Melissa Harris Email & Phone Number

Oakland, Ca, Us

San Francisco/Bay Area, California, Us

San Francisco/Bay Area, California, Us

Pinwheel is a brand strategy, content, copywriting, and storytelling agency. We help organizations get their story straight, and then get their story out into the world.

Helped launch a new agency model: a team of agencies that collaborate on a client's business. Each agency brings its own unique specialty to the table and we all work together to solve client problems. One contract, one onboarding, one central contact. It's the ideal solution for CMOs who need expert marketing craftspeople and don't want the hassle and time-suck of managing bunch of agencies.

Since May of 2011 I have been working freelance jobs. Working for myself has allowed me to to tap into all of my skills and interests. I have worked with a number of clients as a:• UX Designer• Project Manager• Video Producer• Strategist• Photo Shoot managerKey projects:• Program manager, strategist and UX designer for all marketing efforts for Silicon Valley Bank: Private Bank. Projects include: high profile client photo shoots, website design and launch, banking statement redesigns, overall program management, launch of two brochures and multiple printed marketing materials• Project Manager with Instinctif working on eBay Shipping marketing programs as well as multiple video shoots and social media push surrounding the eBay SHINE awards• UX designer for the relaunch of Anolon.com• UX designer for a number of promotional websites for Big Heart Pets • UX designer for the redesign of Natural Balance Pet Food• Lead UX Designer for the restructuring of the Logitech for Business Site• Video Producer: TripIt Brand video• Agency Video Producer for Corning: A Day Made of Glass 2 and Unpacked• Agency Video Producer for Intel Education Vision Video

New York, New York, Us

Responsible for: Leading the interactive department from a strategy, production and usability standpoint. Mentoring and educating junior staff on the ins and outs of the interactive process. Key Successes:* Agency Video Producer for the Award Winning Corning; A Day Made of Glass video* Grew the Intel Content Syndication business from $150K to $2.6M in just one year by convincing the client to move the program from being 100% text-based to being video-based. Resulted in the creation of over 60 HD videos* Successfully launched a number of complex site builds and flash applications on-time and on-budget through strong project management and diplomacy* Elevated the overall quality of the interactive work coming from the Doremus office by adding an interaction design eye to everything generated* Produced multiple award-winning campaigns: - Corning: A Day Made of Glass - HP IPG: The Break Up Videos - HP EB: IB Flex video series - Intel Content Syndication online program - Sage EES: On the Hotseat integrated campaign (banners, eDM, landing page, viral video)

Emeryville, California, Us

Responsible for:Leading the charge for online initiatives surrounding the launch of the FLY Fusion Pentop computer including an iTunes-like store, multiple demo videos and online marketing program.Key Successes:* Partnering with our agency, pushed through a provocative viral campaign that was a finalist at the 2008 SXSW Awards in the Amusement category* Produced instructional videos on how to use the FLY Fusion computer and software * Created the first online marking plan in company history for the launch of the FLY Fusion- from the ad execution to the product landing page and integration with the software* Pushed through a full site redesign for Leapfrog.com, re-architecting the full e-commerce site in less than 2 weeks

Responsible for:Managing the flow of offline and online projects into and out of the internal ad agency at Yahoo! by serving as the lead Account Manager, Strategist, and Producer. Led a team of 5 producers, building the discipline and installing a process.Key Successes:* Managed the launch of over 200 campaigns at Yahoo! and a full corporate rebranding effort with limited funds and resources* Used my creative and management experience to effectively communicate the needs of our marketing executives to our creative team, thereby increasing the efficiency of our creative process* Created new project management standards for all creative projects by instituting a standardized process and project kick-off templates * Helped creative teams prioritize tasks to improve productivity by creating a resourcing system to track all team members and their workload* Served as the sole information architect in the group, creating site flow documents and wireframes

Responsible for:Project management leadership on the online portion of the launch of the NapaStyle brand, eventually taking over as account lead.Key Successes:* Managed the successful design and launch of the NapaStyle online store by creating complex project plans; managing the internal design, copy and development teams; and managing the outside backend ecommerce partner* Moved from a project management role to a hybrid account service/project management role after just 3 months due to the relationship I was able to build with the client

Responsible for:All project management, account management and budget management for a small boutique design shop.Key Successes:* In one short year, was able to learn the ins and outs of the interactive space by immersing myself in the process from project kick-off through development* Picked up basic HTML and Photoshop skills through observation and hands-on self teaching. Acted as liaison between client and production team

Responsible for: All television production requirements for over 60 Major League Soccer telecasts and major international soccer competitions. Key Successes:* All live broadcasts were completed at or under budget* Facilitated all production requirements for domestic and international broadcasters at Gold Cup 1998 and served as liaison with event organizers

Responsible for:All television production requirements for over 100 soccer telecasts a year, including crewing, booking live remote facilities and transmission, arranging travel, and compiling production guidesKey Successes:* Participated in the development and creation of the debut year of the Major League Soccer TV Network* Foreign broadcast liaison for all US National Soccer team events… arranging all satellite feeds and on-site production facilities* On-site production manager for all domestic US National team games (men’s and women’s)* Field producer for espn2’s “Worldwide Soccer”* Produced highlight packages, teases and billboards

New York, Ny, Us

Developed and produced the 1995 men's and women's soccer media guidesDirected, released and coordinated all press releases and media interviews for the men's soccer and men's basketball teamsCreated filing system for archival information dating back to 1890

Ba, Latin American Studies, Environmental Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Latin American Studies And Environmental Science