Ben Szporluk

Current

• Senior Editor at PR Newswire
• Owner at Elephant Stone Records (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Director of Publicity at Dionysus Records
• Assistant Editor at LASPAU/Harvard University
• Assistant Editor at Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute

• Administrative Assistant at Cooperation North
• Office Manager at Ardis Publishers

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Education

• Trinity College, Dublin
• University of Michigan

Connections

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Industry

Music

Ben Szporluk’s Summary

I have worked extensively in Music (record labels and writing) and Publishing (academic and professional). My goal is to move into the sports arena, most specifically running. My dream would be to work in marketing for a company like Nike, Puma or Adidas. I am a successful competitive long distance runner and I feel my music background would be a plus for any edgy marketing campaigns.

Ben Szporluk’s Experience

• Senior Editor

  PR Newswire

  (Public Company; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

  Senior Editor for a global commercial news and financial disclosure newswire. Proofread and edit press releases and provide extensive customer service to senior level communications professionals from publicly traded Fortune 500 companies in an extremely fast paced client-driven environment.

• Owner

  Elephant Stone Records (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Music industry)

  July 2002 — Present (7 years 5 months)

  Owner of internationally distributed independent record label. Responsible for all aspects of the business, including A&R, production, promotion, website, finances.

• Director of Publicity

  Dionysus Records

  (Music industry)

  January 2001 — November 2003 (2 years 11 months)

  Directed promotional campaigns, A&R, maintained website, oversaw production work for all releases, supervised all mail order.

• Assistant Editor

  LASPAU/Harvard University

  (Higher Education industry)

  July 1997 — October 2000 (3 years 4 months)

  Maintained website for non-profit affiliated with Harvard University. Edited and proofread copy for print and electronic publications. Designed and performed layout for print and electronic publications. Wrote copy for LASPAU internal and external publications.

• Assistant Editor

  Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute

  (Publishing industry)

  February 1995 — June 1997 (2 years 5 months)

• Administrative Assistant

  Cooperation North

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  October 1992 — December 1993 (1 year 3 months)

  Part-time Administrative Assistant while pursuing a Masters at Trinity College Dublin. Helped edit publications for a program that aimed to improve relations between Catholic and Protestant youth in Northern Ireland.

• Office Manager

  Ardis Publishers

  (Publishing industry)

  June 1987 — January 1992 (4 years 8 months)

Ben Szporluk’s Education

• Trinity College, Dublin

  M.Phil. , International Relations, Peace Studies , 1992 — 1993

• University of Michigan

  B.A. , History , 1983 — 1987

Additional Information

Ben Szporluk’s Interests:

Long distance running: I am a member of Team Run Zone, a Northeast Ohio elite racing team, and one of Ohio’s top masters (ages 40 and above) runners.

Ben Szporluk’s Groups:

Team Run Zone, USATF
Team Good River, USATF

Ben Szporluk’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch