Associate Search Director at Razorfish
Greater Seattle Area
Associate Search Director at Razorfish
Greater Seattle Area
Google Certified
Yahoo Certified
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
March 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)
• Management of integrated clients such as Microsoft, AAA and Levi.
• Management of $15m in media spend.
• Global / International Lead - managing best practices for the agency, surveying translation vendors, etc.
• Technology Lead – reviewing technologies to create efficiencies within the agency.
• Responsible for 3 members of fulltime staff
• Management of Yahoo, Ask and AOL (Platform A) relationship development.
• Achieved 100% of bonus in 2008
• Continually writing articles for AA|RF client newsletter.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AQNT; Marketing and Advertising industry)
2005 — Present (4 years)
• Management of integrated clients such as Best Buy, Weight Watchers, Getty Images and Microsoft towards their search objectives and goals, both domestically and Internationally.
• Management of $10m in media spend.
• Collaborating on technology vendor projects to increase the International Search practice.
• Working with multiple International offices to create leadership and process.
• Forecasting budget allocations for existing clients over various time periods (months, year).
• Managed training and development of 4 people.
• Working directly with Search Engines on product development.
• Maintaining strong relationships with the Search Engines and Industry Leaders.
• Achieved 100% of bonus in 2006 & 2007.
• Continually writing articles for AA|RF client newsletter.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
October 2005 — February 2006 (5 months)
Account management for strategic accounts such as SiteEDGE Agency, Lawyers.com
Strategic direction on bidding strategies and PPC management
Management & development of 2 staff to assist in the delivery services
Up sold Agency accounts to use more of Inceptors BidCenter (incl. Midas & Sprint Local)
Development of PPC training programs (incl. bid management and creative writing)
Achieved 100% of bonus for all 6 months in current role
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
November 2004 — September 2005 (11 months)
Management of large clients such as Martindale Hubbell (Lexis Nexis), KnowledgeStorm and HomeGain.
Management of $1.5m in revenue for Inceptor which grew on a monthly basis
Management of client communication flow and critical information delivery
Management of a team of 6 staff to assist in delivery of services
Developed reporting processes for client base incl. monthly, weekly and quarterly review
Implemented new management procedures to improve client efficiency by over 6x ROI
Provided both PPC and Organic (SEO) services to client base
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
March 2003 — October 2004 (1 year 8 months)
Day-to-day management of clients such as Verizon Wireless, Verizon Messaging, Cooking.com, PC World, Thomas Register and Christian Book
Management of a team of 3 people to assist in delivery of services
Campaign management for PPC duties include budget management of over $4m in media, keyword research, creative writing, bid management, optimization and client reporting
Built strong relationships with all tier 1 and tier 2 search engines
(Online Media industry)
October 2002 — March 2003 (6 months)
First line contact for all Agency personnel (such as Carat Interactive, Agency.com, etc. and larger Direct Clients (such as eBay and Norwich Union Direct.)
Creating and managing accounts across the entire eSpotting network (UK, Europe)
Managing clients expectations on delivery and costs of media spends
Full responsibility of smaller low budget New Media Agency accounts
Identifying potential up sell and renewal opportunities for Agency Sales Managers
Preparation and issuing of daily, weekly and monthly reports
Presented the Most Valued Player (MVP) award in December 2002
Introduced new mechanisms to increase efficiency, such as I/O processes
BA (Hons) , Marketing , 1999 — 2001
Guest lectured for eSpotting for the CIM eMarketing Award in December 2002 Interests include snowboarding, music, film, theatre, computers, travelling and reading