Walter Thompson Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Launched "Fund/Build/Scale," a podcast and newsletter for early-stage founders sponsored by Mayfield and Securiti.In Season 1, I'm interviewing founders and investors in early-stage AI startups to learn more about how to take a company from idea stage into the marketplace.

San Francisco, CA, US

San Francisco, CA, US

I managed the website's guest contributor program, which includes paywalled business-related articles for startup founders and investors that appear on TechCrunch+, as well as columns and opinion pieces that run on TechCrunch.In addition to managing the TechCrunch+ editorial calendar, I also edited, assigned and published articles written by staff.

San Francisco, CA, US

Managed marketing, PR, editorial operations and community for Stronghold, a financial services company that’s native to distributed ledger technology.

San Francisco, CA, US

Collaborated with events director at a downtown cultural events center to originate topics, book guests and moderate panel discussions on issues of local and national interest. Conversations explored topics as diverse as homelessness, transportation and cannabis with thought leaders, academics, politicians, entrepreneurs, and others.

San Francisco, CA, US

Managed editorial operations for Hoodline, a hyperlocal news site that serves San Francisco and Oakland. Originated, assigned and edited stories written by staff writers and freelancers, managed social media, provided content marketing for advertisers, created headlines and wrote stories on an as-needed basis.

San Francisco, CA, US

Wrote and edited news and feature articles for Hoodline, a local neighborhood news blog. As neighborhood editor for the Inner Sunset, (population 56,629) I broke major stories regarding crime, local business, housing and transportation, built relationships with local resident/merchant associations, and dramatically grew readership and awareness in western.

• Provide marketing, content development and social media consulting
• Managed multiple crowdfunding campaigns
• Created marketing/PR/video to support the launch of a new parenting community
• Helped develop a location-based iOS app (UI, marketing, product, growth strategy)
• Developed branding, marketing and PR for Denver-based food truck

San Francisco, California, US

Wrote and researched content related to startups, venture capital and innovation for 500 Startups, a leading global venture capital seed fund and startup accelerator.

Concord, MA, US

Worked as content marketing consultant for Maguire Associates, Inc, a research-based firm that works with colleges and universities. Collaborated with firm's VP Marketing to flesh out editorial calendar, write blog posts, edit videos, prepare email campaigns and develop social media strategy for Maguire Associates and its higher education clients.

• Developed and managed user acquisition programs
• Used social media to promote user education and engagement
• Worked with Product and Engineering on QA and customer delight issues
• Managed PR agency and marketing campaigns
• Directed content marketing: product videos, blog posts, contests and promotions
• Analyzed platform data to identify power users and cultivate brand ambassadors

• Developed and executed strategies to engage members and drive growth
• Worked with clients to promote best practices for community management and social media
• Served as each client’s internal advocate with Product, Engineering and Sales teams
• Managed contests, promotions and newsletters for clients using Huddler’s forum platform
• Used Google Analytics to study user behavior across multiple communities

• Managed social media and online marketing for startups, small businesses and large firms

• Promoted user retention, engagement and education for more than 7 million members
• Collaborated with Marketing and Sales teams to shape internal and external messaging
• Managed customer service operations for users and advertising partners
• Communicated with users via blog, newsletters, release notes and daily reviews
• Analyzed platform data and shared key metrics with internal users
• Monitored platform activity to prevent spam and responded to user disputes and breaches of Terms of Service

• Provided consulting services related to traffic growth and analysis, community management, content marketing, SEO and social media

• Directed email, print and online advertising, promotions, local events and incentive programs.
• Managed analytics and trained editorial staff in SEO
• Collaborated with Sales to create new revenue streams
• Advised exec staff regarding social networking and user-generated content
• Managed customer service and reprint/syndication service
• Facilitated media appearances for Salon contributors

US

• Wrote all site copy (FAQ, TOS, newsletters, release notes)
• Managed community and customer service via email and internal message boards, responding to 100+ queries per day
• Conducted ongoing focus groups with members; correlated feedback with user data to refine product offerings
• Used SQL to create internal dashboard of key metrics for internal users

• Consulting content producer, product manager and copywriter for a number of Internet firms, including Looksmart, Xoom.com, NBCi, Willowside Investments, HomeGain and ModernHumorist
• Advised several small businesses in the San Francisco Bay area to help establish Web presences.

San Mateo, CA, US

• Managed workflow, budgeting, scheduling and personnel of Beatnik Productions, a consulting arm of Beatnik.com, a music technology company
• Served as main point of contact for external client
• Worked with Sales and Marketing teams to cultivate new relationships and identify new oportunities
• Directed virtual teams of engineers and musicians
• Tracked department's P&L, managed deadlines/deliverables for creative group

US

• Aggregated music, movie, television and other entertainment content for the Entertainment Channel of the Excite Network
• Fostered new relationships with entertainment content providers
• Managed virtual teams of designers and engineers to develop and launch products and content products
• Worked closely with the Marketing and Sales departments to develop new revenue streams around promotions and sponsorships

• Wrote and edited copy in HTML for FreeLoader, an offline web browser
• Supervised five-person staff that created original content for daily deadline
• Worked with graphic artists to develop complementary graphics; also helped designed corporate Web site and user interface for FreeLoader software
• Wrote "FreeLoader Daily," a web magazine that supplemented FreeLoader's software/service
• Assisted Marketing and Sales with pitches to potential content partners and advertisers

• Created and managed Web presence for world's then-largest mail-order retailer of comic books and science fiction memorabilia.
• Wrote and edited articles for science fiction magazine; supervised staff and freelance writers.
• Cultivated media contacts, interviewed artists, writers and industry leaders for publication.
• Handled several marketing responsibilities, including buying ads in major magazines, coordinating promotional events and writing catalog copy.