freelance web marketing, event planning, photography
Greater Boston Area
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- Business Manager at Alchemy Wine LLC
- Website Project Manager (contract) at Pearson Education
- Host at Free Agent Jungle
- Freelance Photographer at Sooz Photography
- Freelance Event Planning and Web Marketing at Sooz
- Past
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- Web Marketing Consultant at SolidWorks
- Event Marketing (contract) at Acquia
- Event Planner at Drupalcon Boston 2008
- Interactive Media Director at BostonNOW
- Account Manager at EditShare
- Creative Agent at Randstad USA
- Studio Manager at Joshua Darden Studio
- Marketing Consultant at Real Estate Cafe
- Marketing Consultant at Rock & Roll Library
- Event Coordinator at Ryze Boston
- Field Marketing Consultant at Nokia Internet Communications
- Web Marketing at SpeechWorks
- Web Marketing at Centerstone Software
- Event Planner at Geek Pride Festival
- Marketing Coordinator at Wild Web
- Executive Assistant at MediaOne
- Education
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- Doane College
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Susan Kaup (Sooz)’s Experience
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Business Manager
Alchemy Wine LLC
(Food & Beverages industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
I am working with wine consultant Seth Hill to establish his events business. Alchemy Wine specializes in artisanal wine, spirits, and beer that reflect distinct cultural identities and authentic production methods based on agricultural rather than industrial practices.
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Website Project Manager (contract)
Pearson Education
(Public Company; PSO; Publishing industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
Working with the Math Media Group at Pearson Education on the redesign of MyMathLab.com.
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Host
Free Agent Jungle
(Events Services industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
solo but not alone ... Free Agent Jungle is an events and education company for people working on their own. I ran a monthly lunch for freelancers 1999-2004 and it relaunched as Free Agent Jungle in 2009. A monthly networking lunch and weekly office hours/coworking meetup take place in Boston with plans for events in other cities on the way.
* The launch of Free Agent Jungle was featured on the front page of the business section of The Boston Globe on March 9, 2009: http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/03/09/alone_together/ -
Freelance Photographer
Sooz Photography
(Photography industry)
2005 — Present (4 years)
What started as concert photography has transformed into freelance photography for special events, weddings, food and venues.
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Freelance Event Planning and Web Marketing
Sooz
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 1998 — Present (10 years 11 months)
I've hosted social networking and tech events in Boston since 1998. It all started with a sushi dinner party for web cohorts in town for the Web98 conference.
In 2000 I organized The Geek Pride Festival at the Boston Park Plaza Castle.The 12-hour event was attended by 3,000 people and included celebrity geek speakers, a 500-person Quake tournament, bands, chair massages, hacking stations, giveaways and more. Press included ABC News, MIT Technology Review, CTO Magazine, CIO Magazine, The Boston Herald, The Boston Globe and The Boston Phoenix.
In 2002 I created ExploitBoston.com, a Boston music blog and concert guide.
In 2006, 2007 and 2008 I was a co-organizer of Podcamp Boston, coordinating the registration desk.
I was the event planner for Drupalcon Boston at the Boston Convention Center March 2008 attended by over 850 people. (See separate job description.) -
Web Marketing Consultant
SolidWorks
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; DASTY; Computer Software industry)
June 2008 — December 2008 (7 months)
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Event Marketing (contract)
Acquia
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
March 2008 — June 2008 (4 months)
Acquia is a new software company that will provide value-added software products and services for the Drupal social publishing system. Company founders are Dries Buytaert, the original creator and project lead of the Drupal open source web content management system, and Jay Batson, previously founder and CEO of Pingtel.
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Event Planner
Drupalcon Boston 2008
(Non-Profit; Internet industry)
January 2008 — March 2008 (3 months)
Event planner for Drupalcon Boston 2008, March 3-6 at the Boston Convention & Expo Center. Drupalcon is the twice-yearly gathering of Drupalers to learn about, discuss & advance Drupal (an open source content management system) and to network with other Drupal community members.
I coordinated all logistics for the conference. 850+ people attended the four day conference. 125+ people participated in the Drupal Code Sprint at MIT.
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Interactive Media Director
BostonNOW
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
May 2007 — January 2008 (9 months)
Manager of the web team at BostonNOW -- Boston's free daily newspaper. BostonNOW integrates reader participation (blogs, comments, tagging) with traditional journalism and editorial content.
Key initiatives:
* Managed the transition to an open source content management system (Drupal).
* Worked with managing editors for daily integration of online content within the print newspaper.
* Produced the daily news meeting webcast open to the public.
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Account Manager
EditShare
(Privately Held; Computer Hardware industry)
October 2006 — May 2007 (8 months)
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Creative Agent
Randstad USA
(Public Company; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
June 2006 — October 2006 (5 months)
As a creative agent at Randstad's Creative & Technical branch I worked with creatives in the web/tech/internet/print worlds and the companies who hire them.
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Studio Manager
Joshua Darden Studio
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 9 months)
I worked with the owner to establish his type design studio. My role encompassed operations, administration and marketing.
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Marketing Consultant
Real Estate Cafe
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Services industry)
2004 — November 2005 (1 year)
The Real Estate Cafe provides innovative services to home buyers and sellers. As a marketing consultant I've helped develop and implement strategies for event planning, company weblogs, podcasting and web marketing.
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Marketing Consultant
Rock & Roll Library
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
January 2003 — December 2004 (2 years)
Planned benefit concerts with program and promotion committee. Provided logistic support for fundraising events. Contributed content and editing for rocklibrary.com website and the Music Archive Database.
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Event Coordinator
Ryze Boston
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Events Services industry)
November 2003 — August 2004 (10 months)
Chairperson for the Ryze Boston network. Recruit and welcome new members to online network. Plan, promote and host monthly offline (in-person) business networking events. The first event in January 2004 was featured in The Boston Globe. (http://www.bostonevent.ryze.com)
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Field Marketing Consultant
Nokia Internet Communications
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 2003 — August 2003 (6 months)
Coordinated event logistics for the Americas Field Marketing department including a product launch and six city roadshow.
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Web Marketing
SpeechWorks
(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)
January 2001 — September 2001 (9 months)
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Web Marketing
Centerstone Software
(Internet industry)
April 2000 — January 2001 (10 months)
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Event Planner
Geek Pride Festival
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Events Services industry)
August 1999 — April 2000 (9 months)
Produced the Geek Pride Festival attended by over 3,000 curious individuals at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. The 12-hour event included a 500-person Quake gaming tournament, geek celebrity speakers, activities and bands. Press received for the event included ABC News, MIT Technology Review, CTO Magzine, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald and radio stations around the United States. I helped raise $90,000 in sponsorships.
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Marketing Coordinator
Wild Web
(Broadcast Media industry)
December 1998 — July 1999 (8 months)
Wild Web was a television show and website about pop culture on the internet syndicated by CBS.
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Executive Assistant
MediaOne
(Public Company; Internet industry)
January 1997 — July 1998 (1 year 7 months)
Assistant to the Senior Vice President of broadband data services.
Susan Kaup (Sooz)’s Education
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Doane College
1991 — 1994
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