Program Manager - Nwsource.Com
Seattle, Wa, Us
Promoted to grow and manage NWsource.com, an award-winning arts, entertainment, shopping, travel and outdoors site with 2.5M monthly page views and 350K unique visitors. Initiated and realized the creation of the shopping channel, one of the first local shopping sites of its kind in the U.S.• Led definition, implementation and launch of a complete technical, visual and content redesign of NWsource.com, one of the largest Drupal sites in the U.S. at the time. Delivered project on time in spite of limited resources and compressed timeline.• Grew shopping channel audience 400% in the first two years. Led definition, implementation and launch of contextual advertising solutions, multiple search databases, dynamic local sales/shopping event calendar, social media, user ratings, commenting, weekly e-mail newsletter and promotional marketing products.• Grew revenue by 270% through the launch of NWsource.com's Marketplace, a print-to-web retail ad search product. Drove RFP and vendor selection process. Overcame legacy system limitations for a successful technical integration. Developed and implemented operational plan that spanned five internal departments, an external vendor and multiple advertisers.• Grew traffic to annual People's Picks “best of” promotion by 575% over four years through improvements to a custom-built CMS, social media features, B2B marketing, user experience and visual design.