{"id":5104,"date":"2009-11-06T07:02:29","date_gmt":"2009-11-06T14:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/?p=5104"},"modified":"2009-11-11T04:46:02","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T11:46:02","slug":"people-on-the-move-in-the-social-media-industry-nov-6-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/06\/people-on-the-move-in-the-social-media-industry-nov-6-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"People on the Move in the Social Media Industry: Nov 6, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"onthemove by jeremiah_owyang, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jeremiah_owyang\/2244631158\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2160\/2244631158_f10e018719_o.jpg\" alt=\"onthemove\" width=\"480\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Things appear to be picking up in the economy, and I&#8217;d like to continue to recognize those moving in the social media space. I&#8217;ve started this post series (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/category\/on-the-move\/\">see archives<\/a>) to both track and congratulate folks who get promoted, move, or accept new exciting positions. Please help me congratulate the following folks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/mikepascucci.com\/2009\/10\/23\/yet-another-employment-update\/\">Mike Pascucci leaves AAA Mid-Atlantic,  and accepts the job of Social Media Strategist with Ektron<\/a>, a Content Management System (CMS) company based out of Nashua, NH. Find him on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mikepascucci\">@mikepascucci<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Kingsely Joseph leaves Salesforce and joins <a href=\" http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kingsley2\">Digital Chocolate an digital gaming company in San Mateo as Sr. Product Manager<\/a>, Social Games at Digital Chocolate.  I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll be hearing a lot about his new ventures, as we share the same building (keep it down up there alright? kiddin), find him on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Kingsley2\">Kingsley2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Former Facebook platform marketing manager <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.louisgray.com\/2009\/10\/twitter-snags-platform-manager-josh.html\">Josh Elman joins Twitter as the Product Manager<\/a>.  I&#8217;ve interacted with Josh frequently during his role at Facebook, and found him insightful, helpful, and now a friend.  Best wishes to Josh on his new adventure at yet-the-next-big thing.   Find him on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/joshelman\">@joshelman<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Warren Sukernek leaves Radian 6 and <a href=\"http:\/\/lift9.com\/socialmedia_news_events\">was hired at Lift 9 as the Partner &amp; VP of Strategies<\/a>.  \tWarren will be responsible for leading teams in providing actionable insights from the company&#8217;s socail media research and analytics solutions, find him at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenss\">@warrenss<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gwen Peake joins Ford Motor Company\tas the Digital Communications Manager\t Reporting to Scott Monty, and will coordinate digital communications &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/thefordstory.com\">social media efforts for Ford<\/a>. Find Gwen on twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/gwenj\">@gwenj<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mike Osswald is promted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hansoninc.com \">Hanson, Inc., a digital agency<\/a> as VP, Experience Innovation\tWhere he will focus on identifying future-forward, significant trends and technologies. His focus on, social technologies will allow co-workers and channel partners to engage in all facets of product and service design.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, Lisa Wilberding\talso joins Hanson, Inc as the Midwest Social Engagement &amp; Messaging Strategist\u00a0where she will define, plan and execute long-term Social Engagement solutions for clients, as well as create messaging for web sites and interactive communications.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dankidd\">Dan Kidd<\/a> is hired at community platform vendor Neighborhood America  as a Senior Director, CPG, Custom Research where he&#8217;ll be focused on Social Media Campaign Analytics.<\/li>\n<li>Last but not least, congrats to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forrester.com\/marketing\/2009\/10\/welcome-augie-ray-our-newest-analyst-supporting-interactive-marketers.html\">Augie Ray, who was hired at Forrester Research<\/a> as an industry analyst covering Social Computing For Interactive Marketers.  We wish him the best in this fantastic new role &#8211;congrats to the team!  Find him at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/augieray \">@augieray<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>How to connect with others (or get a job):<\/strong><br \/>\nSeveral people have been hired because of this blog post series, here&#8217;s how you can too:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Submit an announcement<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you know folks that are moving up in the social media industry, <a href=\"http:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/viewform?formkey=dDY0WU04bVNJZ3NjWTRzU1VNdXpOMkE6MA\">fill out this form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seeking Social Media Professionals?<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re seeking to connect with community advocates and community managers there are few resources<\/p>\n<p>This list, which started with just 8 names continues to grow as folks submit to it.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/20\/list-of-social-computing-strategists-and-community-managers-for-large-corporations-2008\/\">List of Social Computing Strategists and Community Managers for Enterprise Corporations 2008  Social Media Professionals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Job Resources in the Social Media and Web Industry<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/webstrategy.jobamatic.com\/a\/jbb\/find-jobs?sb=1&amp;sbo=1\">Web Strategy Jobs powered by Job o Matic<\/a> (Post a job there and be seen by these blog readers, these affiliate fees pay for my hosting)<\/li>\n<li>Read Write Web keeps announcements flowing at  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/jobwire\/\">Jobwire<\/a>, although is broader than just social media jobs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=3553055120\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: none;\">Facebook group for <\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=3553055120\">community manager group in Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.communityguy.com\/jobs\/\">Jake McKee&#8217;s community portal for jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chris Heuer&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediajobs.com\/\">Social Media Jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simplyhired.com\/a\/jobs\/list\/q-social+media\">SimplyHired<\/a> aggregates job listings, as does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indeed.com\/jobs?q=social+media&amp;l=\">Indeed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forumonenetworks.com\/section\/jobs\/\">ForumOne Jobs<\/a> for Social Media and Community<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/teresacentric.com\/jobs\/\">Teresa has a few jobs, some around community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newmediahire.com\/\">New Media hire has an extensive job database<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediaheadhunter.com\/\">Social Media Headhunter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediajobs.com\/\">Social media jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jobsinsocialmedia.com\/\">Jobs in social media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.altimetergroup.com\/?t=anon\">Altimeter Group&#8217;s list of social media consultants and agencies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Hiring? Leave a comment<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re seeking candidates in the social media industry, many of them are within arms reach, feel free to leave a <em>link <\/em>to a job description (but not the whole job description, please)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things appear to be picking up in the economy, and I&rsquo;d like to continue to recognize those moving in the social media space. I&rsquo;ve started this post series (see archives) to both track and congratulate folks who get promoted, move, or accept new exciting positions. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/06\/people-on-the-move-in-the-social-media-industry-nov-6-2009\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">People on the Move in the Social Media Industry: Nov 6, 2009<\/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-5104","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\/5104","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=5104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}