Darren Negraeff

Current

Marketing Manager at BrainBoost Education

Past

Manager and Editor, Case Writing Project at University of British Columbia
MBA Student at University of British Columbia
Marketing and Business Development Consultant at Earthcycle Packaging

Teacher/tutor at Brainboost Tutoring
Editor at FactSet Research Systems
Wholesale Driver at Terra Breads
Promoter at Boom Chicago
Summer Student/Clerk II at SaskEnergy

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Education

The University of British Columbia
University of Saskatchewan

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Darren Negraeff’s Summary

Looking for opportunities with an online marketing organization or in venture capital and finance. Interested in social media usage, SEO, and helping startup and smaller companies navigate growth stages.

Darren Negraeff’s Specialties:

design, market research, internet marketing, marketing strategy, new product development, branding, professional writing and editing, website design

Darren Negraeff’s Experience

Marketing Manager

BrainBoost Education

(Education Management industry)

March 2009 — Present (10 months)

Responsible for overall communications for the company, advertising and web design.

Check us out at:

http://www.brainboosteducation.com
Manager and Editor, Case Writing Project

University of British Columbia

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

September 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 1 month)

Responsible for the overall case writing process that will result in the creation of a library of 21 business cases for use by BC university students.

Cases are now available for free download at:
http://www.bcic.ca/case-library
MBA Student

University of British Columbia

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

September 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 4 months)
Marketing and Business Development Consultant

Earthcycle Packaging

(Packaging and Containers industry)

May 2008 — September 2008 (5 months)

Conducted in-depth market analysis for disposable foodservice packaging use including minimum scale requirements, competitive and segmentation dynamics, full forecast and modelling assumptions
Teacher/tutor

Brainboost Tutoring

(Education Management industry)

September 2005 — June 2008 (2 years 10 months)

• Created and implemented specialized learning programs for learning-disabled high school students in all subject areas and grade levels
• Designed exciting promotional and educational resources used company wide
Editor

FactSet Research Systems

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

September 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 1 month)
Wholesale Driver

Terra Breads

(Wholesale industry)

September 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 1 month)
Promoter

Boom Chicago

(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

January 2003 — September 2003 (9 months)
Summer Student/Clerk II

SaskEnergy

(Public Company; Oil & Energy industry)

September 1997 — September 2001 (4 years 1 month)

- worked in Marketing, Human Resources, and International for four consecutive summers (16 months in total) on many different projects, including: due diligence and planning for an urban gasification project in Chile; implementing succession planning software including proposals to executive; copyediting and design for PSA, SaskEnergy Network launch and other marketing materials

Darren Negraeff’s Education

The University of British Columbia

MBA , 2008 — 2009
University of Saskatchewan

BA , History , 1997 — 2001

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Darren Negraeff’s Interests:

Theory of the mind and cognitive science, how ideas spread through society, behavioural economics, advertising and marketing, and the rise of microcredit.