Stuart Halperin Email & Phone Number

Malibu, Ca, Us

Malibu, Ca, Us

CurtCo Media -- producer of the hit podcasts "Solar" and "Travel That Matters" -- is dedicated to creating, distributing and hosting inspirational, authoritative, and sometimes humorous content from its custom-built studios overlooking the incomparably beautiful Malibu coastline.

Malibu, Ca, Us

HMDI works with companies and individuals to help them utilize digital innovation and traditional marketing tactics to find customers, engage them, and motivate actions that maximize success. Additionally, I leverage my extensive high-level network across entertainment, advertising, consumer brands and technology to help clients achieve their business development goals.• Manages CurtCo Media's podcast network and studio.• Worked with the Woody Allen team, providing digital media strategy and project management services; and managed the WoodyAllen.com website.• Provided digital strategy and business development services to TicketNetwork, a leader in the secondary ticketing industry. • Served as Interim Head of Marketing for the Worldwide Motion Picture Group at Ipsos OTX MediaCT, providing marketing, business development and website-related services for this research company.• Managed an array of projects for Regency Theatres, spanning in-theatre creative; business development; mobile & email marketing; media planning and copywriting. Please see links to two projects, within my LinkedIn profile.• Provided digital strategy and business development services to ReelzChannel. • Helped CinemaNow develop marketing and sales-related programs. • Worked with CEO on creating business alliances for the North American launch of bCODE, an innovative mobile marketing company.• Served as Interim Chief Marketing Officer for SeeFlik, providing marketing, business development, alliance building, and sales services for this "American Idol”-type competition for emerging filmmakers.• Produced “The Better Golf Academy Presents Better Golf for Kids, Volume I,” an instructional DVD; developed all marketing initiatives and materials, a Web site, and contracts, as well as recruited an animator and other creative resources. Presented, negotiated, and implemented U.S.-Canada retail distribution deal.

Malibu, Ca, Us

I taught an undergraduate marketing strategy course.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Halperin Marketing & Digital Innovation advised Dealflicks, a startup that helped movie theatres fill empty seats by offering moviegoers discounts of up to 60% on tickets and concessions. Dealflicks partnered with exhibitors and movie studios, and leveraged its Internet, iPhone, and Android platforms as well as online, mobile, and viral marketing strategies to engage consumers. Dealflicks was profiled by in CNBC, The New York Times and TechCrunch, was part of the Warner Bros. Mediacamp WB program and was a 500 Startups accelerator company.

Santa Fe, New Mexico, Us

Halperin Marketing & Digital Innovation worked with the New Mexico Film Office on an array of initiatives relating to emerging / digital media.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

StartEngine is a rapid accelerator focused on helping Los Angeles-based technology startups build a solid foundation for success in 90 days. Created by Howard Marks, co-founder of Activision, and Paul Kessler, one of the most prolific investors in Los Angeles, Start Engine provides local startups with the essential resources and counsel they need to become successful, self-directed businesses.

West Hollywood, Ca, Us

Responsible for all marketing initiatives with an emphasis on digital strategy for each brand under the Quixote umbrella, including Smashbox Studios.• Managed audit of all Quixote Internet properties and provided digital marketing plan, including SEO/SEM, loyalty, content creation, smart e-newsletter and social media initiatives. • Supervised marketing, promotional and sales-related events and related retrieval of sales leads.• Led public relations agency review and managed hiring of new firm.• Created major alliances in the “sustainability meets entertainment” arena, positioning Quixote for a leadership role in a contemplated new trade organization of eco-industry leaders.• Managed the acquisition of the expendables.com domain, enhancing Quixote’s e-commerce opportunities in the entertainment production expendables realm.

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Provided the executive leadership to achieve the Company’s mission of combining the richest and most comprehensive aggregation of movie data on the Web, with extremely deep content (3.5 million pages) and a robust and active community, in a fun and dynamic atmosphere. Direct responsibilities included fundraising, overall management, marketing, sales, and business development. • Raised substantial angel investor funding, in the face of the worst economy in more than 75 years. • Established a Web-based, highly-targeted marketing platform to provide movie studios, other entertainment companies, consumer product manufacturers, and retailers with an effective tool to reach the film fan community.

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Managed marketing, sales, and consumer products and content for digital entertainment venture between Intel Corporation and Revelations Entertainment (Morgan Freeman’s production company) that provided premium entertainment through broadband for the PC and TV.• Developed and executed marketing campaign for company’s second near day-and-date release, “Lonely Hearts,” starring John Travolta and Salma Hayek. Marketing partners included AOL, Verizon, and AT&T.• Served as marketing liaison with Intel, exploring synergistic opportunities.

Boca Raton, Fl, Us

Joined executive team during company’s early stage. As head of marketing for four years, managed marketing strategy, development, and research; branding; creative advertising; publicity and promotion; media planning (in-theatre, television, radio, outdoor, and Internet); and exhibitor/movie studio relations. • Played key role in increasing ticket sales to millions annually as one of the pioneers of online movie ticketing, and successfully increased user count more than 600%. • Positioned MovieTickets.com as essential “point-of-purchase advertising” for the movie industry, creating must-have demand from studio and agency media buyers.• Led brand battle against major competitor, Fandango; executed positioning slogans -- “Your Own Personal Box Office” and “Convenient, Secure, Easy.”• Built Web site traffic and loyalty though promotional contests with partners; represented company at trade shows and via broadcast appearances.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Played critical role in building company into an international brand and one of the first Internet entertainment portals. Pioneered and promoted extensive use of interactive multimedia as an online marketing tool for entertainment companies. Co-founded company with limited seed financing and operated business from cash flow for first two years. • Worked with CEO to build executive management team and organization’s structure. • Created and implemented marketing strategies; generated substantial press coverage and made frequent television appearances to promote company.• Grew site’s traffic to 60 million page impressions per month through creation and execution of innovative marketing initiatives; managed national in-theatre advertising campaigns.• Developed business with motion picture studios, as well as other major companies including NBC, HBO, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Records, Virgin Records, CBS/FOX Video, Rogers & Cowan, and Intel Corporation. Sold 125+ movie advertising and interactive marketing campaigns; won CLIO Award for “Forrest Gump” interactive campaign.• Member of leadership team that partnered with National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) and created ShowTimes, the most comprehensive movie listing service then available.• Played key role in sale of company to Times Mirror in 1996; earned a multi-year contract and built business post-sale.

Includes marketing roles for Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox International and New Line Cinema. Prior to business school, I was a newswriter for CNN.

Mba, Marketing / Management

Bfa, Film / Television