Virtual Assistant and Social Media Specialist/Marketing Agent
Greater Boston Area
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- Remote Agent at Undercurrent
- Organizer/Assistant at Podcamp Foundation
- Virtual Personal Assistant / Social Media Consultant at ChelPixie.com
- Project Lead / Promotions at Virtual Hot Wings
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- Events Coordinator/Assistant at SL Brand
- Warranty Claims Assistant - Customer Service and Support Staff at NEA Service Center
- Administrative Assistant / Receptionist at 330 Lawyers Group
- Office Assistant to President and Vice President at Renite Company
- Office Management at ImageNation Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)
- Education
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- Kaplan University
- Arkansas State University
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Michelle Wolverton’s Summary
Virtual Assistant and Social Media Consultant/Marketing Agent at chelpixie.com for several individual clients and companies.
Remote Agent for Undercurrent, a digital thinktank located in Boulder, New York and London.
Project Lead on Virtual Hot Wings, a fan released CD for Matthew Ebel of his Second Life tour. You can find out more at http://www.virtualhotwings.com
Organizer of Pocamp Boston 2, an unconference that is free to attend! http://www.podcampboston2.com/register
Michelle Wolverton’s Specialties:
*Social Media and Social Media Marketing (including Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIN)
*Virtual Assistant to Social Media Rockstars
*Conference Organization
*Music Marketing
Michelle Wolverton’s Experience
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Remote Agent
Undercurrent
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
April 2008 — Present (6 months)
At Undercurrent, I am one of the responsible individuals who are spreading the word of particular campaigns or marketing initiatives by seeding content using digital media outlets and tapping into their network. We take different approaches with each client depending on their goals.
Other responsibilities might include: research projects, writing blog post, editing videos, creating profiles, design projects, etc.
Campaigns: Stereofame, Cubby Bernstein, Tennis Channel -
Organizer/Assistant
Podcamp Foundation
(Online Media industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)
* Organizing team of unconference Podcamp Boston 2 held on the weekend of October 26-28, 2007
* Organizing team of unconference Podcamp Boston 3 - July 19 & 20th, 2008.
*Responsible for communications with attendees, organizing information needed on game day, creating conference guide, music event for Podcamp Boston 2, ordering equipment, setting up and breaking down the music equipment, communication with musicians regarding performances, working registration desk and well anything I can get my hands on and help out with! -
Virtual Personal Assistant / Social Media Consultant
ChelPixie.com
(Online Media industry)
June 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)
My company provides services in virtual assisting, managing projects and taking care of tasks in order to make my clients more efficient.
- Marketing agent and publicity management for Matthew Ebel Entertainment and Natalie Gelman.
- Management of social networks
- Database creation of contacts in any industry.
- Marketing and promotion of events including contests or releases via email, blogging, podcasts, and mainstream media.
Past and present clients:
crayon
Social Media Club - National
Chris Brogan
C.C. Chapman
Christopher Penn and the Student Loan Network
Podcamp Foundation
Howard Rheingold
Whitney Hoffman
Matthew Ebel
Laura Fitton - Pistachio Consulting
Connie Rece - Reece & Company
eMail Our Military
Drupal Productions
Kelle Sparta
Grant Robertson
xynoMedia Technology
Larry Lawfer
Josh Mormann
Greg Wilson - Adobe
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Project Lead / Promotions
Virtual Hot Wings
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
May 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
From start to finish this project has been a major breakthrough in the world of new media. Meeting Christopher Penn, another dedicated fan of Matthew Ebel, we collaborated on a CD titled Virtual Hot Wings to benefit Matthew Ebel. With Christopher recording, editing, and compiling the album through 70+ builds and creating the web content and transaction processing, we set out to then market the idea across the board, both in Second Life and real life.
Contact and promotion with the press in real life, Second Life, and working with podcasters to promote the product on air. Collaboration with builders regarding the creative and technical aspects with the creation of the virtual vendor in Second Life. Working with crayon in order to promote Virtual Hot Wings release through the Virtual Thirst campaign. Manager of Customer Service and Sales for album sales and post sale satisfaction.
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Events Coordinator/Assistant
SL Brand
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Events Services industry)
April 2007 — August 2007 (5 months)
This position is events management for an island in Second Life named Los Arboles. Home of www.slbrand.com, which specializes in events, building within Second Life and avatar creation and personalization. I am the assistant to co-owner Yxes Delacroix.
Events management in Second Life can cover anything from promotion to scheduling performers and other important components, getting the event out into the public to finding live/DJ'ed music for the event in question. Interaction with people of different diversities in order to communicate an event and invite people to attend. Creating press releases and making contact with the press corp. -
Warranty Claims Assistant - Customer Service and Support Staff
NEA Service Center
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Insurance industry)
April 2006 — February 2007 (11 months)
The core of this position was collaborating with major manufacturers of appliances (including but not limited to Maytag, GE, Whirlpool and Frigidaire) regarding warranty claims filing, payment and issues. This helped the manufacturers to refine the system so that payments were processed more quickly.
Also responsible for accounts receivables and collection with the use of QuickBooks, customer service, dispatch and scheduling calls for service technicians and general office duties, such as document preparation, faxing, mass mailing billing, and other support as needed. -
Administrative Assistant / Receptionist
330 Lawyers Group
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Law Practice industry)
February 2005 — February 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for directing incoming calls through switchboard with for 20 people within a small law practice. Position included providing office support and legal assistant support to 11 attorneys within the practice.
Client support and meeting attendance was a regular duty, discussing and listening to the details of cases and providing feedback and opinions on legal issues. Conduction of legal research using Lexis Nexis and the internet to prepare court documents for several attorneys within the firm to support their cases.
Project lead for Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America 5K marathon that took place with close to 200 attendees. Created the logo for the event using Photoshop and then was responsible for printing and mass mailing invitations and processing registration for runners as well as supporters.
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Office Assistant to President and Vice President
Renite Company
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Chemicals industry)
June 2004 — February 2005 (9 months)
My biggest responsibility was handling the shipment of equipment and chemicals including graphic compounds to companies both domestically and internationally, this position included interaction with international companies on a daily basis as a representative of both the President and V.P.
I worked with freight companies, U.S. Customs and international customs to determine the best way to ship, by land, sea and air and to make the product shipment go as smoothly as possible for all parties.
My responsibilities also included billing and invoicing customers, management of phone system and general office duties as needed, providing executive assistant support to both the President and Vice President of Renite. -
Office Management
ImageNation Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
January 2001 — September 2003 (2 years 9 months)
Office support for the first year, before advancing to office management and assistant to CEO and gaining supervisory experience with 3 employees
Management of major billing system in order to process invoicing clients and receiving payments
24/48 hours on call customer service and support
2+ years programming experience in HTML and Javascript
Michelle Wolverton’s Education
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Kaplan University
Bachelor of Science, Paralegal Studies, 2002 — 2006
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Arkansas State University
2001 — 2002
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Michelle Wolverton’s Interests:
virtual personal assistant, chelpixie.com, politics, new media, social media, blogging, Matthew Ebel, Second Life, marketing, podcasts, organization, conferences
Michelle Wolverton’s Groups:
Howard Rheingold's Brainstorms, Second Life, Relay for Life (Second Life), Lambda Epsilon Chi Honor Society, Twitter
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