Michael Francesconi

Current

Director, Community at Citysearch

Past

Director, Social Media at Fanscape
Manager, Community; Editor, Blog at The Huffington Post
Director, PR at United California Returns

Content Editor at TheSpotLA

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Education

University of Southern California
University of Southern California

Connections

168 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

Michael Francesconi’s Summary

there's too many of them, of us. too many, too similar. what are they all doing here? all this standing, all this standing, sitting, talking. just this loitering, lolling, this drinking of beer in thick glasses. i've risked everything for this? something needs to happen. something huge. the taking over of something. but this-this is obscene. how dare we be standing around, talking about nothing, not running in one huge mass of people, running at something, something huge? why do we all bother coming out, gathering here in numbers like this? we are wasting this.

Michael Francesconi’s Specialties:

community, engagement, social media, micro-media, WOM marketing, content creation, editorial excellence

Michael Francesconi’s Experience

Director, Community

Citysearch

(Public Company; Internet industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)
Director, Social Media

Fanscape

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

June 2008 — May 2009 (1 year )
Manager, Community; Editor, Blog

The Huffington Post

(Privately Held; Online Media industry)

December 2007 — June 2008 (7 months)
Director, PR

United California Returns

(Environmental Services industry)

September 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 2 months)
Content Editor

TheSpotLA

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

June 2006 — April 2007 (11 months)

Michael Francesconi’s Education

University of Southern California

BA , English - Creative Writing (w/ honors)

Magna Cum Laude, Renaissance Scholar, Metcalf Schaefer Scholar

Activities and Societies:

Phi Beta Kappa
University of Southern California

BS , Business - New Media Marketing

Magna Cum Laude, Renaissance Scholar, Marshall Scholar

Activities and Societies:

Alpha Lambda Delta, Beta Gamma Sigma, Golden Key, Phi Beta Kappa

Additional Information

Michael Francesconi’s Websites:

Michael Francesconi’s Interests:

meliorism, community building, local, social media, new ventures, editorial excellence, writing, reading, film, downtown los angeles, entrepreneurial zeal, dancing, all things music, cooking, all forums for conversation