral distribution networks that feature branded content.

• National tour publicist for Irish rock band U2’s PopMart tour and for the band’s Zoo TV tour and album; publicity for many of U2’s projects from “Pop” to “Achtung Baby;” worked closely with the band and its manager, record label, publishers, and partners.• Directed album, tour, in-store appearances, world premiere events, and publicity campaigns for a diverse roster of pop culture historical icons that included James Taylor, Bon Jovi “Keep the Faith,” INXS “X”, Keith Richards “Talk is Cheap” and “Live at the Palladium,” John Lee Hooker “Chill Out,” Depeche Mode “Violator,” Etta James “Mystery Lady,” and many more.• Launched PR campaigns for Yahoo!’s vertical properties including Yahoo! Entertainment, Yahoo! Movies, Yahoo! Music, Yahoo! Auctions, Yahoo! Sports; played n active role in the initial brand development of Yahoo! as it transitioned to an IPO.•Developed, pitched, and secured worldwide media campaigns, securing print and electronic media coverage for home entertainment clients Columbia Tri-Star Home Video and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment video releases.

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Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Communications

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