Kerri St.Jon Clark 18 Birchcrest Ct. Durham, NC 27713 919-410-7729 stjonclark@gmail.com http://portableiq.wordpress.com Resourceful, self-directed leader with deep online, marketing and business management expertise. Early and innovative hands on user of social media. Talent manager with a passion for developing people to their fullest potential. Motivated by contribution. Significant Achievements 19 years of online experience (Since 1992: Telnet, Pine, Vax) Mentored in one of the first Virtual Communities at MIT (MicroMuse) One of the first New Media Producers at Universal Studios Orlando Produced first CityWalk Orlando Website to support Grand Opening Produced first Islands of Adventure Website Produced first Universal Studios Florida Webcast and first Satellite multicast Designed and implemented a complete green field solution for Segway.com Led front end development of the next generation Bose.com site Starting with 2 employees, developed the Online Communications group into a unified, collaborative functional team of 17 at Bose Instituted Usability as a competency at Bose Corporation Acted as COO immediately following Hurricane Katrina to enable the survival of the Netcom Group Imagined and executed a promotion plan for Stop Hunger Now event in Roanoke, VA using YouTube, Twitter and Facebook to generate media attention and secure donations and volunteers. Results exceeded expectations and generated creation of T-shirt which we also sold. Work Experience Consultant/Principal 01/2007-Present PortableIQ http://portableiq.wordpress.com Durham,NC Social Media consulting and campaigns (Twitter, Facebook, Radian6, Vocus, GetGlue, Tumblr) Consulting to provide strategic guidance for companies and agencies surrounding their interactive marketing and advertising initiatives. Usability testing including test design, interaction design, recruiting, scenarios, persona development, task analysis and intercept studies Analysis and development of short and long range plans for agency or departmental growth. Initiatives to stimulate conversion improvement. Interactive project process engineering. Talent assessment, resource planning. Director Interactive Media 10/2006 – 12/2006 http://www.grafik.com Grafik Marketing Communications Alexandria,VA Analyzed interactive capabilities and staff and provided comprehensive recommendations for 3 possible business tracks for growth. Supported new business development efforts with interactive marketing and web development proposal development. Defined roles of interactive organization and competencies for Interactive Designer. Mentored and provided development plan for competency development for existing staff. Created visual “cheat sheet” process map for web site development and design development. Fostered use of personas for interaction design on major projects for clients Implemented Usability testing for all projects Chief Operating Officer 11/2005 – 01/2006 The Netcom Group New Orleans, LA http://www.thenetcomgroup.com Re-established a business in the New Orleans area. Agency management, process creation, change management, staff planning, development, hiring. Strategic marketing advisor for client base. Online marketing consulting. Online media development and management including list management with Doubleclick partner, reporting, ad serving management, vendor management. Introduced organization to best practices in online project management, including addition of processes, tools, systems and roles. Online Communications Director 03/2005 - 11/2005 Bose Corporation Framingham, MA http://www.bose.com 02/2004 - 03/2005 Online Communications Manager 09/2003 - 02/2004 Acting Online Communications Director 11/2002 - 09/2003 Online Communications Manager Responsible for the overall production of Bose.com and all online marketing materials including emails, banners, jump pages and web enabled projects as well as rich media. (Flash, Motif, EyeBlaster, PointRoll) Utilized DoubleClick’s Dart and Omniture to analyze results and inform creative development. Lead an organization of 17-20 creative staff. Developed second level management and weekly utilization and unit cost reporting. Provided departmental strategy, resource planning, budgeting and process development for department. P&L management of two cost centers. Participated on Core Leadership team to support the Online Commerce Director. Developed and presented departmental budget, resource and organizational plans in Leadership sessions. Participated in developing business strategy for Bose.com to achieve projected revenue goals. Managed staff with Weekly Creative Team meetings, one on one's and Weekly Management Meetings. Formalized and improved processes with documentation, training and roll-out plans. Identified gaps in tools and services and identified scoped and implemented solutions. Supported all creative needs of 4 major internal clients. Ensured branded, highest quality deliverables and innovative solutions were presented and executed through the pitch, concept, development, review, QA processes. Coached and mentored design/writing staff to develop functional, presentation and idea selling skills. Introduced and then regularly led usability analysis on a site wide basis using personas and then on a project basis and implemented results. Introduced a customer satisfaction tool to Bose.com Promoted development with coaching leadership. Formalized creative process and established review cycle. Streamlined and automated with technology and tools. (BaseCamp/Jira) Provided resource assignment and planning for the re-launch of Bose.com. Produced content strategy, asset creation strategy and production plan to enable on time delivery of re-launch. Created "Core" team of Content Management Development trained developers to build the site on new prototype IA and build release infrastructure using Interwoven Teamsite to enable dynamic content. Utilized Personas and Usability Testing to ensure key customer performance indicators were met. Director of Interactive Marketing 02/2000 - 02/2002 StudentUniverse.com http://www.studentuniverse.com Cambridge, MA Created and executed measurable online/offline marketing plan with budget in excess of one million dollars. Participated in Branding effort and redesign of corporate identity. Directed all online marketing initiatives including creative development, media buys, media planning, online sweepstakes, vendor management, e-mail marketing and rich media testing. (Yahoo!, Engage, MyPoints, YesMail, mail.com, Lycos, DoubleClick, Responsys) Provided insight, strategy and direction for design and navigation of 1.0 site launched May 1, 2000. Provided detailed content plan. Hired Director of Content. Integration of tracking technology to measure success of UI design and Marketing ROI. Researched eCRM solutions and spearheaded integration. Hired and managed PR firm to generate consumer awareness among target demographic. (18-26 year olds) Planned and executed guerilla marketing initiatives on college campuses. Executive Producer - Interactive 07/2000 - 08/2001 http://www.segway.com Segway Manchester, NH Built a small IT department to begin the process of e-business creation for the launch of a new consumer product. Accountability for the creative direction, creation and development of the site. Front and back end system vendor selection for e-commerce channel of product driven company. Included Oracle Manufacturing, Supply Chain, ERP, Financials, HR, Database, Web Storefront, Marketing Systems, Advanced Personalization, Payment Systems, eCRM, Pre, Post and Field Sales Support (11i e-business suite with 8i Database and 9i App Server) Evaluated and selected outsourced IT vendor for server hosting. Ensured optimization of spending by integrating click stream analysis software from the beginning. Produced collateral video asset to assist in Business Development. Researched, interviewed, selected and collaborated with interactive agency to develop front end. Designed information architecture. Creative thought leader on website. Developed multimedia asset plan. Researched and developed content plan and wrote content. Interactive Marketing Manager 08/1999 - 02/2000 NetGenesis Cambridge, MA Strategic vision/planning for all online marketing initiatives. Led creative development and managed online advertising campaigns. Participated in Branding effort and redesign of corporate identity. Power user of net.Analysis product. Provided reports on website activity and target market advertising to close the e-business loop. Project managed/directed creation webinars for new product launches, customer updates and sales training. Developed strategic partnerships with other online companies to provide higher end value proposition. Managed agency to develop new, fully interactive e-commerce, database driven site with workflow automation. Managed e-mail marketing campaigns with Responsys technology. New Media Producer 01/1999 - 08/1999 Universal Studios http://www.universalstudios.com 09/1998 - 01/1999 09/1997 - 08/1998 Orlando, FL Associate New Media Producer Marketing Coordinator Provided creative direction of Universal Studios Islands of Adventure launch website working with internal agency. Introduced usability testing by intercepting guests in park and inviting them to participate in a test of sites under development. Produced live streaming webcast of Islands of Adventure Grand Opening via satellite. Executive Producer for Universal Studios CityWalk website. Integration of interactive technologies into all Universal sites. Member of CityWalk business strategy team. Developed and executed marketing, advertising and promotions online. Provided creative direction for advertising partnerships with AOL and Preview Travel. Analysis of site metrics to improve usability and improve the sales channel for Universal Studios Escape's e-commerce initiatives. Managed third party/internal production agencies. Managed vendors. Key representative within department for all technology partners. Responsible for marketing and publicity push for launch of CityWalk site. Investigated and brought in new technologies and partners. Produced first live events via the web for Universal Studios Escape. During production of the CityWalk website managed third party/internal production agency. Directed creation of interactive content and gathered content from 10 distinct stakeholders/partners for CityWalk site. Garnered all needed approvals and legal lines as needed from same. Project manager for development and integration of webcasts, live interactive cameras and all other new technology initiatives. Assisted in building partner relationships with 12 distinct stakeholders. (NASCAR Café, Motown Café, NBA City, Hard Rock Café/Live, T. Monk Institute of Jazz, Downbeat Jazz Hall of Fame, Bob Marley’s A Tribute to Freedom - Rita Marley, Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, Pat O’Brien’s, Latin Quarter, Sony/Loews Cineplex Odeon) Provided marketing support for the CityWalk marketing team. Conducted on-site tours, coordinated development of partner newsletter, part of the brand building process. Collaborated with the team to develop the CityWalk Grand Opening Marketing plan. Administrative Specialist 8/1996 - 8/1997 Research Consortium of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA Internet Research 1/1993 - 10/1994 Neversoft Entertainment, Santa Monica, CA http://www.neversoft.com Education University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL Magic Kingdom College Program Hollins University, Roanoke, VA Bachelor of Arts (Religion) 2010 cum laude