Digital Strategist, EMI Music
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Senior Director of Digital Strategy at Capitol/Virgin EMI Music
- Past
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- Director of Design and Programming, New Media at Virgin Records
- New Media Consultant at Warner Music Group
- Project Manager / Producer at idealab
- Director of Technology at Metawire
- Technical Manager at News Corporation / 20th Century Fox
- Staff Recording Engineer at Groovemaster Recording Studio
- Staff Recording Engineer at Lionshare Recording Studio
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Jesse Kanner’s Summary
Experienced technology and design professional with proven ability to handle critical technical tasks and lead production teams in completing projects cheaply and efficiently. Focused on defining and maintaining effective online branding and user experience design. Took leadership role on projects in high-tech startups as well as established corporate environments. Particularly strong at articulating business needs to both technical and non-technical staff to ensure swift and accurate business successes.
Jesse Kanner’s Experience
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Senior Director of Digital Strategy
Capitol/Virgin EMI Music
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; EMI; Music industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Spearheaded cutting edge marketing analytics system. Served as Project Manager, System Architect and UX/IA Designer for online marketing and statistics portal.
Also responsible for leveraging emerging technologies and platforms to better promote and market EMI's music. Specific duties include integration analysis, platform extension, customization and testing as well as guiding staff about digital media best practices. -
Director of Design and Programming, New Media
Virgin Records
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; UK:EMI; Media Production industry)
July 2004 — August 2007 (3 years 2 months)
Supervised all new media production for Virgin Records America including artist websites, e-cards, and other online tools. Creative Director for all website design and artist online branding. Designed and created online materials.
Worked closely with EMI IT on CMS design and implementation. Designed and managed development of custom online tools.
Worked closely with artists and managers to achieve vision for online presence, tracked scope and provided online marketing solutions.
Devised online promotion strategies, analyze implementation, contained scope and managed integration. -
New Media Consultant
Warner Music Group
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; WMG; Online Media industry)
October 2002 — April 2004 (1 year 7 months)
Web application developement, internal tools design and development, CMS scoping, general consultation as to New Media best practices, statistics management
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Project Manager / Producer
idealab
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)
October 1999 — November 2000 (1 year 2 months)
Project manager for various Idealab company websites: dotTV (initial launch), Commission Junction (ad optimizer project), Launch.com. Position included business analysis, project scope management, timeline management.
Also oversaw internal tools developement projects (code maintenance and deployement systems, in-house high availability system, load balancing system). -
Director of Technology
Metawire
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
April 1997 — June 1999 (2 years 3 months)
Worked at boutique ISP catering to entertainment movers and shakers. Oversaw technical projects including: connectivity provisioning (ISDN, T1, FR), server deployment and upgrades, router setups, web application development. Managed customer support workflow. Evaluated experimental systems from technology partners such as Lucent and Torrent
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Technical Manager
News Corporation / 20th Century Fox
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AU:NWS; Media Production industry)
1995 — 1997 (2 years )
Technical management, backend design and implementation of various high profile web sites: official X-Files web site, fX Cable site. Designed and maintained LAN / WAN networks. Designed and implemented first-generation e-commerce platform for Official Major League Baseball site. Managed technical staff.
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Staff Recording Engineer
Groovemaster Recording Studio
(Media Production industry)
1991 — 1992 (1 year )
Staff Engineer for Jackson Browne's recording studio in Santa Monica. Worked with artists such as Pops Staples, 4 Non Blondes, Nicky Hopkins, Josh Freese, John Trudell and Engineers and Producers including Hans Zimmer, Ed Cherney and Dennis Herring.
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Staff Recording Engineer
Lionshare Recording Studio
(Online Media industry)
1990 — 1992 (2 years )
Staff Engineer at LSRS. Worked with artists such as Whitney Houston, Randy Newman, Barbra Streisand, Earth Wind & Fire, Stevie Nicks, Mike Nesmith and Engineers and Producers such as David Foster, LA and Babyface, John Boylan, David Cole and Al Schmitt.
