Samuel Ballen Email & Phone Number

Louisville, Ky, Us

Greater Pittsburgh Region

• Draft, edit, maintain, and upload attorney biographies for the firm's website.• Manage and edit content for weekly internal newsletter, including compiling in Concep software.• Working with vendors and systems to improve effectiveness of, and maintain functionality of, multiple marketing technology systems. • Maximize integration of marketing technologies, guiding projects from inception through to launch and maintenance and updates.• Drive adoption of AI within Marketing and utilize AI to develop enhanced workflows for individuals and teams within the department.• Maintain Marketing Experience Database (Marketing database of cases/deals/matters attorneys have worked on).• Develop training for marketing team and attorneys.• Train marketing team personnel and attorneys in group, one-on-one, and team-wide settings, with multiple standing trainings each month as well as ad-hoc sessions.• Act as liaison between marketing teams, technology teams, and external marketing technology vendors for implementation, improvement, and maintenance of internal projects and projects involving vendors.• Build and maintain pages in a Content Management System.• Manage and update the firm's Google Business Profile pages directly and with an external vendor.• Provide training and guidance on state bar compliant language for marketing and website materials.

Greater New York City Area

• Drafted, edited, and uploaded attorney biographies for the firm's website.• Processed requests by attorneys and marketing team to update attorney and paralegal biographies.• Assisted in managing the rewriting and reformatting of all (2000+) attorney biographies during the launch of a new firm website and migration to a new content management system.• Developed practice area content for the firm's website.• Wrote and edited press releases.• Edited attorney alerts and blog posts and guided them through the peer review process.• Developed and edited content for weekly internal newsletter, published using Concep.• Maintained a database of awards won by attorneys.• Assisted in the creation, editing, and maintenance of various marketing materials.

Greater New York City Area

• Produced copy for law firm websites and blogs in all areas of law, including personal injury, family law, criminal law, and estates.• Collaborated to develop marketing strategies.• Created copy for external marketing campaigns (email, trade show materials, PPC, landing pages, video scripts).• Wrote internal website content.• Handled project management tasks.• Met and exceeded publication deadlines.• Published press releases on Vocus PRWeb.

Remote

Created content for attorney websites and blogs.• Focus of content was on personal injury law. Content ranged through all areas of personal injury including vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, defective medical devices, premises liability, and traumatic brain injury. Wrote content for sites dealing with both causes of injuries, such as motorcycle accidents, as well as types of injuries, such as spinal injuries.• Wrote blog posts about current news events, changes in law, recalls, and safety.

Remote

Created content for legal websites - Blogged about legal marketing and social media - Managed social media accounts - Managed team members in India• Created template personal injury sites for use in each state.• Researched differences in law between states and wrote simple explanations of law for consumer consumption.• Located relevant geographic content to add to sites to maximize uniqueness of each template.• Monitored and evaluated team in India creating localized content. Proofread and edited their work and gave assignments.

Greater New Orleans Area

The Pro Bono Project, 2008, Common Ground Legal Clinic, 2009-2010 Duties: Assisted plaintiffs complete forms, communicated between clients and attorneys, assisted attorneys

Greater New York City Area

Assisted legal department in reviewing and interpreting legal documents, Assessed the company's rights and liabilities under various contracts. Primary duty was to read and analyze contracts and agreements and break them down into layman’s terms so employees could better understand them.

Greater New York City Area

2006 and 2007 SummersDuties: Assisted management in preparing cases for clerks, Responded to immediate needs of supervisors, Processed judgments and summonses, Filed, and Entered Data

Juris Doctor, Certificate, Maritime Law

Activities and Societies: Tulane Maritime Law Journal, Maritime Law Society, Real Estate Law Society CALI AWARD: Law of Climate Change.

Maritime Law

Studied maritime and international law under the tutelage of international experts.

Bachelor Of Arts, Geography

Activities and Societies: Mountainview College Council Honors: Dean’s List All Semesters, Highest Honors in Geography (Container Shipping.

Education record

Education record