President & Co-founder, Votigo, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- President & Co-founder at Votigo, Inc.
- Past
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- Vice President, Interactive at United Online, Inc. [NetZero, Juno, BlueLight,]
- Director, Web Development at AimTV, Inc.
- Director, Web Development at Pro Graph-X, Inc. (Nine O'clock New Media)
- Web Designer / Webmaster at RandomNoise, Inc.
- Education
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- University of Colorado at Boulder
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Jim Risner’s Summary
Votigo, Inc. is the leading social media technology and service provider enabling businesses to better engage and communicate with their customers through the use of user-generated video & photo contests, branded social networks, and social network applications.
We help Fortune 500 companies, advertising agencies, PR firms, publishers, media companies and brands including Victoria’s Secret PINK, KOHL's, Sharpie, Gardenburger, ConocoPhillips, Pandora, and The Motley Fool navigate the social web and exceed their marketing goals through our suite of social media solutions.
Jim Risner’s Experience
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President & Co-founder
Votigo, Inc.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
As President & Co-founder of Votigo, Inc., a leading online social media marketing and technology company, Jim is responsible for strategic vision, sales and marketing, business development, user-interface and interaction design. He is an award-winning web marketing executive and social media, design and interaction expert with over 12 years experience in interactive marketing and web development.
www.votigo.com
Clients include: Victoria's Secret PINK, L'oreal, KOHL's, Sharpie, Gardenburger, ConocoPhillips, Epic, NBC Universal, Pandora, Motley Fool, Gibson, and Capitol Records -
Vice President, Interactive
United Online, Inc. [NetZero, Juno, BlueLight,]
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; untd; Internet industry)
December 1999 — September 2006 (6 years 10 months)
Responsible for the online and software user experience for NetZero, Juno, NetZero Voice, PrivatePhone, BlueLight and United Online brands. Worked closely with Sr. Management, Product Management, Marketing, Sales and Technology to increase revenue and subscriber growth, define product strategy, consumer experience, user flow and brand identity. Played major role in successful integration of online presence after the acquisitions of Juno Online, BlueLight Internet Service, About Web Services, and AimTV.
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Director, Web Development
AimTV, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
April 1999 — December 1999 (9 months)
Created the brand identity and online presence. Designed software graphical user interface. Created product demos. AimTV, Inc. was acquired by NetZero in 1999.
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Director, Web Development
Pro Graph-X, Inc. (Nine O'clock New Media)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
May 1998 — May 1999 (1 year 1 month)
Directed team of web designers and developers creating mostly e-commerce websites.
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Web Designer / Webmaster
RandomNoise, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
May 1997 — May 1998 (1 year 1 month)
Designed and maintained website for RandomNoise. Designed software GUI for second version of java-based web design product. (Coda 2.0). Created product demos.
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Jim Risner’s Honors:
Interactive Digital Entertainment Award for netzero.com, 2000
Best Marketing and Promotional Website
