CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL FOR THE PEOPLE

ABOUT ME
Im a creative technology professional with a passion and skill for building people-centric community and social media strategies. Ive held important management roles at world-renowned media, publishing, and technology brands. I grew up in Massachusetts and have lived in the New York City area since 2007. I have an awesome dog named Ripley.

SKILLS
Growing passionate and engaged communities by employing a human touch and a thoughtful, analytical voice. Understanding emerging media and technology trends and assessing their value for individuals and brands. Using social media tools and platforms to tell stories and connect people to information in meaningful ways. Exemplary writing in a wide variety of disciplines and tones. Educating and inspiring peers, colleagues and clients with my knowledge and experience and learning from them as well.

RECENT ROLES
HEAD of COMMUNITY at READWRITEWEB 2010-2011
ReadWriteWeb is a New York Times-syndicated technology blog and one of the most read and respected online publications in the world, offering consumer technology news and analysis to millions of visitors each month.

SEAMUS RULES for COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT

Be a kingmaker, not a false prophet. Being a cheerleader is easy. Dont be afraid to be a heretic. Tell stories, then tell some more.

CASE STUDY: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES ReadWriteWeb on Facebook

MAY 2010
Less than 15,000 likes Bad Robot! Automated content publishing with no editorial oversight or brand engagement. Extremely low level of interaction with posts by fans

HIGHLIGHTS
Brought a much-needed human presence and editorial oversight to social media channels, resulting in a dramatic increase in user engagement and thought leadership for the ReadWriteWeb brand. Instrumental in leading migration from an antiquated commenting solution to Disqus, which helped generate over 50,000 comments since launching in January 2011. Served as programming curator and executive producer for the ReadWriteWeb 2WAY Summit, which brought together technologys greatest minds together for two days of inspiring talks.

Dont rely on tools. Rely on your creativity. Notice your audience and theyll notice you. Experiment. Experiment. Experiment. Measure what you can. Explain what you cant amazingly well. Whatever Kool-Aid youre brewing, make sure your bosses drink it rst. Be a human being, dammit.

AUGUST 2010

JUNE 2011
MORE FANS! Nearly 45,000 likes MORE ENGAGED FANS! 35,000 Active Monthly Users, 3 million monthly news feed impressions MORE COWBELL! 3,000+ monthly post interections (comments + likes)

The secret sauce? Consistent, thought-driven engagement with readers

and a meticulously curated, quality over quantity approach to updates

OTHER GIGS
CNET 2005-2008
I provided technology expertise for forum-based online workshops on a wide variety of topics including personal computer buying, wireless networks, virus protection and other topics.

SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT at HEARST DIGITAL MEDIA 2010

While I usually feel more at home in smaller, start-up type environments, I jumped at the chance to work for Hearst Digital Media as consultant. Why? I like to build things from the ground up. And even though Hearst is a media and publishing behemoth, there was an opportunity to set a tone through the creation of best practices that would dene how the entire Hearst Corporation approached social media.

HIGH-FIVE!
If I had to thank one person for truly introducing me to new media, it would be Seamus I learned an immeasurable amount during my three months as his intern. His passion for social media is absolutely infectious. Its due to his constant encouragement that I discovered my love for the tech community and began to develop my own voice on Twitter and in the blogosphere. Seamus remains an invaluable mentor, and long after my internship, I continue to seek out his professional feedback and career advice. Teresa Wu, Community Manager at Google

Hearst has several famous magazine brands

But was a veritable wild west of rogue social media practices

I rst drafted a guiding principles document

This document focused on ve core values

who had me create brand-focused documents that included an audit of current social media and community initiatives and suggestions for improvement

Once those were released into the wild, meeting requests started coming in from other magazines like...

It covered everything from writing great tweets to creating engaging marketing programs for Facebook.

I then created platformspecic best practice guides.

COMMUNITY MANAGER at MEDIABISTRO.COM 2007-2010

Adopted then-emerging social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to provide the community with curated media news and how to resources, enhancing Mediabistros position as a valuable educator in rapidly changing online media landscape. Managed a community of over 1 million freelance writers and creative professionals. Served as Product Manager for AvantGuild, Mediabistros premiere membership service. Utilized expertise in emerging media trends to collaborate with Events Producer to create enriching, high-impact programming for talks. Used knowledge and instincts about emerging technology publishing brands to advise executives on eventual acquisitions by Mediabistros parent company WebMediaBrands.
SUMMER 08 MARCH 10

Seamus starts tweeting as @Mediabistro

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