Grady Locklear

Past

• Marketing Manager at EthicsPoint, Inc
• Marketing Analyst at EthicsPoint
• Intern at Pierpoint Design & Branding

• Staff Writer at The Whitworthian

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Education

• Whitworth College

Recommended

4 people have recommended Grady

Connections

171 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Website
• Twitter

Grady Locklear’s Summary

I am an intrepid marketer, communicator, content creator and social media theorist.

Grady Locklear’s Specialties:

Content creation, writing, B2B social media.

Grady Locklear’s Experience

• Marketing Manager

  EthicsPoint, Inc

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  December 2008 — December 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  Moved from a marketing analyst role to a content creator / community manager role.
  
  Created 25 client case studies.
  
  Produced four marketing whitepapers.
  
  Wrote bylined articles for industry publications, and submitted award nominations for clients.
  
  Primarily responsible for managing company social media efforts and strategies.
  
  Also helped host webinars in WebEx, conducted client benchmarking project, researched regulations for client resource section on our website, and liaisoned between clients and our PR group for industry articles.

• Marketing Analyst

  EthicsPoint

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  September 2008 — December 2008 (4 months)

  Conducted market research and competitive analysis.
  
  Researched and analyzed industry tradeshows and speaking opportunities.
  
  Learned and practiced how to host webinars in Live Meeting.
  
  Became Salesforce hero

• Intern

  Pierpoint Design & Branding

  (Graphic Design industry)

  November 2007 — May 2008 (7 months)

  Public Relations intern whose primary responsibility was to create, plan and promote the PierPong charity tournament. It was hugely successful and is now an annual event.
  
  Responsible for budgeting, logistics, volunteer recruitment, sponsor recruitment, media relations / press releases.
  
  Wrote website and brochure content for tournament.
  
  Managed social media sites and planned viral campaign.
  
  Helped re-write corporate brochure for Pierpoint.
  
  Helped produce promotional content for a major client.

• Staff Writer

  The Whitworthian

  (Newspapers industry)

  September 2007 — May 2008 (9 months)

  The Whitworthian is Whitworth University's award-winning weekly student newspaper.
  
  News team beat writer, opinion columnist; wrote online-exclusive content on a weekly basis.

Grady Locklear’s Education

• Whitworth College

  Communication , Writing, Public Relations , 2004 — 2008

Additional Information

Grady Locklear’s Websites:

• My Website
• Twitter

Grady Locklear’s Interests:

Marketing, Communication, Writing, Social Media, Ethics, Rhetoric, Philosophy, Politics Snowboarding, Music, Theatre, Improv

Grady Locklear’s Groups:

•    Portland Connect
•    Personal Branding Network
•    Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE)
•    Social Media Marketing
•    Freelance Success
•    Whitworth University
•    Brazen Careerist
•    Young Professionals of Portland
•    PDX Marketing Pros
•    Oregon Marketers Group
•    B2B Social Media
•    Corporate Integrity

Grady Locklear’s Contact Settings

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