David Bloom

Current

Social Media Relations consultant at Words & Deeds

Past

Associate Dean and Chief Communications Officer at USC Marshall School of Business
Member of the Firm at Sitrick And Company
Principal at Words & Deeds (Self-employed)

vice president, corporate communications at MGM
VP, corporate communications at Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc.
staff writer at Variety
staff writer at Red Herring
staff writer at Los Angeles Daily News
staff writer at Amarillo Globe-News

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Education

University of Missouri

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David Bloom’s Summary

David Bloom has more than two decades of experience in entertainment, technology and politics as a studio executive, business school administrator, communications consultant and journalist.

He most recently was associate dean and chief communications officer for the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.

He previously was principal at Words & Deeds, a Los Angeles-based boutique consultancy for media relations, communications and marketing with clients in entertainment and technology. He also worked as a member of the firm with Sitrick and Company, a crisis communications specialty firm.

Before that, he was vice president, corporate communications for famed film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. At MGM, he handled media and investor inquiries worldwide regarding the studio’s $4.9 billion acquisition by a Sony-led consortium of six companies. He had an integral role in worldwide anti-piracy efforts by the studio and by Hollywood’s trade group, the Motion Picture Association of America. He also oversaw, on behalf of MGM, media efforts by Movielink, the online movie-download service owned by MGM and four other studios.

He previously worked as a prominent journalist, most recently covering entertainment and technology issues for the Hollywood trade publication Variety and for technology investment magazine Red Herring.

Bloom previously worked at several metropolitan daily newspapers in California, Texas and Tennessee, writing about politics, entertainment, technology and business, while contributing freelance pieces to dozens of publications on a wide variety of topics, and winning several awards for investigative projects.

Bloom is currently a consultant and writer, with a wide range of interests

David Bloom’s Specialties:

I integrate traditional media relations with social media tools, techniques and platforms to help companies tell their stories to the world in the most powerful fashion possible.
I combine that with strong big-picture strategy, expert writing skills, and wide-ranging relationships in technology, media, entertainment, politics and the arts.

David Bloom’s Experience

Social Media Relations consultant

Words & Deeds

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

I help companies make money, save money, engage with consumers and contain crises as a consultant on Social Media Relations. I blend deep background as a public relations executive, award-winning former journalist and expert in social media to help companies integrate traditional- and new-media tools in telling their story to a wide range of audiences. My clients include organizations in technology, entertainment, higher education and online industries. I am seeking a permanent position or partnership and project opportunities.
Associate Dean and Chief Communications Officer

USC Marshall School of Business

(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Education Management industry)

January 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 4 months)

Chief communications officer responsible for all marketing and communications efforts on behalf of the University of Southern California's highly rated Marshall School of Business, which provides undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in a wide variety of areas of specialization, including accounting, finance, marketing, operations, IT management and more. The school's areas of emphasis include global management, entrepreneurship/innovation and business ethics/decision-making.
Member of the Firm

Sitrick And Company

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

September 2006 — January 2007 (5 months)

Sitrick And Company is a Century City-based firm specializing in business, financial, transactional and crisis communications, for an exclusive clientele of corporations, institutions and individuals. I work on issues affecting an array of those clients, particularly those from media, entertainment, technology and financial backgrounds.
Principal
Words & Deeds (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

April 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 6 months)

Words & Deeds provides media relations, communications and related mar/com services, offline and on, for entertainment, tech and other companies. Recent and current clients include sourcing advisor RampRate; next-generation media-distribution service Solid State Networks; online product-placement service Media Matchmaker; online publishing site PageFish; entertainment/tech conference planning group iHollywood Forum; consultancy Nielsen Interactive Entertainment; and arts non-profits Hollywood Arts and Outpost for Contemporary Art.
vice president, corporate communications

MGM

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MGM; Entertainment industry)

August 2003 — April 2005 (1 year 9 months)

Handled media relations regarding corporate matters, piracy and similar issues, capped by $4.9 billion sale of MGM to a consortium of five companies led by Sony. Represented the company with the Motion Picture Association of America on issues such as piracy and public-relations strategy and policy. Managed charitable and corporate-image advertising, some investor relations, as well as publicity matters for smaller functional divisions, while coordinating efforts by larger divisions. Managed internal corporate communications, image development, media training, speech writing for top company management.
VP, corporate communications

Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc.

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

2003 — 2005 (2 years)
staff writer

Variety

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Entertainment industry)

2001 — 2003 (2 years)

Covered the film industry and related technology developments, the videogame business, cable industry, politics and other areas
staff writer

Red Herring

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Entertainment industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year)

Covered the impact of technology on the entertainment and media industries
staff writer

Los Angeles Daily News

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Entertainment industry)

1992 — 2000 (8 years)

Covered politics and government for five years, then entertainment and technology for three more
staff writer

Amarillo Globe-News

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

1983 — 1987 (4 years)

David Bloom’s Education

University of Missouri

Bachelor's of Journalism , news-editorial sequence , September 1979 — May 1983

Activities and Societies:

member and officer of Pi Kappa Phi; news editor, associate editor, The Maneater (student newspaper); reporter, copy editor, assistant news editor, The Columbia Missourian; admitted to two honorary fraternities, National Merit Scholar; University Scholar; Dean's List all eight semesters;