Product Management & Design at Yahoo!
London, United Kingdom
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- Product Management & Design at Yahoo!
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- Principle Product Experience Designer at Yahoo!
- Owner at Chatsum
- Consultant at Freelance (Self-employed)
- Research Assistant at Institute of Digital Art and Technology, University of Plymouth
- Lecturer at Institute of Digital Art and Technology, University of Plymouth
- Director at Limbomedia
- Multimedia Production Assistant at Real World
- Education
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- Royal College of Art
- University of Plymouth
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George Grinsted’s Summary
George Grinsted is a Product Manger specialising in mobile and internet technologies. Currently working within Yahoo! Inc.'s Mobile division, George has worked on products including Yahoo! Mobile Mail, Yahoo! Mobile Messenger, Yahoo! oneConnect and Yahoo! onePlace.
George has experience working in educational, corporate, research and start-up environments. As well as an extensive knowledge of digital media production methods, George also has a long history of research into the cultural impact of the Internet and its associated production models.
George Grinsted’s Specialties:
Broad knowledge of business, research and academic environments. Extensive knowledge of the cultural impact of the internet. Wide range of technical skills used for the production of networked services for desktop and mobile.
George Grinsted’s Experience
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Product Management & Design
Yahoo!
(Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
Product Manager and Lead Designer for owned and operated mobile Mail products.
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Principle Product Experience Designer
Yahoo!
(Public Company; YHOO; Internet industry)
December 2006 — January 2009 (2 years 2 months)
Working for Yahoo! Mobile within the Connected Life department as an Product Experience Designer dealing mainly with mobile phone software and services.
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Owner
Chatsum
(Online Media industry)
January 2006 — December 2008 (3 years)
Co-Founder and Director of Chatsum social networking service.
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Consultant
Freelance (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
April 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 9 months)
Freelance new media consultant specialising in Internet technologies.
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Research Assistant
Institute of Digital Art and Technology, University of Plymouth
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
April 2004 — August 2004 (5 months)
Research assistant working on Arch-OS: Operating Systems for Buildings. See more here: http://www.arch-os.com
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Lecturer
Institute of Digital Art and Technology, University of Plymouth
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2000 — August 2004 (4 years)
Lecturer and Module Leader for the BSc (Hons) Digital Art and Technology programme. Teaching programming techniques, media production and media theory to up to 75 students at a time.
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Director
Limbomedia
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
September 2000 — August 2004 (4 years)
Co-Founder and Director of Internet Technologies and Education
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Multimedia Production Assistant
Real World
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)
July 1998 — July 1999 (1 year 1 month)
Multimedia Production Assistant working on the Real World family of websites.
George Grinsted’s Education
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Royal College of Art
2004 — 2006
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University of Plymouth
BSc (Hons) , MediaLab Arts , 1996 — 2000
Additional Information
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George Grinsted’s Interests:
Internet, Web 2.0, Communities, Software Design, Longboarding, Photography, Cooking, Eating Cake
George Grinsted’s Groups:
Lipson Knights
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University of Plymouth Alumni Network
George Grinsted’s Honors:
Most Analogue, MediaLab Arts Graduate Awards, 2000
Most Technically Innovative, Submerge Graduate Awards, 2000
George Grinsted’s Contact Settings
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