Matt Faust Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Redwood City, Ca, Us

I oversee a team of 13 people focused on earned media, digital content, influencer marketing, partnerships, athlete relations, community and internal communications for products including NHL, UFC, F1, PGA TOUR, Super Mega Baseball, F1 and various mobile titles. I have extensive experience working with leagues, teams and international companies on marketing and communications campaigns that engage global audiences in our products and services.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

- Oversee community and influencer strategy for all EA titles, with responsibilities including EA's influencer engagement program, direct-to-player communications (Web, live streams, social media) and the player-to-developer product feedback framework. - Products included EA SPORTS FIFA, Madden NFL, EA Star Wars, The Sims, Battlefield, and more. - Developed EA's Positive Play Program creating policies, procedures and communications strategies to combat online toxicity in the gaming community.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

- Led proactive EA Brand reputation management and communications program, including multi-channel global content strategy for Electronic Arts brand channels (EA.com and EA social channels), EA Brand story (Voice, Narrative, Policies and Procedures) and brand health measurement. - Marketing communications of EA PLAY, EA's player-first focused event. Drove onsite attendance and global online communications strategy. - Between 2014 through 2016, led internal communications strategy at EA. Responsibilities included executive communications, Global Town Hall management, oversight of EA's employee ambassador program (EA Insiders) and collaboration with EA's People Experience team on internal programs, including EA's intranet EA World. - Managed programs across crisis communications, executive communications, tech platform, and additional strategic company initiatives.- Corporate Communications point for EU communications and led EU agency team on communications strategy (2014)

St. Louis, Mo, Us

- Managed day-to-day integrated communications for Electronic Arts, Callaway Golf, Visa's NFL Sponsorship, Autodesk, Levi's Stadium and GoPro.- Provided strategic counsel and integrated communications solutions across paid, earned, shared and owned channels- Expertise in consumer, corporate, digital, crisis, internal and stakeholder communications- Worked two separate in-house Sr. Manager-level roles for EA SPORTS- Projects included: Sports sponsorship: BMW's North American 2014 Winter Olympic bobsled sponsorship (2015 Sabre Award - 1st place, Sponsorship), Visa's 2014 NFL campaign, Levi's 49ers' stadium sponsorship Corporate communications: GoPro's IPO, Callaway's 2012 CEO transition, Electronic Arts' 2013 CEO transition Shared/Owned: Electronic Art's multi-channel communications strategy- Clients included Visa (NFL sponsorship), Callaway Golf, BMW's U.S. Olympic sponsorship, Google, USAA (NFL sponsorship), Kaiser (Own Now), San Francisco 49ers, Golden State Warriors, EA Mobile and Autodesk

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Strategic development and management of communications campaigns for sports, gaming, technology and payment clients. Manage staff of 5-6.Clients include 2K Sports, 2K Games, Intuit and Paypal.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Participated in development of media planning and strategies; extensive writing through development of press releases, corporate blog and media pitches; successful media relations to top-tier consumer publications; event and media tour coordination and staffing; daily client relations and participation in new business initiatives. Clients include VISA, EA Sports, Hotwire, Zeneca, Zillow, Chevron and the Pac-10 Conference.

Foster City, California, Us

As a financial analyst at VISA, U.S.A. Inc., responsibilities included but were not limited to analyzing member bank billing data and reporting to lead directors of various member bank accounts. I managed a variety of systems and was on the transition team which helped guide Visa through its SEC filing and impending IPO

Covered all five Fremont, Ca high school sports teams and Milpitas High School. Planning and development of all content, story ideas and picture assignments.

SF Bay Area freelance reporter for ESPN

New York, Ny, Us

Covered the University of California, Santa Barbara women's basketball team during the 2003-04 season.

Managed a full-staff of writers at a five-day circulation newspaper. Developed, distributed and edited story assignments. Submitted weekly payroll reports. Beat writer for seven University of California, Santa Barbara athletic teams.

B.A., Political Science

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Journalism

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