Crystal Williams

Current

Vice President, Professional Services at WorkHabit
Independent Web Producer at Crystal Williams Consulting

Past

Director of Technology Projects at Warner Bros Records
Producer at Sisu, Inc
Senior Production Designer at Raincity Studios

Creative Services Manager at Chameleon Creative Group

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Education

Scripps College

Connections

287 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

Crystal Williams’s Summary

Details-driven Senior Project Manager with experience running web, print, and promotional campaigns for Fortune 500 companies as well as start-ups and NPOs. Formerly a 50/50 split print/web graphic designer, copywriter, and front-end web developer. Also experienced in web2.0 social marketing and brand development.

Co-Organizer of BarCamps in Vancouver, Shanghai, and Los Angeles. Organizer of DrupalCampLA (2007 and 2008).

Crystal Williams’s Specialties:

Open-source technologies, Drupal, WordPress, and making standards-compliant, accessible websites beautiful enough for everyone to appreciate and fast-enough to survive whatever Slashdot can throw at them.

Traditional/Viral Marketing: Press/newswire releases, blogging/vlogging, social networks, visual and textual branding, and event organization.

Unconferencess and Community-Building.

Crystal Williams’s Experience

Vice President, Professional Services

WorkHabit

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

September 2008 — Present (11 months)

If you're a Drupal professional or Project Manager in the Sacramento or San Diego area, contact me! We have a fantastic and growing team.

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We build social networks for media and technology companies.
We like people. We love numbers.

In addition to a full services Professional Services group, which produces high quality, scalable websites for companies ranging from startups to Fortune 100s, WorkHabit offers the following innovative solutions for scalability and CMS deployment:

Elastic2: We are the first company to launch a fully managed auto-scaling pay-as-you go cloud-hosting service for Drupal with 24x7 support from real live humans.

CDN2: We are currently building a content delivery solution that plugs into Drupal, offers multiple content delivery networks to improve uptime, and that requires no long term contracts.
Independent Web Producer

Crystal Williams Consulting

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Project and Process Management Consultant specializing in Content Management System Implementations and social media integration.
Director of Technology Projects

Warner Bros Records

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Music industry)

February 2008 — July 2008 (6 months)

Technology Projects scoping and management, social media integration and partnerships, and finding ways to make cool ideas happen.
Producer

Sisu, Inc

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

December 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 3 months)

Project Management for Web and Print projects, Information Architecture, Feature Development, Project Scoping, Budgeting and Timelines, Resource Management, Client/Vendor/Contractor Management, Press Checks, and occasional Web Development.
Senior Production Designer

Raincity Studios

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

June 2006 — November 2006 (6 months)

Print and Web Design, Web Development, Internal Processes Organization, Internal Branding/Marketing, Conference Planning, Copywriting, and Blogging.
Creative Services Manager

Chameleon Creative Group

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

December 2002 — May 2006 (3 years 6 months)

Directed all creative work and branding for fledgling design and channel marketing company, including print design, web design and programming, and preparing original artwork. Created original graphics and designs for posters, brochures, buyer kits and other collateral. As a web designer and programmer, created a wide range of websites and html newsletters. Was also responsible for hiring and supervising contractors and directing in-house art staff.

Crystal Williams’s Education

Scripps College

B.A. , 1999 — 2003

Additional Information

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Crystal Williams’s Interests:

Game theory, network economics, memes, social theory, design, fine art, new technology, open-source development, electronic music, most other music, backpacking, travel, baseball, softball, cooking, healthy living, yoga, and sustainable living.