{"id":10818,"date":"2011-11-20T13:56:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T20:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/?p=10818"},"modified":"2011-11-20T15:41:56","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T22:41:56","slug":"people-on-the-move-in-the-social-business-industry-nov-20-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/20\/people-on-the-move-in-the-social-business-industry-nov-20-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"People on the Move in the Social Business Industry, Nov 20, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I&#8217;m comitted about tracking the roles in the social business space, earlier last week, I asserted that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/13\/when-the-corporate-social-strategist-role-goes-away\/\">if the Corporate Social Strategist does their role well, it goes away<\/a>, it drew quite a bit of dialog.<\/p>\n<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.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.  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><strong>People on the Move in the Social Business Industry:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Luke\tKilpatrick\tjoins\tVirtustream\tas\tDirector of Social Media and Community\tManage and execute Virtustream&#8217;s social media and community strategy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonnygill.com\/two-years-and-new-beginnings\">Sonny\tGill\tjoins\tU.S. Cellular\tas\tSocial Media Manager <\/a>Help lead and manage social business initiatives within the organization.<\/li>\n<li>Karthik\tChakkarapani\tjoins\tSalesforce.com\tas\tSenior Principal Consultant, Social Enterprise\tDevelop social enterprise strategy, solution architecture, implementation roadmap and adoption strategies<\/li>\n<li>Susan\tElliott\tjoins\tWebMD\tas\tAssociate Director, Social Media &amp; Community\tCharged with developing &amp; managing the emerging media strategy for the site.<\/li>\n<li>Scott\tLevy\tjoins\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.contextoptional.com\">Context Optional<\/a> as\tVice President of Sales, East\tLeading and further developing the already established East Coast presence<\/li>\n<li>Geordie\tHenderson\tjoins\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.HootSuite.com\">HootSuite<\/a> as\tDirector, APIs &amp; Integrations\tGeordie is responsible for the development, integration and publication of the HootSuite API portfolio that enables the provision of highly scalable access to HootSuite data for both HootSuite and partner applications.<\/li>\n<li>Louisa\tThue\tjoins\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hootsuite.com\">HootSuite<\/a> as\tDirector of Analytics\tLouisa manages the development activity related to HootSuite&#8217;s analytics and streaming initiatives. Her top goals include optimizing internal development processes and collaborating on analytic product strategies.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkpassenger.com\/node\/39\">Gaurav \tBhalla Ph.D.\tjoins\tPassenger\tas\tChief Innovation Officer<\/a>.\tDr. Bhalla will provide strategic insight on customer collaboration, co-creation, market research and innovation.  He will work closely with the client services, business development, and product teams to drive Passenger&#8217;s point-of-view and approach to customer-led innovation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wearesocial.de\/blog\/2011\/11\/naechster-schreibtisch-eingenommen\/\">Anatol\tVetters\tjoins\tWe Are Social<\/a> in Deutschland GmbH\tas\tAccount Director\tStrategy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jungroup.com\/?p=335\">Greg\tWeber\tjoins\tJun Group<\/a> as\tDirector of Sales\tSocial video sales with brands and agencies throughout the West Coast<\/li>\n<li>Connie\tBensen\tjoins\tDell\tas\tSr. Manager, Community Strategy and Execution \tFoster community engagement internally and externally at Dell.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tshelton\">Ted Shelton joins PwC<\/a> as Managing Director of Advisory focused on social business.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michaelhopps\">Michael Hopps joins Cisco Systems<\/a> as Social Media Marketing Specialist in San Jose<\/li>\n<li>Last but not least, I had the pleasure of meeting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/christyjpark\">Christy Park<\/a> who has joined Cisco system, who recently graduated Stanford and will be working as Social Media Marketing, Project Specialist<\/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>While I&rsquo;m comitted about tracking the roles in the social business space, earlier last week, I asserted that if the Corporate Social Strategist does their role well, it goes away, it drew quite a bit of dialog. The hires in the social business space continue &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/20\/people-on-the-move-in-the-social-business-industry-nov-20-2011\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">People on the Move in the Social Business Industry, Nov 20, 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-10818","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\/10818","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=10818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}