Conrad Warre Email & Phone Number

Creative Director with hands-on design ability and a track record as strategic and technical shepherd, rolling out and optimizing efforts across web, print and packaging for clients including Harvard, EdX, MIT, Technology Review, Smarter Travel, ZDNet, Houghton Mifflin, Rykodisc, Discover Magazine and more. Throughout his career he's identified opportunities to improve strategic marcom efforts, and has led teams while being hands-on in the design process. Highlights include Smarter Travel's rebrand, MIT Technology Review's online periodical asset automation (resulting in huge bumps in readership, and profitability), the building of ZDNet's entire in-house agency and has worked with clients within the music industry, including David Bowie, Yoko Ono and Frank Zappa. Conrad's sleek design aesthetic reads well across print and web, and his deep technological know-how has enabled him to be a strong digital strategist and leader of development efforts. Conrad was classically trained in graphics, and is a strong communicator.

Lanham, Maryland, Us

Coordinating press and communications, design, photography, and video. Launched initial edX website launch. Developed marketing and customer service for edX. Managing and distributing analytics reports for edX executives and institutional partners. Deploying, tracking, optimizing and reporting HTML & PSA campaigns. EdX is a not-for-profit enterprise of its founding partners Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that features learning designed specifically for interactive study via the web. Launched the initial edX site in July 2012, and the redesigned Drupal site in May 2013, helping to create over 2 million course enrollments in 14 months.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Manage the creative design and delivery process for MIT's Technology Review Website and Brand, Print and Application Design. Translating Editorial content to Interactive, proposing and developing unique Online content, including webcast video content both National and International. Producing collateral materials including circulation and marketing and dedicated subscriber content. Interfacing with editorial, marketing, engineering, circulation departments, MIT.edu, and external partners.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Smarter Travel Media (now owned by Expedia) owns and publishes several online travel sites, including Smarter Travel.com, a comprehensive travel resource destination site, and BookingBuddy.com the pre-eminent travel search site, utilizing proprietary AJAX solutions to search over 130 vendors and partners site within one configured search in real-time. Other STM properties include TripMania.com, and MyBusinessTravel.com.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

# Managed creative services for multiple divisions and business partners, including integrated media projects with eSeminars, Webcasts, Print and Tradeshows.# Conceived unique sponsorship revenue possibilities, and developed large-scale ecommerce opportunities for Major Accounts.

Responsibilities and Achievements: * Developed Interactive revenue projects. * Responsible for annual budgets, hiring and firing, performance reviews. * Worked through the IPO in 1998 with Ziff Davis Corporate Division, and subsequent IPO of ZDZ (ZDNet) tracking stock. * Personally interfaced with all major accounts including 3Com, Barnes & Noble, Compaq, Dell, Digital, DLJDirect, E*Trade, FirstUSA, Ford, HP, IBM, Intel, J&R Music, Micron, Microsoft, Oracle, Pacific Bell, Sony, Sun, Yahoo. * Ziff Davis Daredevil of the Year 1998

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Managed all design and production. Label liaison with signed artists including Frank Zappa, Yoko Ono, and David Bowie, artists' management, legal and business affairs, and marketing. Initiated technical advancement of in-house capability to produce better quality packaging, marketing materials and concepts. Reduced costs and turnaround time to manufacturing and distribution. Reported directly to the President. Received an award for excellence from the AIGA in 1992 Brought the platinum-selling act SUGAR to the label. Designed and produced the award-winning "Copper Blue" metal pack for single CD.

Riverwoods, Il, Us

Responsible for art and production on monthly magazine. Designed and supervised each issue, approved press runs on site, managed a staff of five people plus freelancers, and originated stories. Coordinated frequent meetings with the Editor-in-Chief, photographers, agencies, illustrators, writers, subjects, and outside vendors. Stayed within budget, and met all deadlines, part of the first enterprise team to ever make Discover Magazine profitable.