Erin Metzger

Current

Project Manager at FanBox
Co- Founder and Project Manager at WouldYouEatIt.net

Past

Viral Marketing Associate at ThisNext
Front Office Assistant at USC Davis School of Gerontology
New Media Intern at Fearless Records

Publicity Intern at Universal Music Enterprises

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Education

University of Southern California
University of Southern California

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Erin Metzger’s Summary

Burgeoning online media professional.

I am a start-up junkie. Let me know what your next big idea is and let's take over the world!

Erin Metzger’s Specialties:

project management

Erin Metzger’s Experience

Project Manager

FanBox

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

April 2009 — Present (4 months)

Manage teams for the following areas: IT, configuration management, database administration, software development, quality assurance, business intelligence, marketing and analytics.

If it is engineering/infrastructure at FanBox, I am helping make it happen.
Co- Founder and Project Manager

WouldYouEatIt.net

(Online Media industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year)

Project management: Member of a 4-person self-managed team that successfully launched a new website in 4 months; familiar with all aspects of online startups, including wireframing, PRDs/specs, interviewing prospective developers and designers, QA, marketing, and SEO.
Viral Marketing Associate

ThisNext

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

May 2008 — October 2008 (6 months)

* Lead user acquisition efforts through viral outreach on major social networks and online spaces.
* Initiated Welcome Team effort to extend and enrich the user lifecycle through dedicated user outreach.
Front Office Assistant

USC Davis School of Gerontology

(Higher Education industry)

May 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 4 months)

Assist in student recruitment efforts. Administrative help for the student services department. Clerical work and helping the Assistant Dean
New Media Intern

Fearless Records

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

June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

I assisted the director of new media in initiative to increase web presence for bands. Primarily worked to maintain band profiles and points of presence and create a robust fan community on the web.
Publicity Intern

Universal Music Enterprises

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Music industry)

January 2007 — April 2007 (4 months)

Erin Metzger’s Education

University of Southern California

Master's of Communication Management , Annenberg Program on Online Communities , 2008 — 2008

Activities and Societies:

Annenberg Program on Online Communities
University of Southern California

Bachelor's of Arts , Communication , 2004 — 2007

Activities and Societies:

Spirit of Troy: The University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band