Director of New Media at Sound Publishing
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Director of New Media at Sound Publishing
- Past
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- Director of Dynamic Media & Information Technology at Sound Publishing, Inc.
- Director of Information Technology at Sound Publishing, Inc.
- IT Specialist at Sound Publishing, Inc.
- News Photographer at Sound Publishing, Inc.
- Reporter/Photographer at The Hermiston Herald
- Medical Photographer at Washington University
- Education
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- The Evergreen State College
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Seth Long’s Summary
Head of New Media dept. interested in growing beyond print by making use of current technologies to extend community online for our readers and focus on the local advantage.
Seth Long’s Specialties:
medium-scale systems and operations integration, online product design/marketing/launch strategies, network management, workflow analysis and design, newspaper business and production system design, remote worker management
Seth Long’s Experience
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Director of New Media
Sound Publishing
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
December 2007 — Present (2 years )
Responsible for developing and growing Sound Publishing's online operations and revenue potential. Identify new or overlooked online markets then develop, launch, and manage sales of products to fit said markets.
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Director of Dynamic Media & Information Technology
Sound Publishing, Inc.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
May 2007 — December 2007 (8 months)
Responsible for developing and growing Sound Publishing's online operations and revenue potential. Identify new or overlooked online markets then develop, launch, and manage sales of products to fit said markets.
Manage IT support staff for the Northwest's largest publisher of community newspapers. Designed and manage large wide area network. Implemented and maintain centralized, mixed-platform managed desktop system based on Apple Open Directory and Microsoft Active Directory. Managed transition to new desktop publishing system across the entire enterprise. Manging transition to new VoIP telephony systems, front-end order entry systems, back-end financial systems, and production workflow systems across enterprise. Currently managing both IT and public internet properties as company triples in size. -
Director of Information Technology
Sound Publishing, Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 1998 — May 2007 (9 years 2 months)
Manage IT support staff for the Northwest's largest publisher of community newspapers. Designed and manage large wide area network. Implemented and maintain centralized managed desktop system based on Apple's Open Directory. Managed transition to new desktop publishing system across the entire enterprise. Currently managing both IT and public internet properties as company triples in size. Managing systems and network integration with two recent acquisitions.
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IT Specialist
Sound Publishing, Inc.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1997 — April 1998 (8 months)
Provided end-user support for publisher of community newspapers. Managed local file servers, workstations, printers, LANs.
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News Photographer
Sound Publishing, Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 1996 — March 1998 (1 year 8 months)
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Reporter/Photographer
The Hermiston Herald
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)
March 1995 — August 1996 (1 year 6 months)
Reporter and photographer for small-town rural weekly newspaper in Hermiston, Oregon. Covered education, agriculture, water issues, nerve gas storage and disposal, municipal governments, features.
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Medical Photographer
Washington University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Photography industry)
June 1994 — December 1994 (7 months)
Photographed medical samples, patients, and surgical procedures. Reproduced, in slide form, research and educational materials.
Seth Long’s Education
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The Evergreen State College
BA , Journalism, Documentary Photography , 1990 — 1994
- Activities and Societies:
- Cooper Point Journal student newspaper, documentary film and video
Additional Information
Seth Long’s Websites:
Seth Long’s Interests:
mobile, local, online community
Seth Long’s Groups:
Media Advisory Committee, The Evergreen State College (1996-2000)
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Online News Association -
The Evergreen State College Alumni
Seth Long’s Honors:
1st Place, Best Classified Site/Vertical (All circulation classes combined) - PNWAUTOS.COM - 2009 Suburban Newspaper Association Community Web Site Contest
1st Place, Best Collaborative Project (All circulation classes combined) - PNWLOCALNEWS.COM - 2009 Suburban Newspaper Association Community Web Site Contest
1st Place, Best Video Initiative (Class C) - PNWLOCALNEWS.COM - 2009 Suburban Newspaper Association Community Web Site Contest
Seth Long’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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