Michael Brazda Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Research Triangle Park, Nc

Marketing Management – Managed two external volunteer teams (20+ people) to develop and execute marketing and PR strategies to increase brand reputation/awareness, drive lead generation, and grow revenue.• Inbound Marketing: Maximized ROI on brand awareness and reputation building efforts by focusing on a digital first strategy> Brand awareness/lead gen campaigns: Managed campaign strategies and execution resulting in 33% annual revenue increase in 2024, including paid/organic social, webinars, and content/SEO.> Website redesign: Managed redesign and rebrand, top of funnel lead capture/middle of funnel messaging build out, resulting in a 300% YoY increase in inbound lead capture.> Lead nurture: Managed content strategy (webinars, press releases, white papers, emails) to warm leads into customers, driving a 20% average YoY top line growth.• Sales Support: Supported sales efforts recruiting large corporate customers like ExxonMobil, Chevron, GSK, Shell, and others that resulted in a 60% increase in top line revenue in 2024.> Sales strategy development, collateral development, and prospective customer outreach.Operations Management – Created and managed business processes and systems for all aspects of the enterprise.• Marketing Operations: Synchronized internal departments with external volunteer marketing teams to build capacity and develop processes.> Led a $150K website upgrade project to enhance user experience, improve SEO and lead management capacity, resulting in a 300% YoY increase in inbound lead capture.> Produced two monthly webinar series, airing 100+ webinars and reaching 10,000+ audience members with live Q/A.> Organized in-person customer training events/tradeshows – training 100s of customers nationally and internationally.• Financial Operations: Created and managed processes to generate and track invoices, reports, and perform collections.> Managed $1M/year and over 200 invoices/year.

Marketing Specialist - Supported external marketing team leads by synchronizing internal departments to produce team deliverables.• Marketing deliverables produced on time and under budget:> Executed paid/organic social, PPC, content/SEO campaigns.> Produced webinars, wrote press releases, managed email marketing campaigns.> Organized trade shows and customer training events.> Coordinated speaking engagements for brand advocates.> Developed marketing and sales collateral, web copy.• Customer Service: Engaged national/international clients to discover their needs and support their customer journey• Website Management: Wrote and improved web copy, proposed and executed design improvements, and general maintenance.Operations Specialist - Supported the managing director's vision by developing and managing operational processes and systems for critical business functions.• Business Operations: Managed ISA100 Wireless’ product certification program, successfully testing and certifying wireless instruments from manufacturers around the globe.• Customer Management: Created and managed processes for certificate management and relationship management.> Managed over 150 corporate customer relationships/year and over 300 individual customer relationships/year.

I co-founded Red Earth Cinema to build the new cinema. We specialize in innovative storytelling and reaching niche audiences through digital marketing and distribution.----2020-2024, The Mike&Chloe Show – Improvised one act plays + independent streaming channel• Pioneered a new form of art, Cinéprov (cinema + improv)• Launched independent streaming channel: originated go-to-market strategy, strategic communication strategy, branding, conducted market research and analysis• Created content strategy (social media, websites, email), wrote website copy, produced all creative brand assets.2017, “What is Automation?” – Corporate branding video• Commissioned by the Automation Federation in order to effectively tell their brand story and connect with their target audience during fundraising and recruiting activities• The project received 2 rounds of applause from a live audience of engineers at client premiere2016-2018, Cellophane gods – Experimental feature film• Built custom zoom control device, built custom sets, composed musical score.2015-2016, Clear Blue Sky – Feature length original screenplay• Received 27 awards from national and international independent film festivals/screenplay competitions.

• Wrote screenplay coverage for 100+ feature length, short, and television screenplays, evaluating story, character, dialogue, tone, and structure.

Moore County, Nc

• Oversaw all campaign initiatives in Moore Country, North Carolina (population: 100K) resulting in countywide overperformance.• Led and trained volunteer teams (over 50 people) to accomplish all campaign goals, including voter registration drives, door knocking initiatives, phone banking/cold calling, and community engagement.• Originated a voter persuasion phone banking/cold calling script (Question, Align, Pivot) that exceeded campaign benchmarks.• Liaised with local Democratic party and community leaders to recruit volunteers.

• NASA micro satellite testing – Performed analysis, design, and testing of satellite components.• Gyroscope research and development – Developed MATLAB algorithms to analyze in-flight gyroscope data.• Satellite design – Developed assembly procedure for small latch to fit within existing NASA assembly processes, conducted mass budgeting analysis for satellite components.

B.S. Communication (Film & Tv) & B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Playwriting And Screenwriting, 3.9/4.0

Activities and Societies: Best Senior Design Project Award, Mechanical Engineering: Designed, built and tested a NASA-sponsored permanent.

Astronautical Engineering, 4.0/4.0