Owner / Chief Editor at Kezins.com
Charleston, West Virginia Area
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- Owner / Chief Editor at Kezins.com
- Past
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- News Editor - Marketing & Promotion Assistant at Ziff Davis Media
- Campus Security - Graphic Designer at Virginia Tech
- Writer at 1PStart.com
- Senior Sales Associate at Southland Corporation
- Soldier/ Transportation Specialist at United States Army
- Education
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- New River Community College
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William Snizek’s Summary
I am a unique person who is sincerely passionate about any work I become involved with. Working in the game industry has certainly been a dream for me and it's one of the few career paths I have taken where something new is learned every day. Professionally I am interested primarily in marketing and writing. In my spare time, I also do freelance art and photography.
William Snizek’s Specialties:
Marketing, Writing, HTML, Site Management, Database Management, E-marketing, Photography, Art, Security, Business Management...
William Snizek’s Experience
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Owner / Chief Editor
Kezins.com
(Online Media industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
After leaving Ziff Davis Media, I started Kezins.com, which was initially intended as a personal gaming blog, but has since developed into something much bigger. My experience operating Kezins.com includes:
• Obtained news stories for articles.
• Recruited and managed competent news staff.
• Proofread and corrected articles on site.
• Worked with companies such as Electronic Arts on review materials and interviews.
• Developed a new brand strategy and implemented systems to provide continual web site traffic growth.
• Generated various business partnerships to ensure growth of the site. -
News Editor - Marketing & Promotion Assistant
Ziff Davis Media
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
May 2007 — April 2008 (1 year )
During my time at Gaming Today, I wrote anywhere between 25-50 articles per week while doing extensive online marketing. I put in about 80-100+ hours of work each week. Some of my duties included:
• Obtained and published numerous news stories in order to offer quality articles to the readers of Gaming Today.
• Reviewed/previewed video game titles.
• Obtained new clients and contacts by actively seeking companies interested in working with Gaming Today.
• Promoted site assets on a daily basis successfully bringing site traffic to all-time high levels.
• Negotiated initial contact with companies concerning exclusive content for the site which was forwarded to Marketing Director.
• Promoted site interaction with users by encouraging site staff to place comments on stories as a high priority. -
Campus Security - Graphic Designer
Virginia Tech
(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Law Enforcement industry)
January 2004 — August 2007 (3 years 8 months)
Worked as an office services assistant and graphic designer for the Virginia Cooperative Extension. In early 2006, I switched to a position working campus security with the Virginia Tech Police Department.
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Writer
1PStart.com
(Entertainment industry)
January 2007 — May 2007 (5 months)
Wrote video game related news on a daily basis. Along with Daniel Perez, we rapidly expanded the site and eventually left 1PStart to work for news.filefront.com (Gaming Today) which is owned by Ziff Davis Media. 1PStart's traffic and performance rapidly grew after joining the site. In addition to writing on the site, I implemented numerous marketing strategies that caused the site to gain a lot of industry attention.
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Senior Sales Associate
Southland Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)
January 2003 — March 2004 (1 year 3 months)
Sales associate work while attending college. Responsible for forecasting sales and performing managerial level duties.
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Soldier/ Transportation Specialist
United States Army
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
September 1994 — March 2003 (8 years 7 months)
United States Army: 13B/13E/11B
Honorably discharged combat veteran. I served with the 1st Cavalry and 82nd Airborne Divisions.
After full time-active duty, I worked for the Department of Defense transporting sensitive items across the United States, Canada and Mexico often worth millions of dollars without a single incident.
William Snizek’s Education
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New River Community College
AAS , Marketing/Graphic Design , 2003 — 2006
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William Snizek’s Interests:
technology, video games, computers, music, art, photography, freelance writing, graphic design, marketing, military science, traveling
William Snizek’s Groups:
Veterans Of Foreign War, Disabled American Veterans, Freelancers Union
William Snizek’s Honors:
Numerous awards and medals while serving in the United States Army
William Snizek’s Contact Settings
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