christopher o'hara resume - dtf
TRANSCRIPT
Christopher O’Hara, MBA 408.391.6257
Christopher O’Hara, MBA Professional Musician & Photographer
408.391.6257 Danville, CA 94526 [email protected] Leadership Profile _____________________________________________________________________________
Accomplished and highly regarded professional Musician, Photographer & Educator with a background in marketing, social media and SEO, while maintaining excellence in leveraging an MBA with a focus on Marketing and Financial Analysis. Exceptional communication skills have proven instrumental in the development of student curriculum & training materials, while maintaining trusted, lasting relationships with commercial and consumer clients. Background also includes the development and implementation of an innovative asset management system, designed to accelerate turnaround time, while improving profits, and safeguarding valuable assets. Leadership Strengths
- Audio & Video Production - Customer Relationship Management (CRM) - Customer Service / Client Loyalty - Educator / Teacher - Entrepreneurial - Financial Analytics - Marketing
- Professional Musician - Sales - Sensitive to Deadlines - SEO - Social Media - Systems & Process Development - Time Management
Top Skills & 360 Endorsements (Source: LinkedIn)
Customer Service ~ Guitar ~ Music ~ Music Education ~ Music Production Music Theory ~ Pro-‐Tools ~ Recording ~ Sound ~ Sound Design
Professional Experience _________________________________________________________________________
Christopher O'Hara Education and Digital Content – San Francisco, CA 2000 -‐ Present Musician / Artist / Project Manager
§ Maintain integrity of all photography and music performance client engagements and scheduling to include pre-‐production or event planning & consultation, budgeting, timelines, milestones and delivery of final the product.
§ Collaborate and partner with onsite event planners, to include execution and negotiations of contracts and expectations for engagements in a variety of environments including theater, studio, public and private music venues.
§ Manage all marketing strategies and third-‐party collaboration efforts while driving market-‐share, brand visibility & messaging and visibility with new venue opportunities and small businesses.
§ Established and implemented new content and layouts for company website, ensuring user-‐friendly interface of products.
Guitar Showcase 2000 -‐ Present Musician / Teacher / Educator
§ Establish, design, develop and implement student curriculum and serve as the creative director of music education to include writing lesson plans, while maintaining class schedules for students of all ages and capabilities. Instructed students on primary concepts such as music technology, music production, equipment application, guitar/bass instruction, music theory, ear training, transcribing, songwriting, and improvisation.
Christopher O’Hara, MBA 408.391.6257
§ Creative director for all educational material, including creation of unique and highly interactive content to gain more responses and increase customer satisfaction, further utilizing new routines and management strategies to foster academic growth and personal responsibility within each lesson.
Headstrong 2010 -‐ 2011 Project Manager, Headstrong (Funded by the Grove Foundation)
§ Managed a team of web development professionals responsible for building, testing and implementing an online mentoring program, while ensuring the integrity of the project schedule, budget, content and pre-‐deployment testing.
Christopher O'Hara Education and Digital Content Freelance Artist & Project Manager 1997 -‐ Present
§ Manage client engagements to include all aspects of project management, setting pre-‐production / pre-‐performance expectations, oversight of budgets, timelines, milestones and delivery of the final product.
§ Collaborate and partner with onsite event planners, to include execution and negotiations of contracts and expectations for engagements in a variety of environments including theater, studio, public and private music venues.
§ Drive all marketing strategies, enhancing brand visibility & market-‐share while maintaining trusted relationships with third-‐party businesses, accelerating strategic growth efforts and establishing lasting, referral-‐based marketing initiatives.
§ Developed an online social media presence through an active YouTube page, and manage an online sales portal to sell a variety of fine art portraits for individuals, families, musicians, and businesses.
Social Responsibility ____________________________________________________________________________
§ Photographer, Don Sagatun Edwards Child Services Fund
§ Donate time as photographer to help raise funds towards legal fees and counseling for broken families Formal Education & Professional Development ______________________________________________________
§ Masters in Business Administration (Cum Laude) San Jose State University – San Jose, CA
§ Bachelors in Art, Music Production/Engineering (Cum Laude)
Berklee College of Music – Boston, MA