Eric Braden Zimmett Email & Phone Number

Bellefonte, Pa, Us

Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Us

At Braden Social, we create #unfiltered, authentic content that shows the people behind your brand and sparks meaningful conversations with your audience.Over the past decade, I've been trusted by: • Shaner Hotels• The Field Burger & Tap• Grace Restaurant at Carnegie House• Toftrees Golf Resort• Domino's Pizza• Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park• Centre County United Way• Penn State University• Federal Taphouse in State College and Harrisburg

University Park, Pa, Us

I served as an adjunct professor for COMM 297 Media Tools for COMM juniors and seniors in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.

Campaigns for SMBs throughout Central Pennsylvania, including contract work with a digital marketing firm where I led social marketing strategies, promotions, and content for:• The Tavern Restaurant• The Apartment Store• RE/MAX• LegalShield• Penn State Hoops Club• Poole Anderson• CATA• AMTRAN• State College Area School District• iDiversicons — the world's first diverse emoji

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Founding driver and mentor for Lyft State College, when the big pink fluffy 'stache was still on the front bumper. I interviewed and evaluated new drivers as Lyft was entering the State College, Pa market. "Founding drivers set a great example for the rest of our driver community, who receive their 'staches only after they complete 30 rides. Tying our fuzzy friend on your grille is a time-honored tradition, and a step that will bring more passengers into our community — meaning more rides for all! — and help them feel safe and welcome when they use Lyft."

University Park, Pa, Us

Summer Study Programs of Melville NY offered pre-college education and study abroad programs for high school students at Penn State University. Featuring my advertising course material, 'Advertising Interrupted.' The course covered the intersection of public relations and advertising through social media, featuring a guest appearance from Ted Rubin, via video, a Forbes Top-20 Social Media Influencer; and Jeff Erickson, marketing strategist with Rowland Creative, founder at Erickson Strategic and co-founder at Virginia-based ad agency Erickson Barnett.

Digital publication covering social media, advertising and tech. With spot-on technology predictions like “Content Producers Skipping the Middleman,” before Louis CK and dozens others released material on their own;“Mobile Payments Becoming Mainstream,” before Starbucks partnered with Square to roll-out the mobile readers to more than 7,000 locations nationwide, leading to advanced adoption. “Video Game Consoles adopting Internet Apps,” before any console even had the Netflix app;“Entertainment in the Cloud and Cloud Copies,” before the first Vudu Cloud Copy accompanied a disc;

Digital Media | Social & Tech columnist for StateCollege.com, the market leader in digital news concerning Penn State and State College, Pa, "Happy Valley." I shared my insight on the convergence of traditional and digital media and received recognition from other media outlets and journalists. Occasional contributions to sister sites OnwardState.com, Altoona.com, and Williamsport.com, as well as content that would lead to my coursework with Advertising Interrupted.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Us

Hired as Digital Marketing Strategist to push new digital initiatives through Microsoft partnership and acquisition of website builder Moonfruit and e-commerce suite Znode, during the company's re-branding to Hibu Group, and its shift into digital media.

Authored more than 570 posts covering the National Football League. Picked up by the Most Valuable Network at mvn.com in 2009.

State College, Pa, Us

Served as Director of Digital Media for First Media Radio's State College properties (later acquired by Seven Mountains Media). As well as Sales and Promotions and Recruiter for all State College interns. As Recruiter, the interns I hired were later employed by some of the most recognized advertising and media agencies, including 180LA (Number 8 on Ad Age's 2014 Agency A-List), Digitas (Number 2 on Ad Age's 10 Standout Agencies 2013), as well as Opera Mediaworks (the world's largest independent mobile advertising platform).

Melville, New York, Us

Program Assistant, Graduate Assistant for Dale Carnegie & Associates Fall 2010 Course, Effective Communication & Human Communications. For over a century, Dale Carnegie has been improving individual and business performance around the world.

University Park, Pa, Us

Public Relations Assistant at the Penn State DuBois branch campus of Penn State University.

Dubois, Pa, Us

More than 100 published articles in print and digital media for high school and college athletics, including the first beat writer for Penn State DuBois Basketball.

The MorningStar at Raidernews.com covered the Oakland Raiders NFL franchise. I teamed up with Morningstar for weekly articles covering the Raiders from 2002-2004, officially launching my Red-Zone Report column, covering the Oakland (now Las Vegas) Raiders.

Minor, English

Behavioral Science, Behavioral Economics, Copywriting, Marketing Strategy, Storytelling

Education record

Education record

Certification

B.A Communications, Journalism / Advertising / English Minor