Director of National Sales @ Facebook, Inc.
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Director of National Sales at Facebook, Inc.
- Past
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- Consultant- Founder/Program Director at GoNewarkU!
- Strategic Consultant: Corporate Sponsorships at Arista Records & SonyBMG
- co-CEO: ClubVibes.com US at ClubVibes.com
- President & co-CEO at BlabberForce Enterprises, Inc.
- Co-CEO (Boston) at Club Vibes
- Internet Marketing Director & Board of Directors at Neato
- Co-Founder & COO at StartingPage.com
- Co-Founder and COO at LiveService.com
- Education
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- Babson College
- Connections
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500+
connections
- Industry
- Marketing and Advertising
- Websites
Kevin Colleran’s Summary
Kevin Colleran’s Specialties:
Everything entrepreneurial: Interactive Media Sales, Entertainment Marketing, Sponsorship Sales, and Business Development
Kevin Colleran’s Experience
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Director of National Sales
Facebook, Inc.
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 9 months)
National Sales Director overseeing the top advertising client relationsips for one of the largest website in the world: Facebook.com - One of first 10 employees for website that now has 200+ million active members
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Consultant- Founder/Program Director
GoNewarkU!
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Program Development industry)
March 2004 — February 2005 (1 year )
Recruited by a global philanthropist to work with several non profit organizations in Newark, New Jersey to create and implement a citywide nightlife and entertainment development plan for the growing city
Project resulted in the Creation and developed GoNewarkU!, a year long citywide program of events and discounts throughout Newark uniting 40,000 undergraduate and graduate students from Rutgers, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Medical & Dentistry, and Seton Hall Law School -
Strategic Consultant: Corporate Sponsorships
Arista Records & SonyBMG
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2003 — February 2004 (10 months)
• Hired to spearhead the formation and implementation of strategic partnerships with corporations interested in utilizing music and celebrity musicians in their marketing, promotions, advertising and brand development.
• Designed, negotiated, and implemented successful corporate endorsements, sponsorships, and strategic alliances with Starbucks, US Air Force, LG Electronics, 1-800-Flowers, Princeton Review, and other major corporations
• Developed and oversaw marketing exposure deals for artists including Pink, Avril Lavigne, Carlos Santana,
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co-CEO: ClubVibes.com US
ClubVibes.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
January 2000 — January 2004 (4 years 1 month)
• Negotiated and secured franchise rights for Boston, New York, Washington DC, Miami, and Chicago
markets from the largest global nightlife community and portal on the Internet
• Managed promotions team of 8 people in Boston market
• Coordinated all business development, marketing, and promotional efforts to grow Boston franchise into the largest nightlife website in the state of Massachusetts.
• Grew Boston membership from zero to nearly 15,000
• Developed and managed all client contracts, relationships, and marketing campaigns for Boston -
President & co-CEO
BlabberForce Enterprises, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2001 — May 2003 (2 years 5 months)
• Created college marketing, product sampling, and promotions company focused on Boston and other major
college communities and spring break destinations
• Built corporate relationships and managed all major clients (Fellowes, Net2Phone, MGM, Playboy, SuperClubs Resorts, StudentExpress Travel, Unity Clothing, BMG Music, etc)
• Managed 10 person team of regional managers
• Developed exclusive product sampling campaign (Cancun Survival-Pak) in Mexico
• New England franchisee of fastest growing Internet nightlife portal in North America
• Managed the cast of New Line Cinema’s “The Real Cancun” movie as well as performed booking agent duties
for cast members from the hit television show “The Apprentice” -
Co-CEO (Boston)
Club Vibes
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years )
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Internet Marketing Director & Board of Directors
Neato
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
June 1997 — January 2001 (3 years 8 months)
• Headed marketing effort in entertainment and college markets for company with $55 Million annual sales
and products available in 25,000 retail stores
• Aided Internet sales growth to over $5,000,000 in 2000
• Named to Board of Directors in November, 2000
• Created online and offline promotions and events aimed toward target markets including a worldwide label
design competition and school music fundraising program -
Co-Founder & COO
StartingPage.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year )
• Co-Built, branded, and developed internet portal focusing on entertainment with more than 1 million monthly users and 4 million monthly page views
• Grew revenues and profits by more than 500%
• Conducted negotiations for potential sale to international print media empire -
Co-Founder and COO
LiveService.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years )
• Developed first Internet company to invent, design, develop, and implement live online customer service technology through real time chat with customer service representatives based in Green Bay, WI. call center
• Maintained client management with initial 25 clients and organized contract/integration with service provider in India
Kevin Colleran’s Education
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Babson College
BA , Managment & Marketing , 1999 — 2003
Additional Information
Kevin Colleran’s Websites:
Kevin Colleran’s Interests:
Social networking, strategic partnerships, viral marketing, word of mouth
Kevin Colleran’s Groups:
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Hopkins School Alumni
Kevin Colleran’s Honors:
- Ernst & Young honorary 'Young Entrepreneur of the Year'
- MTVu (CTN) & Duckhead Clothing 'Entrepreneur of the Year'
Kevin Colleran’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
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