Despite a downturn in the economy, we continue to recognize those moving in the social media space. I’ve started this post series (see archives) to both track and congratulate folks who get promoted, move, or accept new exciting positions. Please help me congratulate the following folks:
- Kevin Marks, famed Google employee has now joined Ribbit as VP of Web Services. Kevin was the former CTO of Technorati, has championed the open web, and can also be found on Twitter at @kevinmarks.
- Ben Kiker joins Jive as the new CMO. I was able to meet Ben yesterday, his strong enterprise background is consistent with the direction Jive continues to head, you can also find him on Twitter @benkiker.
- Congrats to Ken Burbary of Ernst and Young, who is leading some of the social charge by heading up the Web Strategy & Social Media practice within Ernst & Young Advisory services, he’s @kenburbary on Twitter.
- Long time reader Lucretia Pruitt is now Director of Social Media for Collective Bias – a company that grew out of MARS Advertising, we’re all very excited for her. Find her on Twitter at @geekmommy
- Deep Varma as VP of Engineering of the Zuberance team, hailing from Yahoo
- Rachel Polish has joined Ogilvy Public Relations as the VP of Digital Strategy, based in San Francisco, read her first blog post, and she’s on Twitter as @rachelpolish
- Dialog Social Media Markeing has announced Marta R. Leseiko, a marketing professional and former marketing entreprenuer, as partner, find her on LinkedIn.
- Juan Lulli has joined pfs marketwyse as vice president of client relations, you can find him on Twitter as @juanlulli
How to connect with others (or get a job):
Several people have been hired because of this blog post series, here’s how you can too:
Submit an announcement
If you know folks that are moving up in the social media industry, leave a comment below, or if you’re feeling shy (it’s cool to self-nominate) send me an email. Please include a link to your announcement, and ensure you’re really living and breathing in the social media world –this is not a small aspect of your role.
Seeking Social Media Professionals?
If you’re seeking to connect with community advocates and community managers there are few resources
List of Enterprise Social Media Professionals
This list, which started with just 8 names continues to grow as folks submit to it. List of Social Computing Strategists and Community Managers for Enterprise Corporations 2008 Social Media Professionals. Other job resources include:
Web Strategy Jobs powered by Job o Matic (Post a job there and be seen by these blog readers, these affiliate fees pay for my hosting) Read Write Web keeps announcements flowing at Jobwire, although is broader than just social media jobs Facebook group for community manager group in Facebook Jake McKee’s community portal for jobs Chris Heuer’s Social Media Jobs SimplyHired aggregates job listings, as does Indeed ForumOne Jobs for Social Media and Community Teresa has a few jobs, some around community New Media hire has an extensive job database Social Media Headhunter Social media jobs Jobs in social media Altimeter Group’s list of social media consultants and agencies
Hiring? Leave a comment
If you’re seeking candidates in the social media industry, many of them are within arms reach, feel free to leave a link to a job description (but not the whole job description, please)
Ken Burbary is a great friend and an extremely talented guy. He is going to do amazing things at Ernst and Young.
Brandon
@bchesnutt
Kudos to Ken Burbary — a former colleague of mine. Ken, nice to stay connected with you through social media.
Dan Robles, Director of The controversial Ingenesist Project (http://ingenesist.com) has taken an executive position in community development at Avid Path for http://conversationalcurrency.com community
Dan thanks for the submission, I see this and will fold it in.
Nice to know those people moving in the social media space. Well, congratulation to all of you! You really deserve it. By the way, I want to share an article regarding social media.
http://www.articletechie.com/The-Early-Bird-Gets-the-Marketing-Worm/a12780_1
Jeremiah,
MindTouch is hiring a Social Media Community Manager. Please feel free to review the job description and submit your LinkedIn profile plus all relevant experience (e.g. communities you have built): http://bit.ly/hOZeR
Jeremiah,
Happy to announce that Muhammad Saleem (@msaleem / http://muhammadsaleem.com/about) joined Tribune Co. as head of social media strategy at ChicagoNow (http://chicagonow.com) in late July.
~ Andrew,
LA Times digital strategist + social media guy
Congrats to Ben Kiker! As a marketing consultant who worked with Interwoven for 2+ years, it was very cool to see the energy he brought to not only their marketing dept but the entire company. He is a charismatic leader who was obviously adored by his team at Interwoven and I know he™ll do great things at Jive.
people are on the move, but only if they are already through the entrance door, I guess…
I am a Master of Science in International Business from Germany, currently finishing my thesis on social network marketing and facebook at the University of Maastricht (NL). I am currently looking for a job in the social media sphere, if possible in the US, and have the feeling that it is difficult, if not impossible, to get started in this business field without sufficient work experience. I worked 3 months in India for an consultancy and did two 6-months internships at Scholz&Friends (an advertising agency) and at Porsche AG in marketing communications and have some experience in the online world (through these internships and the university, that is).
Could you give me a hint where and how to look for a entry-job in the field you guys are experts in? I am ambitious, flexible and ready to do whatever it takes!
Thanks and all the best from Europe!
stefan
Hello Jeremiah,
May I nominate myself? I have recently (Aug 4th) joined http://www.videobio.com as Director of New Media and Production. You can find me:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/LaurindaShaver
Twitter: http://twitter.com/videobio
Facebook: Laurinda Shaver
videoBIO: http://videobio.com/LaurindaShaver
Blog: http://marketyourselfsmarter.blogspot.com/
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/laurindashaver
Thanx. Laurinda.
Jeremiah,
Incisive Media has announced the appointment of Mike Grehan as VP and Global Content Director for Search Engine Watch (SEW), ClickZ, and Search Engine Strategies (SES).
Mike Grehan is a New York-based, international consultant who has been involved in online marketing since 1995 and is recognized as a leading search engine marketing expert. His knowledge of conventional marketing, combined with his technical skills and understanding of search engine algorithms has helped many top firms improve their visibility on search engines and directories. He was formerly Acronym Media™s Global KDM officer.
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2009/8/prweb2723244.htm
Thank you!
Byron Gordon
SEO-PR (for Incisive Media)
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