Kevin Kanarek

Current

• Online Content Developer at Green21

Past

• Recruiter at Hi5
• Recruiting Research Manager at Chief People
• Software Sales at Fairfield Language Technologies

• Content & Technology Consultant at Self
• Education Technology Consultant at Media Workshop, a project of Bertelsmann publishing group

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Education

• New York University
• State University of New York at Albany

Recommended

3 people have recommended Kevin

Connections

174 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Resume
• My Blog

Kevin Kanarek’s Summary

My focus is search, content & communications:

* mining the internet
* reading between the lines
* writing documents that make sense to humans: content, language & layout
* writing documents that make sense to machines: keywords, structured data fields, links & organic SEO strategies

Kevin Kanarek’s Specialties:

Search & Research | Interviewing, Writing, Editing & Content Development | Website Design & Production | Search Engine Optimization (SEO) | Social Media Optimization (SMO) | Resource Management | Collaborative Tools & Best Practices | Educational Technology | linguistic & cultural localization, foreign languages (French, German, Hebrew)

Kevin Kanarek’s Experience

• Online Content Developer

  Green21

  (Privately Held; Media Production industry)

  October 2008 — Present (10 months)

  a multiplatform initiative of filmmakers, scientists and change agents creating a public television series about sustainability
  
  * research and author the social media strategy for Green21
  * write & edit web content, proposals and other documents
  * project manage development for the green21.org website
  * contribute to online product strategy
  * research and implement online and collaborative tools

• Recruiter

  Hi5

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  January 2008 — October 2008 (10 months)

  one of the top social networks worldwide, with over 50 million uniques and 18 billion page views per month
  
  * led the search for internet product managers, marketing managers, interaction designers, online ad professionals, localization managers and software engineers
  * wrote job descriptions and promotional copy about hi5
  * participated on relevent forums and blogs to raise the visibility of hi5 engineering initiatives

• Recruiting Research Manager

  Chief People

  (Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  November 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 2 months)

  * evaluated, implemented, documented and managed research resources
  * managed research budget, negotiated contracts with HotJobs, Monster, LinkedIn etc.
  * found candidates through boolean search of databases and the internet
  * filled openings at internet firms such as Gracenote, Open Table and Telephia/Nielsen Mobile
  * created and maintained company intranet to document resources and best practices

• Software Sales

  Fairfield Language Technologies

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  March 2005 — November 2006 (1 year 9 months)

  * represented a language-learning program for sales and demonstrations
  * developed core skills of negotiating, closing and ensuring customer satisfaction
  * acquired deeper, visceral appreciation of plays such as "Death of a Salesman" and "Glengarry Glen Ross"

• Content & Technology Consultant

  Self

  (Online Media industry)

  September 1999 — June 2004 (4 years 10 months)

  Based in New York City, built websites, developed web content and curriculum for clients including AOL/Time Warner, Scholastic Inc., the American Museum of Natural History, the New School for Social Research, and Applied Research & Consulting LLC (Market Research)
  
  For resume and writing samples, see:
  
  http://www.turnus.com/resume

• Education Technology Consultant

  Media Workshop, a project of Bertelsmann publishing group

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

  February 1997 — July 1999 (2 years 6 months)

  * served as principal onsite advisor to the Media Academy at Taft High School, Bronx NY
  
  * worked with teachers & their classes to integrate media & technology projects
  
  * designed & taught workshops on new media skills & issues for teachers at other New York City public high schools
  
  * assisted schools with strategic planning relating to hardware, software, networks & training

Kevin Kanarek’s Education

• New York University

  MS , Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) , 1994 — 1996

• State University of New York at Albany

  B.A. , Literature, Languages, Linguistics , 1980 — 1985

Additional Information

Kevin Kanarek’s Websites:

• My Resume
• My Blog

Kevin Kanarek’s Interests:

writing, content development, search, online video, social media optimization, sustainability

Kevin Kanarek’s Groups:

•    Green21

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