JOSHUA RYAN WEAVER

RELATED EXPERIENCE 8 Meter Media / AdMonsters, New York, N.Y. Marketing Operations Manager

Examine and track website analytics, market website content and curate social-media coverage across multiple platforms to augment event brand performance and presence. Manage editorial newsletters and email marketing. Examine and track SEO and SEM performance. Manage website advertising insertion orders through DoubleClick For Publishers (DPF), as well as manage sponsored content curation and performance.

Monitor and report customer-relationship and key-performance metrics surrounding industry-leading digital advertising and media conferences. Manage promotional efforts for events, including email campaigns, display advertising and retargeting. Liaise and coordinate marketing partnerships with complementary event brands.

Project manage all website elements. Project lead web development projects (liaise between development, content and design teams), including the project management of company’s first standalone event website.

TheRoot.com, New York, N.Y. Editorial Assistant

Managed daily maintenance of comScore 500 news website, including various back-end tasks, i.e., content and database upkeep, using platforms such as Drupal, Brightcove and more. Managed day-to-day editorial tasks, including fact-checking and editing. Also managed editorial intern team, including task assignment and evaluation.

Assisted in daily curation of social-media coverage through SocialFlow and HootSuite. Pitched and reported various news and feature stories, both short- and long-lead.

MoKi Media, Washington, D.C. Public Relations Associate

Organized client events, i.e., vendor contact, procurement and maintenance, and served as a liaison between clients and media, including both national and regional publications and outlets. Created and managed press pitches and client press hits for notable hospitality and retail clients in the Washington, D.C. area.

December 2012 - Present

May 2011 - December 2012

September 2010 - May 2011

CMS and Web Development Drupal WordPress Brightcove SocialFlow Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Social Media Optimization (SMO) Google Analytics

Creative "Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Final Cut Pro iMovie ProTools Audacity

Editorial "Associated Press (AP) Style Adobe InCopy Content Strategy Copy Editing and Maintenance "

Persina Scholarship for Journalism National Press Club July 2006 Four-year scholarship awarded to two students annually for excellence in journalism.

The J.I. Rodale and Robert Rodale Scholarship Lehigh University August 2007 Awarded to outstanding students in the department of Journalism and Communication.

"Communication, Culture and Technology Program Scholarship Georgetown University January 2012 Awarded for scholastic excellence biannually after a year-one academic review.

SKILL SET

EDUCATION Georgetown University Washington, D.C.Master of Arts, Communication, Culture and Technology Cumulative GPA: 3.86

The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas Bachelor of Journalism, Magazine Journalism Cumulative GPA: 3.80 (Conferred Honors)

May 2012

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JOSHUA RYAN WEAVER