Collin Croome

Current

Founder and Owner at coma2 e-branding

Past

Managing Director & Key Account Manager at H2OMEDIA AG
Multimedia Evangelist & Consultant at Apple Computer
New Media Evangelist at Apple Computer

Co-Founder & Project Manager at Nexus Group
Multimedia Producer at Medialab

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Education

Self-Taught

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Collin Croome’s Summary

I am a multimedia, online-marketing and social media expert with 20 years of experience in the new media industry and creative consultancies.

I specialized in producing and managing large scale online projects and campaigns for international premium brands from various industries, like fashion, lifestyle, luxury and information technology.

I've started and successfully managed my own multimedia design agency for over 13 years. I have a large network of talented creative people in all fields of new media production from concept, design, animation to programming.

Besides I would call myself an Apple expert and long-term Apple fellow with wide knowledge of Apple’s products, services and technologies. From 1991 to 2001 I worked for Apple Germany as a new media evangelist and multimedia marketing specialist.

I am a Green Card holder with ambition to live and work in the US...

Selection of clients:
Adobe - Apple - Axel Springer - Bertelsmann, Betty Barclay, Bertelsmann - Burda - Compaq - Disney - Holy Fashion Group - Intel – Kia Motors - Medialab - MetaCreations - Microsoft - ProSiebenSat.1 - Siemens Mobile - Sixt - Steinberg - Strellson - Deutsche Telekom - Triumph International - windsor

Collin Croome’s Specialties:

strategic new media & internet expert, creativity, creative direction, project management, brand strategy, social media, website development, online-branding, online-marketing, team building and leadership, scoping and planning, CMS, photography, apple know-how, Macintosh old-timer (since 1987)

Collin Croome’s Experience

Founder and Owner

coma2 e-branding

(Internet industry)

February 1997 — Present (12 years 11 months)

For more than 10 years coma2 e-branding designed and created sophisticated websites and multimedia applications for premium fashion and lifestyle brands.
Managing Director & Key Account Manager

H2OMEDIA AG

(Online Media industry)

January 2008 — February 2009 (1 year 2 months)

H2OMEDIA is a new media agency specialized in viral marketing and Web 2.0 applications. The Munich based agency supplies the suitable concepts, creative contents, and custom-made business applications. H2OMEDIA was founded in 1998 and currently has 26 employees.
Multimedia Evangelist & Consultant

Apple Computer

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

March 1991 — October 2001 (10 years 8 months)

From 1991-2001 I worked for Apple as a multimedia evangelist, consultant, trainer and presenter. During this exciting decade I did most of the stage-presentations, tradeshows and multimedia workshops for Apple Computer in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

I provided internal and external consulting for Apple's multimedia products and technologies like QuickTime, VR, Apple Media Tool, Mac OS...

From 1992-1996 I developed and held the first official "Apple Multimedia Training" in Germany. On October 23, 2001 I presented the German and Austrian Apple iPod introduction.
New Media Evangelist

Apple Computer

(Public Company; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

February 1991 — October 2001 (10 years 9 months)

From 1991 to 2001 I worked for Apple Germany as a new media evangelist and multimedia marketing specialist.
Co-Founder & Project Manager

Nexus Group

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

February 1996 — February 1997 (1 year 1 month)

Design company
Multimedia Producer

Medialab

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)

February 1991 — June 1996 (5 years 5 months)

From 1991 - 1996 I was a freelanced multimedia producer at one of the very first multimedia agencies in Germany.

Back then we worked with programs like HyperCard, VideoWorks Interactive, SoundEdit, Macromind MacroModel, FutureSplash and the very first QuickTime version called Warhol to create interactive applications and multimedia terminals.

Collin Croome’s Education

Self-Taught

design, multimedia, internet, project management

Back in 1991 there were no multimedia course or study,

At 19 I self-employed myself and started to work for Apple Germany and Medialab, one of Germany’s first multimedia-agencies.