Robin Harper

Current

Consultant at First 30 Services
Advisory Board Member at Frenzoo

Past

Consultant at Metaplace
Vice President Marketing and Community Development at Linden Lab
VP, Marketing at Mondo Media

VP Marketing at Ninth House Network
VP Marketing at Maxis
VP Management Supervisor at FCB/SF

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Education

Lawrence University
University of Chicago

Recommended

8 people have recommended Robin

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

Robin Harper’s Summary

Working at the intersection of communication, community development and support infrastructure to design customer experience and build brands.

• Entrepreneurial marketer, known for successfully establishing SimCity and Second Life as the most widely recognized brands in their categories
• Demonstrated success building marketing organizations in early stage companies, focused on cross-functional collaboration and delivering measurable results
• Excellent communication, presentation and online community development skills
• Frequent speaker to marketing organizations on the impact of Web 2.0 and social media on brand and marketing programs

Robin Harper’s Specialties:

* Brand development
* Marketing communications
* Online community development
* Customer support
* Entrepreneurial marketing leadership

Robin Harper’s Experience

Consultant

First 30 Services

(Computer Software industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)

An exciting new community-driven website focused on teaching financial intelligence to young adults.
Advisory Board Member

Frenzoo

(Computer Software industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)
Consultant

Metaplace

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

March 2009 — September 2009 (7 months)

Consulted with Raph Koster and team on outreach and community building.
Vice President Marketing and Community Development

Linden Lab

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

2002 — 2009 (7 years )

Joined at the beginning, and led the team that launched, named and positioned Second Life. Member of exec team, oversee all communications, marketing programs and website, work closely with the online community.
VP, Marketing

Mondo Media

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Animation industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year )

A terrific opportunity to work with an extraordinary creative group, creating animated shows for the Internet. We distributed content to some of the best known portals of the time, and were on the edge of creating a new type of syndicated network.
VP Marketing

Ninth House Network

(Computer Software industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years )

Founding marketing executive for online media network targeting Fortune 1000 companies, utilizing client/server and Internet technologies to teach strategic business skills.
VP Marketing

Maxis

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ERTS; Telecommunications industry)

1991 — 1998 (7 years )

At Maxis I played a prominent role in their emergence as the leader in PC simulation games and was a core member of the executive team that guided the company through their IPO and subsequent sale to Electronic Arts. Also while at Maxis, I established SimCity as one of the most recognized brand names in entertainment software, and was named one of the marketing 100 by Advertising Age/Newsweek.
VP Management Supervisor

FCB/SF

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

1986 — 1991 (5 years )