Marcy Mendelson

Current

Online Communities Coordinator at Sierra Club

Past

Content Manager at Crowdstar
Community Manager & Chief Social Media Officer at Blogtronix
Marketing Copywriter at Jaman

Editor/ Online Publisher at Root Magazine
Content Administrator/ Executive Assistant at Urth.tv
Photo Editorial Intern at Curve Magazine
Artist Representative at Artist Untied

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Education

Rhode Island School of Design

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Photography

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Marcy Mendelson’s Summary

Marketing Copywriter, Online Community Professional with experience working in Social Media Networks as well as Advertising Photography

Project Management & Client Relations
Online Community Building & Marketing
Copywriting & Short Bursts of Journalism
Culture & Trend Research
Creative Consultant & Portfolio Review
Digital File Management including Scanning and Retouching
Adobe Photoshop * Basic HTML * MS Office * Mac & PC *

Social Media: Youtube, Jaman, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Tribe, Beebo, Utata, Flickr, MyArtSpace,Typepad, Blogger, etc...

Marcy Mendelson’s Experience

Online Communities Coordinator

Sierra Club

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2009 — Present (4 months)

Sierra Club Green Home and Sierra Club Social Networks coordinator of marketing, promotions and partnership outreach.
Content Manager

Crowdstar

(Internet industry)

April 2009 — August 2009 (5 months)

• Hire, train and manage team of contractors for content approvals, proofreading and promotion of UGC applications on Facebook.
• Manage contracts, timesheets and schedules of team.
• Partner with Community Manager to assist in promotional strategies.
• Write promotional Trivia, Quiz and Gift applications on Facebook.
• Research, purchase & maintain stock photography account.
• Test and report bugs for developers of new software products.
• Create a company-wide strategy adhering to current Copyright Law & work with EFF, consulting lawyers to bring company up to current laws and standards.
• Write Terms of Service/ Terms of Use across all products and applications.
• Implement flagging system for UGC and respond to reports.
• Writing demo copy for UGC software.
• Create & write copy for Quiz product: ‘Personality Types & Moods’.
• Track & remove offensive language, hate-speech, etc. across all products and applications.
• Monitor community forums.
• Promoting apps based upon trend research, Facebook memes, and popular culture.
• Handpick & proof 200 UGC apps for new iPhone App: “Know-It-All 80’s Trivia”.
Community Manager & Chief Social Media Officer

Blogtronix

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

August 2008 — January 2009 (6 months)

• Create content and assist in building Blogtronix Community site dealing with the topics of Enterprise 2.0 and Web 3.0 technologies and marketing strategies / trends.
• Assist marketing team with leads and information.
• QA Blogging software and report to Software Developers in Europe.
• Copywriting taglines and marketing collateral.
• Project Manage design of Collaterals and User Interface of Company Blog.
• Research viral marketing trends
• Create / Build / Maintain BTX Facebook, Twitter & Flickr accounts
Marketing Copywriter

Jaman

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

December 2007 — November 2008 (1 year )

• Research, write and develop plot synopses for marketing copy of films to international audiences for the intent of online purchase and download.
• Contribute to customer reviews.
• Clean up previous writer’s copy to follow new/ current standards reset by the company.
• Assist lead writer in meta-data research and proofreading.
• Maintain detailed spreadsheets for content, uploads and coordination of live films.
Editor/ Online Publisher

Root Magazine

(Online Media industry)

April 2006 — July 2008 (2 years 4 months)

Online Publisher of Root Magazine: An online source of Global Dance Culture.
RootMag.typepad.com
• Source all material from video to photography and written content from around the world. Established contributors include well known names throughout the World Dance and Music communities.
• Write all press releases, media kit, newsletters and taglines (Global Dance Culture: Where Humanity Comes Together in Movement).
• Maintain partnerships with Lonely Planet and Rough Guides for advertising, reader contests, and editorial reviews of publications.
• Work with graphic designer providing creative direction/ concept to develop company logo, headline and media kit
Content Administrator/ Executive Assistant

Urth.tv

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)

Content Administrator 5.07 – 8.07
• Manage all incoming user content for social media networking site with 5000 + members.
• Create and track timeline for front page publication
• Manage & oversee interns working on creative look and feel of marketing documents.
• Design business cards & rate sheet.
• Outreach to members and featured producers.
• Write all video editorials, Editor’s Pick newsletter, advertising rate sheet copy.
• Source front page news stories.
• Assist on other projects as needed.
Photo Editorial Intern

Curve Magazine

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

February 2006 — May 2006 (4 months)

Photo Editorial Intern
• Assist Photo Editor and Executive Editor of national publication in sourcing images, fact-checking, and file management for 3 issues.
• Write reviews of beauty and bath products.
• Track all incoming images and source appropriate titles, captions and credits.
• Research imagery from multiple entertainment press companies.
Artist Representative

Artist Untied

(Partnership; Photography industry)

January 2005 — January 2006 (1 year 1 month)

• Manage calendars and assignments of over 20 creative professionals in advertising photography.
• Field incoming calls from clients, producers, executives.
• Handle booking of artists, assistants, etc.
• Track shipping of portfolios, opening and closing of office.
• Consult with artists on portfolio layouts in books and online.

Marcy Mendelson’s Education

Rhode Island School of Design

1991 — 1995

Additional Information

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Marcy Mendelson’s Interests:

Online Social Networking and Community Building, Dance, Culture, Travel, New Technology, Photography Production, Location Scouting, Weddings and Events.