Lex Friedman

Current

• Director of Community at Demand Media

Past

• Director of Demand Entertainment at Demand Media
• Co-Founder at The Daily Plate
• Director of Games at Fox Interactive Media

• Product Manager at Intermix
• Web Developer at Intermix

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Education

• Brandeis University

Connections

128 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company
• My Employer

Lex Friedman’s Summary

Internet guru.

I've co-founded a startup, later sold to a large Internet company. I've also worked at large Internet companies. I have experience and talent across many areas of the industry, and have worked as everything from back-end developer to front-end developer, from product management to community management, and excelled in all areas.

Lex Friedman’s Experience

• Director of Community

  Demand Media

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

  I interact with our sites' members on a daily basis. My job is to hear and respond to their concerns, and to then turn their feedback into actual product guidelines.
  
  Often times, a customer can tell when something on a website needs fixing/improving/adding/etc, but won't know the right solution. My talent is in hearing customer feedback and determining what the right product/community solutions are to improve our sites -- and those customers' collective experience there.
  
  I help drive product initiatives based on the community's needs, and keep tabs on the current state/satisfaction level of our members on an ongoing basis.

• Director of Demand Entertainment

  Demand Media

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

  November 2006 — April 2008 (1 year 6 months)

  I set the product direction for Demand's entertainment sites, including Cracked.com, FlowGo.com, and MadBlast.com. I oversaw the merging of 20+ sites into one for FlowGo.com, and helped execute Cracked.com's relaunch and acquisition/integration of PointlessWasteOfTime.com.
  
  I also hosted the comedy web series "The News on Cracked."

• Co-Founder

  The Daily Plate

  (Internet industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years )

  I helped build The Daily Plate, wearing several hats. I served as both the Director of Product Development and the sole Web Developer on the project.
  
  The Daily Plate was acquired by Demand Media in January 2008.

• Director of Games

  Fox Interactive Media

  (Public Company; Online Media industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

• Product Manager

  Intermix

  (Public Company; MIX; Internet industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year )

• Web Developer

  Intermix

  (Public Company; Internet industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year )

Lex Friedman’s Education

• Brandeis University

  1998 — 2002

Additional Information

Lex Friedman’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company
• My Employer

Lex Friedman’s Groups:

New England Experience Camp

•    Brandeis University Alumni Networking Group
•    Hiatt Career Center, Brandeis University Alumni & Student Professional Networking Group
•    The SAMFund for Young Adult Survivors of Cancer

Lex Friedman’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch