Nico del Castillo

Current

• Social Media Research & Development at Rocket XL

Past

• Booking / Live Sound at The Cocaine
• Campaign Manager at Rocket XL
• Social Media Marketing Manager at M80

• Student Technology Assistant at Occidental College IT Services

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Education

• Occidental College

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Nico del Castillo’s Summary

Having grown up in the diverse world that is Los Angeles, my personality and talents match the same theme; being able to do many things, and doing them to be many things.

Nico del Castillo’s Specialties:

Adobe Photoshop, HTML, CSS, PHP, UNIX/Linux, FTP, Social Networking, Rich Media Manipulation, Microsoft Office Applications, PC and Mac, Troubleshooting

Nico del Castillo’s Experience

• Social Media Research & Development

  Rocket XL

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  October 2009 — Present (2 months)

  Apply experience in IT, web development, design, and Social Media for consultation to develop new strategies for clients and for internal use. Requires advanced electronic organization, maintaining a functional knowledge of emerging social media technologies, learning / utilizing / licensing proprietary CMS's, documentation including but not limited to that of web analytics and metrics, code debugging and troubleshooting, collaboration across all company departments as much as clients and contacts, and B2B business development with vendors, developers, and clients.

• Booking / Live Sound

  The Cocaine

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Music industry)

  May 2004 — November 2009 (5 years 7 months)

  Booking, organizing, and stage managing live music events which occur on a weekly basis at a bar in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo in downtown.

• Campaign Manager

  Rocket XL

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  December 2008 — October 2009 (11 months)

  Apply experience in IT, design, and Social Media for consultation, to manage internet based marketing campaigns, and to develop new strategies for clients and for internal use. Requires advanced electronic organization, keeping up to date on emerging social media technologies, learning / utilizing / licensing proprietary CMS's, documentation including but not limited to that of web analytics and metrics, code debugging and troubleshooting, collaboration across all company departments as much as clients and contacts.

• Social Media Marketing Manager

  M80

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2006 — November 2008 (2 years 5 months)

  Employ readily available information technology / web skills to manage internet based marketing campaigns. This position requires ability to handle heavy amounts of electronic organization, email, rich media, documentation, web analytics and metrics, web development, troubleshooting, and collaboration between coworkers as much as clients.

• Student Technology Assistant

  Occidental College IT Services

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2002 — May 2005 (3 years 5 months)

  Use and hone computer related skills and to assist / tutor other students as well as staff and faculty with information technology needs; this position required ability to work with a friendly attitude to teach the same skills to peers, and also required working knowledge of the following: HTML, CSS, Adobe Photoshop/ImageReady/Acrobat/Illustrator, hardware peripherals, file format conversions, software installation, virus/spyware/grayware removal.

Nico del Castillo’s Education

• Occidental College

  BA , English and Comparative Literary Studies , 2001 — 2005

Additional Information

Nico del Castillo’s Groups:

•    M80 Social Media Marketing & Online Publicity
•    Twenty Something Bloggers
•    Rocket XL

Nico del Castillo’s Contact Settings

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• expertise requests
• business deals
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