{"id":10562,"date":"2011-09-19T05:36:58","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T12:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/?p=10562"},"modified":"2011-09-19T05:36:58","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T12:36:58","slug":"people-on-the-move-in-the-social-business-industry-sept-19-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/19\/people-on-the-move-in-the-social-business-industry-sept-19-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"People on the Move in the Social Business Industry, Sept 19, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hires in the social business space continue to heat up, in fact the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/10\/spend-wisely-finally-an-investment-roadmap-for-social-business-buyers-altimeter-report\/\">market research data (read the report) shows that hiring is the top spend in 2011.<\/a> Expect there to be more hires over coming quarters.<\/p>\n<p>Both the submissions on this job announcement board, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/webstrategy.jobamatic.com\/a\/jbb\/find-jobs\">available social media positions at corporations<\/a> continue to pour in.<\/p>\n<p>In this continued digest of job changes, I like to salute those that continue to join the industry in roles focused on social media,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/category\/on-the-move\/\">see the archives<\/a>, which I&#8217;ve been tracking since Q4, 2007.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"potm-banner-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/potm-banner-2.jpg\" alt=\"potm-banner-2\" width=\"520\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>People on the Move in the Social Business Industry:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allthingsd.com\/20110915\/josh-elman-will-join-greylock-partners\/?mod=tweet\">Josh Elman joins Greylock partners<\/a>, stemming from an impressive background as a silicon valley product lead at Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Zazzle and more.  I had the pleasure to learn more about Josh&#8217;s role, here&#8217;s to his growth, and his new role.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/rtarkoff\/status\/111302837723598850\">Rob Tarkoff<\/a> joins as the CEO at Lithium, and founder Lyle Fong moves to Chief Strategy Role.  Congrats Rob, I look forward to meeting you soon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthew-epstein.com\/land-a-job-at-google-journey\/\">Matthew Epstein (Moustache included)<\/a> has cleverly used social media to campaign himself to get an interview at Google, where he was seeking a position.  While it wasn&#8217;t the right fit, his experience and mastery of using these tools showed prowess and he accepted an offer at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigfig.com\/\">Sigfig<\/a>, where he can put his talents to work.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mikepascucci.com\/2011\/08\/31\/the-next-chapter\/\">Mike Pascucci<\/a> is moving on from being a Social Media Strategist at Ektron to Sr. Community Manager for Zynga, in their Boston studio. He will be managing all of the Social aspects of the games which come out of their Boston studio<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ryannichols\">Ryan Nichols<\/a>, leaves Appirio and is now the VP Apps for Podio, a work platform that allows businesspeople to build lightweight social apps to get everyday tasks done. They target SMBs and have over 50K signed up since our launch in March. R&amp;D is in Copenhagen, he will be building up a go-to-market team in San Francisco.<\/li>\n<li>Dave\tPeck\tjoins\tBullfrog Media\tas\tPartner\tStrategic Alliances, Business Development, Social Strategy Consulting<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.syr.edu\/news\/articles\/2011\/war-newhouse-08-11.html\">William\tWard\tjoins<\/a> S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University\tas\tSocial Media Professor\tTeaching Social Media to Students and Pros<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.bradgrier.com\/2011\/08\/29\/im-moving-to-empire-avenue\/\">Brad\tGrier\tjoins\tEmpire Avenu<\/a>e\tas\tDirector of Social and Community Management\tCommunity development, relationship building, social media support.<\/li>\n<li>Keith Jason\tBates\tjoins\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loveyourshoes.co.uk\">www.loveyourshoes.co.uk<\/a> as\tSenior Link builder and Social\/SEO analyst\tLink builder and Social media<\/li>\n<li>Eric\tDoyle\tjoins\t<a href=\"http:\/\/wavesquad.com\/blog\/our-new-website\/\">www.wavesquad.com<\/a> as\tPrincipal, Founder\tcompany vision, accounts strategy, client relations, business development<\/li>\n<li>Mike\tSpataro\tjoins\tNM Incite\tas\tVP, Client Services\tManage the media &amp; entertainment market<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.7summitsagency.com\/press\/7summits-adds-rob-murray-to-leadership-team\/\">Rob\tMurray\tjoins\t7Summits<\/a> as\tSenior Vice President\tMurray will drive 7Summits&#8217; social business solutions while expanding the \u00a0agency&#8217;s national business through management of key strategic alliances.<\/li>\n<li>Tom\tHuxtable\tjoins\tEngage Sciences\tas\tChief Revenue Officer\tMarketing, new business and company management<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freshnetworks.com\/news\/james-lubbock-joins-freshnetworks\">James\tLubbock\tjoins\tFreshNetworks<\/a> as\tAccount director\tDefining and implementing strategy across our key accounts, and expanding our client base.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/33across.com\/doc\/news091311.html\">Matt\tArkin\tjoins\t33Across<\/a> as\tPresident, Arkin will oversee all revenue and operations, as well as help guide the strategic growth of the business.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/33across.com\/doc\/news091311.html\">Allie\tSavarino Kline\tjoins<\/a> 33Across\tas\tVP of Marketing\tOversee all marketing initiatives.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2011\/9\/prweb8792879.htm\">Behrooz\tRezvani\tjoins<\/a> 7Summits\tas\tBoard of Directors as a new Board of Directors Member will help influence direction of 7Summits<\/li>\n<li>Chris\tTrygstad\tjoins\tAmplifon, Miracle-Ear Division\tas\tSenior Online Marketing Specialist\tDeveloping and implementing Miracle-Ear&#8217;s online marketing strategy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.bravenewtalent.com\/2011\/08\/bravenewtalent-india-welcomes-gautam\/\">Gautam\tGhosh<\/a> joins\tBraveNewTalent India\tas\tPlatform Evangelist and Lead-India Marketing\tDrive user and customer growth in India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Submit a new hire:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/viewform?formkey=dEFtMXcwSXBfaGtkelFzMVVDbElxSVE6MA\">Submit a new hire that&#8217;s &#8216;on the move&#8217; with this easy-to-use online form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Seeking a job?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/webstrategy.jobamatic.com\/a\/jbb\/find-jobs?sb=1&amp;sbo=1\">See the Web Strategy Job Board<\/a>, which includes paid submissions from the top brands in the world.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.communityguy.com\/jobs\/\">Community Manager jobs<\/a> by Jake McKee<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediajobs.com\/\">Social Media Jobs<\/a> by Chris Heuer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simplyhired.com\/a\/jobs\/list\/q-social+media\">Social Media jobs<\/a>, filtered by SimplyHired<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jobsinsocialmedia.com\/\">Social Media Job Network<\/a> by James Durbin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kommein.com\/50-places-to-find-social-media-jobs\/\">25 places to find social media<\/a> jobs by Deb Ng<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Additional Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=3553055120\">Community Manager Facebook Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/25\/community-manager-appreciation-day-cmad-every-4th-monday-of-jan\/\">Community Manager Appreciation Day<\/a> (Every 4th Monday of Jan, yearly)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/30\/list-of-corporate-social-media-strategists-in-2010\/\">List of corporate web strategists and community managers<\/a> for 2010<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.altimetergroup.com\/?t=anon\">List of agencies and consultants <\/a>by Altimeter Group<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediaheadhunter.com\/\">Social Media Headhunter<\/a>: Career advice, job postings and services<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jobs.newmediahire.com\/\">New Media Hire<\/a> community by Jim Long and team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please congratulate the new hires by leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hires in the social business space continue to heat up, in fact the&nbsp;market research data (read the report) shows that hiring is the top spend in 2011. Expect there to be more hires over coming quarters. Both the submissions on this job announcement board, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/19\/people-on-the-move-in-the-social-business-industry-sept-19-2011\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">People on the Move in the Social Business Industry, Sept 19, 2011<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career","category-on-the-move"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}