Garrett S. Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

In my current role, I contribute to the development, maintenance, and support of a suite of branded apps on the App Store and Google Play, including the top-ranked reference app, BeenVerified.Key Responsibilities: • Facilitate agile ceremonies such as standups, check-ins, and grooming sessions • Create and manage user stories • Refine and prioritize the product backlog • Ensure effective communication across teams • Focus on delivering user value, aligning with business objectives, and ensuring strategic fit

Everett, Washington, United States

• As the Senior Product Manager for Yoga Studio App since 2017, prioritized user value by steering the development of features that directly addressed user needs and preferences. • Applied App Store optimization strategies to not only enhance user visibility and downloads but also to ensure the app consistently delivered meaningful value to users. • Achieved multiple “App of the Day” features, showcasing a keen understanding of user preferences and a commitment to delivering a product that stands out in the market. • Navigated resource constraints with strategic acumen, demonstrating an understanding of business value by maximizing revenue generation while optimizing operational efficiency. • Spearheaded the agile software development practices within the team, fostering a responsive and adaptable development environment that allowed for quick iterations and timely responses to user feedback. • Led the production of 150+ long-form health videos, aligning with strategic goals to enrich the app’s content library and reinforce its position as a comprehensive wellness resource. • Ensured a strategic fit between user expectations and product development, aligning features and content to meet both short-term user needs and long-term business objectives. • Collaborated seamlessly with an international development team, effectively leveraging diverse talents and perspectives to achieve successful feature implementations and app enhancements.

Greater Seattle Area

• Successfully executed and launched a subscription-based model, contributing to a total of $14 million in revenue over the course of my management.• Managed all aspects of new app builds and updates, ensuring the app maintained its position as a top health and fitness app. • Produced and curated health and fitness content, overseeing talent acquisition, budget allocation, and project execution.• Emphasized customer satisfaction and retention strategies to enhance overall user loyalty.• Demonstrated exceptional cross-functional collaboration with e-commerce, marketing, creative, customer service, and finance teams.• Effectively supervised and collaborated with Senior developers and external technical vendors for seamless project delivery.• Oversaw Gaiam’s esteemed digital asset library, managing premium health and fitness videos and a mindfulness audio collection, optimizing distribution channels and partnerships for transactional Rent/Purchase VOD content.

Boulder, Colorado

• Manage day-to-day video on demand operations with key partners such as iTunes, Amazon, Xbox, Google, Hoopla and more. • Navigated & on-boarded new content distribution platforms matching specifications pertaining to file format, metadata, imaginary and delivery. • Communicated pricing, availability, and other publishing nuances with VOD partners. • Planned and executed digital library migration from on-site to AWS cloud archive. • Content administer YouTube CMS and Content ID efforts for digital.• Report to VP, Digital Business Development & Strategic Partnerships.

Centennial, Co

Redmond, Washington

• Managed the operational VOD (video on demand) relationships between Microsoft and outside flagship film and television studio vendors such as Sony Entertainment, Paramount Pictures and Screen Media.• Cultivated efficient and professional communication to provide top-tier service regarding asset deliveries, service requests, and quality assurance. • Tracked and maintained schedules and logs for incoming assets, ensuring reliable publishes on the Microsoft Video Storefront (Xbox, PC, and other Window devices). Communicated high level issues pertaining to the ingestion pipeline with partners, engineers, business and marketing teams as needed.Trained and onboarded new vendors.

Redmond, Washington

Contributed to the early growth and success of Microsoft's VoD service previously known as Zune Video Marketplace. Focused on four key areas: content validation, partner relations, media asset management, and ingestion services. Tested and maintained automated systems that distributed content to CDNs. Gained understanding and working knowledge of XML. Monitored incoming data to forecast and allocate daily media publishing workloads among Metadata Technicians. Navigated contractual, pricing, merchandising, and licensing materials related to the Xbox Video storefront and how they correlated to the specifics of content providers.Investigated internal and external inquiries associated to content, and the consumer facing storefronts. Operated and utilized CRM for tracking, scheduling and monitoring hundreds of assets on a daily basis.Thorough understanding of digital publishing including avails, metadata, closed captioning, and creative.

Redmond, Washington

Washington, United States

Produced the six and 11 o'clock newscasts.Responsible for all the elements of the newscast (packages, video, graphics, etc.); compiling all elements into two different cohesive shows on a nightly basis. Other key functions include: Extreme attention to detail, write and edit copy, manage program timing and the pace of newscast, monitor AP wires, newsroom inbox, phones and reporter live shots as well as overall station credibility.