Dave Coustan

Current

• Vice President, Edelman Digital at Edelman

Past

• Independent Consultant at Extraface
• Blog Master at EarthLink
• Producer/Writer at HowStuffWorks/Stuffo

• Co-founder at Tiny Envelope (Sole Proprietorship)
• Media Producer at New England Research Institutes
• Creative Director at Giantheads.com
• Web and Multimedia Producer at Circle.com

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Education

• Emerson College
• Columbia University in the City of New York

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Connections

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Industry

Online Media

Dave Coustan’s Summary

I specialize in solving problems, developing things people like to read, play with, use, and watch, communicating like a human being, and helping others do the same.

Dave Coustan’s Experience

• Vice President, Edelman Digital

  Edelman

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  August 2008 — Present (2 months)

• Independent Consultant

  Extraface

  (Internet industry)

  November 2007 — August 2008 (10 months)

  I help companies with content and social media strategy and tactics. Recent and current clients include Turner Broadcasting's SuperDeluxe.com, Nimblefish.com, and Blake Makes.

• Blog Master

  EarthLink

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ELNK; Online Media industry)

  October 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 2 months)

  Primary point of direct human contact for the online world, including customers, business partners, technology industry bloggers, and rude robotic spam machines.
  
  I wrote and ran Earthling, EarthLink's official corporate blog, and consulted on social media and marketing, communications, and community application strategy across all of EarthLink's business units.

• Producer/Writer

  HowStuffWorks/Stuffo

  (Online Media industry)

  September 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 1 month)

  I co-developed and launched Stuffo, HowStuffWorks' entertainment and popular culture sub-brand. When it debuted on the HowStuffWorks.com home page, my Stuffo article "Finding The A-Team" set the site's single day traffic record.
  
  As Staff Writer, I also wrote HSW articles on subjects ranging from spyware and smart phones to the Stryker military vehicle platform, several of which were featured on Fark, Slashdot, and Digg.

• Co-founder

  Tiny Envelope (Sole Proprietorship)

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

  June 2002 — December 2004 (2 years 7 months)

  Tiny Envelope designed, produced, and sold 2" x 2" envelopes made from found materials. We sold thousands of envelopes and won accolades in DailyCandy.com, WeddingBells Magazine, Fox Morning News Seattle, and the print edition of Financial Times.

• Media Producer

  New England Research Institutes

  (Research industry)

  September 2001 — May 2004 (2 years 9 months)

  I managed NERI's in-house resources for Web and multimedia development and led individual projects. Our group developed web sites, flash components, videos, and CD-ROM’s for medical education, medical device technology, and public health grant projects.

• Creative Director

  Giantheads.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  March 2000 — May 2003 (3 years 3 months)

• Web and Multimedia Producer

  Circle.com

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  November 1997 — March 2000 (2 years 5 months)

Dave Coustan’s Education

• Emerson College

  MA, New Media, 1997 — 1999

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  1993 — 1997