Chief Digital Officer at Air America Media
Greater New York City Area
- Current
-
- Chief Digital Officer at Air America Media
- Senior Contributing Producer at PoliticsTV.com
- Contributing Editor at Personal Democracy Forum
- Past
-
- Chief Digital Officer at Air America Radio
- Vice President at MSHC Partners, Inc.
- Media Strategy & Development at America Online
- Education
-
- American University, Washington College of Law
- Brooklyn Law School
- University of Pennsylvania
- Great Neck North High School
- Recommended
-
3 people have recommended Michael - Connections
-
500+
connections
- Industry
- Online Media
Michael Bassik’s Summary
Michael Bassik is Chief Digital Officer of Air America Media, the nation’s leading progressive media network. Michael is responsible for managing Air America’s digital strategy to drive traffic, grow listenership, and generate profit.
Prior to joining Air America, Michael helped build the nation’s largest online political marketing firm at MSHC Partners, where he served as Vice President of Interactive Marketing. He previously worked at America Online where he directed political and advocacy advertising strategy.
Michael has received numerous awards and honors, including the prestigious Rising Star Award from Politics Magazine and the first-ever joint award for Excellence in Digital Media from Yahoo! and the American Association of Political Consultants. He was named a Top 50 Politico to Watch by The Politico and was nominated to the Top 10 Changing the World of Internet and Politics by PoliticsOnline. He serves on the Board of Advisors to the American Democracy Institute and the eVoter Institute.
Michael is a frequent guest lecturer at universities across the country and has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angles Times, The International Herald Tribune, and Advertising Age. He holds degrees from The University of Pennsylvania and American University’s Washington College of Law.
mbassik@airamerica.com
Michael Bassik’s Specialties:
interactive marketing, Web 2.0, contract negotiation, public speaking, mobile marketing, digital publishing, digital strategy,
Michael Bassik’s Experience
-
Chief Digital Officer
Air America Media
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
November 2008 — Present (9 months)
Michael Bassik is Chief Digital Officer of Air America Media, the nation’s leading progressive media network. Michael is responsible for managing Air America’s digital strategy to drive traffic, grow listenership and generate profit.
Prior to joining Air America, Michael helped build the nation’s largest online political marketing firm at MSHC Partners, where he served as Vice President of Interactive Marketing. He previously worked at America Online where he directed political advertising strategy.
Michael has received numerous awards and honors, including the Rising Star Award from Politics Magazine and the award for Excellence in Digital Media from Yahoo! and the American Association of Political Consultants. He was named a Top 50 Politico to Watch by The Politico and was nominated to the Top 10 Changing the World of Internet and Politics by PoliticsOnline. -
Senior Contributing Producer
PoliticsTV.com
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
January 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)
PoliticsTV.com is an Internet TV network for progressives, independents, Democrats -– or any American opposed to the radical agenda of the Republican party.
PoliticsTV.com was started by a group of bloggers, activists, and political professionals who believe that InternetTV presents an unprecedented communications opportunity to progressives. It is a media company under the Federal Election Campaign Act. -
Contributing Editor
Personal Democracy Forum
(Privately Held; Publishing industry)
May 2004 — Present (5 years 3 months)
Democracy in America is changing. A new force, rooted in new tools and practices built on and around the Internet, is rising alongside the old system of capital-intensive broadcast politics. Today, for almost no money, anyone can be a reporter, a community organizer, an ad-maker, a publisher, a money-raiser, or a leader.
The Personal Democracy Forum is your place to meet the people who are making that change happen, discover the tools powering the new civic conversation, spot the early trends, and share in understanding and embracing this dynamic new force. -
Chief Digital Officer
Air America Radio
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
-
Vice President
MSHC Partners, Inc.
(Online Media industry)
February 2004 — November 2008 (4 years 10 months)
Michael Bassik is Vice President of Interactive Marketing at MSHC Partners. A true political junkie who got his first fix accompanying his parents to the polls, Michael previously worked at America Online where he directed political advertising strategy since the 2000 election cycle.
Under Michael’s leadership, MSHC has executed more than three hundred online marketing campaigns on behalf of progressive advocacy groups, non-profit organizations and candidates at all levels of the ballot. Current clients include the Democratic National Committee, the United Nations Foundation, the Center for American Progress and MoveOn.org. MSHC Partners was also the online agency of record for John Kerry and the Democratic National Committee in 2004.
Originally from Great Neck, New York, Michael graduated cum laude from both the University of Pennsylvania and American University’s Washington College of Law. -
Media Strategy & Development
America Online
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
2000 — 2004 (4 years)
Michael Bassik’s Education
-
American University, Washington College of Law
JD , Law , 2005 — 2007
-
Brooklyn Law School
Law 2003 — 2005
-
University of Pennsylvania
BA , Political Science, Spanish , 1997 — 2001
-
Great Neck North High School
1993 — 1997
