Director, Online Video Product Mgmt at Public Broadcasting Service
Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Current
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- Director, Product Management, Online Video at Public Broadcasting Service
- Advisor at Rocketboom
- Past
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- Vice President, Product Development at Odeo
- Founder & CEO at FireAnt
- Information Architect at Plum TV
- Education
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- Parsons School of Design
- The College of William and Mary
- University of Virginia
- Connections
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- Industry
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Joshua Kinberg’s Summary
Product Strategist and UX Specialist seeking to create a foundation for independent, decentralized, and sustainable creativity.
Joshua Kinberg’s Specialties:
Product strategy with an emphasis on user experience, web application design and development, new media production & web syndication
Joshua Kinberg’s Experience
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Director, Product Management, Online Video
Public Broadcasting Service
(Non-Profit; Media Production industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
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Advisor
Rocketboom
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
September 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)
Rocketboom is a pioneering daily videoblog featuring news, comedy, and stories about Internet culture. Rocketboom is produced by Andrew Baron in New York City.
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Vice President, Product Development
Odeo
(Internet industry)
August 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Developed strategic vision for Odeo’s consumer destination website, Odeo.com (500K registered users, 3M page views/month), focusing on media search & discovery, and sharing & organizing audio & video content from thousands of sources. Developed strategic partnerships & content licensing agreements with leading online media producers. Identified & secured relationships with key technology development contractors. Served as company spokesperson at major industry-related conferences & events.
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Founder & CEO
FireAnt
(Internet industry)
October 2004 — August 2007 (2 years 11 months)
Acquired by SonicMountain/Odeo (2007). Created pioneering desktop media player and RSS aggregator for Windows & Mac. Developed thriving user community (500K downloads), and organized community meet-ups, mailing lists, workshops, video screenings, & presentations. Led business development, and positioned company for successful acquisition. Led software development from initial concept through three major release cycles. Established project vision & strategic goals, managed QA process, user testing & feedback, and interface design. Served as company spokesperson at major conferences & events.
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Information Architect
Plum TV
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
November 2004 — June 2005 (8 months)
Created and managed web-based software to remotely publish and administer on-air information graphics and news crawl for five independent cable television stations. Created and maintained Drupal-based company website. Features included mini-sites for independent television stations and programs, job listing board, and banner ad campaign management.
Joshua Kinberg’s Education
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Parsons School of Design
MFA , Design and Technology , 2002 — 2004
Focused on Blogging/Social Software, Participatory Media, Contagious/Viral Media, Wireless Technology, Physical Computing
- Activities and Societies:
- Thesis Exhibition Committee (Co-President)
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The College of William and Mary
BA , Studio Art & Art History , 1998 — 2001
- Activities and Societies:
- Comic Strip artist for the "Flat Hat" student newspaper.
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University of Virginia
Liberal Arts 1997 — 1998
Additional Information
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Joshua Kinberg’s Interests:
Technology, Video, Social Media, Blogs, Podcasts, RSS, Web Services, Interface Design, User Experience, Movies, Comics
Joshua Kinberg’s Groups:
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV), Node101, Unmediated
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Web Managers Roundtable
Joshua Kinberg’s Honors:
Academic Scholarship (Parsons), Artist Grant: Future of the Present (Franklin Furnace)
Joshua Kinberg’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
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- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
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