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Greater Seattle Area

Developing and executing a long-range digital channel strategy for KEXP 90.3 PM in Seattle, one of the most influential listener-supported music radio stations in the world.

Greater Seattle Area

Consulting on product roadmap, user experience and testing, and go-to-market strategy for early-stage startups in the streaming music and music licensing fields.

Greater Seattle Area

* Developed new content and other strategic partnerships for Rhapsody.* Executing product integration agreement with Shazam.* Executed co-marketing agreements with TuneIn and Qello Concerts.* Managed partner relationships with Facebook, Twitter, Shazam, SoundHound.

Greater Seattle Area

* Managed team overseeing Rhapsody’s mobile carrier, consumer electronics and distribution partnerships, with $30 MM annual revenue.* Launched Rhapsody unRadio product tier in partnership with T-Mobile.* Launched new Rhapsody Premier +1 product tier.* Extended partner customer growth through base marketing, sales support, and continual analysis and.

Greater Seattle Area

* Led launch of each of Rhapsody’s mobile apps and oversaw backlog and product roadmap for their initial years.* Measured and increased by over 100% key engagement metrics like active days per month and average plays per user.

• Helped grow annual RollingStone.com Page Views by 27% and Page Views/Visit by almost 16% from 2007 to 2008.
• Documented or managed creation of specifications for major new site features including polling, music trivia, editorial blogs, email campaigns. Enhanced site community features with forums, user comments and ratings.
• Managed day-to-day partner relationship with the RollingStone editorial staff.

* Helped grow subscriber base 10X by defining and effectively documenting all business and user requirements for a major product launch under the AOL brand, incorporating input from multiple teams and corporate offices.* Supported consistently high-quality and on-time product releases through the development of supporting documentation such as primary and.

* Served as effective liaison between creative and engineering teams for development of web-based content management and music scheduling applications. Wrote and edited product and process definition documents, and user guides.* Enhanced online presence for established media brands by producing high-quality online music experiences for affiliates including.

• Revised two-session Web Publishing curriculum, based on Macromedia Dreamweaver. Course won first place in annual competitive review by the Association of Computing Machinery.
• Designed new course, “Web Publishing III: Advanced Design Techniques.”
• Faculty consultant on the educational use of Internet communications and multimedia.
• Designed training materials for PeopleSoft Student Enterprise Systems.

• Production responsibilities for a developer and marketer of CD-ROM and Web-based educational software in the banking and financial services industry.
• Maintenance of LI corporate Web site. Additional HTML/Javascript editing for custom Web-based training products.
• Proofreading, manuscript editing, and revision management for a test-preparation product for the Chartered Financial Analyst examination. Coordinated the work of ten content providers, an outside editor, and technology.

• Designed and taught sections of Masterworks of World Literature organized around world theatre history and dramatic literature.
• Designed and taught sections of Rhetoric and Composition and Special Topics in Writing in a networked classroom.
• Staff Member, Computer Writing and Research Laboratory (1992-1995). Managed daily operations in the computerized classrooms and labs. Facilitated incorporation of Internet research tools into the classroom.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba

M.A., English

Activities and Societies: Co-Chair, Graduate Student Assembly (1996-1997). Shared executive duties of the representative organization for.

B.A., English

Activities and Societies: Duke University Players (actor, director, playwright), Duke Marching and Pep band (flute), Triangle Music.

Master Of Arts - Ma