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Santa Monica

I manage the online marketing and web design for Colette Baron-Reid, and recently developed an interactive learning platform called LEARN-CMS, which currently powers the latest online courses for HayHouse.I continue to do some fun web design & online marketing projects, using the principles of direct marketing, informed by data analytics to generate revenue from the sale of online courses and other products. Finally got a window to put a new site up!… Show more I manage the online marketing and web design for Colette Baron-Reid, and recently developed an interactive learning platform called LEARN-CMS, which currently powers the latest online courses for HayHouse.I continue to do some fun web design & online marketing projects, using the principles of direct marketing, informed by data analytics to generate revenue from the sale of online courses and other products. Finally got a window to put a new site up! http://crazyeffective.com Show less

Santa Monica

Why: Enable content creators by creating the world’s best platform to discover and share contentHow: Leverage the content recommendation and curation that exists across your various social networksWhat: Users see in one place the content others have shared (curated) from across multiple social networksResponsibilities:As first employee and co-founder, responsibilities included recruiting, fundraising, business development, social media and community management as well as… Show more Why: Enable content creators by creating the world’s best platform to discover and share contentHow: Leverage the content recommendation and curation that exists across your various social networksWhat: Users see in one place the content others have shared (curated) from across multiple social networksResponsibilities:As first employee and co-founder, responsibilities included recruiting, fundraising, business development, social media and community management as well as creating and managing online advertising campaigns and contests.Accomplishments:*In close partnership with the CEO raised funding from angel investors *2,000 new user signups in the first 3 months from a $2,000 marketing budget*Negotiated and closed deals with leading content creators in the music and action sports verticals*Rebranded the company to CHNL from Cloudfire Show less

Santa Monica

Why: Helping musicians make more money using tools from a company I helped to createHow: Sales, strategic planning, product marketing, project management, educatingWhat: Built or overhauled websites and social media accounts, then created profitable marketing campaigns for clients such as Bassnectar, Amon Tobin, Tim Robbins, The Crystal Method & many othersResponsibilities:As the first Topspin Certified Consultant, responsibilities were creating and implementing websites and… Show more Why: Helping musicians make more money using tools from a company I helped to createHow: Sales, strategic planning, product marketing, project management, educatingWhat: Built or overhauled websites and social media accounts, then created profitable marketing campaigns for clients such as Bassnectar, Amon Tobin, Tim Robbins, The Crystal Method & many othersResponsibilities:As the first Topspin Certified Consultant, responsibilities were creating and implementing websites and marketing campaigns to drive online revenue via multiple simultaneous projects, each with multiple stakeholders across different functions.Accomplishments:*Closed over $200,000 in revenue*Increased revenue for clients 100 - 300%*Lead two years of Marketing with Topspin for Berklee Music Online School, one of my students won Topspin’s SXSW prize for best campaign Show less

Santa Monica, San Francisco

Why: Empower artists, thrill music fansHow: Creating the world’s best software for growing an audience and making moneyWhat: A Software suite with email marketing, streaming media players, shopping cart, data analytics that is now used by the world’s most successful major artists such as Lady Gaga, Linkin Park, Kaskade & Paul McCartneyResponsibilities:As the first customer facing employee, responsibilities included creating and implementing the go to market strategy… Show more Why: Empower artists, thrill music fansHow: Creating the world’s best software for growing an audience and making moneyWhat: A Software suite with email marketing, streaming media players, shopping cart, data analytics that is now used by the world’s most successful major artists such as Lady Gaga, Linkin Park, Kaskade & Paul McCartneyResponsibilities:As the first customer facing employee, responsibilities included creating and implementing the go to market strategy, while working across departments to create the internal processes and customize the tools to manage and track sales pipelines, revenue forecasting and contract splits. Additional responsibilities included working directly with beta users to implement and manage marketing campaigns, while working with customer support and engineering to fix and work around bugs and limitations.Accomplishments:*Sourced leads and managed projects that lead to deals with William Morris Agency, Red Light *Management and Silva Artist Management*Topspin grossed $1m in the year following the first campaign launch*Topspin featured on cover of Billboard Magazine in first 12 months Show less

Responsibilities:Source, negotiate and close enterprise deals with the first ONE Digital clients, negotiate the business terms and setup fees for new retailers seeking to sell content from the catalogue while working across the management, finance, legal and engineering teams to set expectations and manage the process of delivering on the negotiated terms for all deals.Accomplishments:*Signing of the first enterprise clients, including VP Records*Closed over $500,000… Show more Responsibilities:Source, negotiate and close enterprise deals with the first ONE Digital clients, negotiate the business terms and setup fees for new retailers seeking to sell content from the catalogue while working across the management, finance, legal and engineering teams to set expectations and manage the process of delivering on the negotiated terms for all deals.Accomplishments:*Signing of the first enterprise clients, including VP Records*Closed over $500,000 in service fees*Negotiated and closed a six figure white label licensing deal with a Russian firm Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsibilities:As the first employee of the company, responsibilities included initiating sales calls and direct marketing to labels and artists and negotiating the business terms. As the company increased staff, responsibilities expanded to managing the sales and client services teams, scaling the business while minimizing client churn by creating a culture of impeccable customer service. Additional responsibilities included working directly with the CTO to define the data model and… Show more Responsibilities:As the first employee of the company, responsibilities included initiating sales calls and direct marketing to labels and artists and negotiating the business terms. As the company increased staff, responsibilities expanded to managing the sales and client services teams, scaling the business while minimizing client churn by creating a culture of impeccable customer service. Additional responsibilities included working directly with the CTO to define the data model and with the CFO to manage the processing and auditing royalties received from services and paid out to clients.Accomplishments:*Less than 5 clients left INgrooves for a competitor*INgrooves became the industry leader in electronic music, becoming the largest client of dance music services*INgrooves expanded to provide services to numerous Billboard top 200 releases*Built and managed a custom CRM in Filemaker that became the main operations infrastructure for the sales, customer support, marketing services and music licensing teams which was still in use for 2 years after my departure from the company*Moderated and spoke on industry panels at major industry conventions Show less

Performed with aFRO-MYSTiK, filling the dance floors of some of North America's most legendary venues

As Naming Specialist, I assisted in creating names for products and services, as well as nomenclatures/naming systems for companies such as Visteon, Visa, Frito Lay and others.

Ba, English, Music

One semester 'abroad' at Berklee College of Music, Boston MA

Ba, English And Music