Digital Marketing Strategy at Universal Music Canada
Music | Toronto, Canada Area, CA
Over 8 years' experience as a digital leader - running web & social marketing strategy for Canada's largest record label Universal Music Canada; managing the label's web, social, mobile and video production team; developing creative, editorial & marketing campaigns for some of Canada's & the world's biggest artists; and managing MuchMusic.com's content production team.
Chosen by Billboard Magazine as one of Top 140 Music Business personalities to follow on Twitter. Panelist and guest speaker at NXNEi, X-Summit & more.
Possessor of an intuitive understanding of prevailing web, mobile, and general technology trends; strong team & project management skills; keen editorial sense and attention to detail; distinct ease with the written and spoken word.
Specialties: Digital marketing, digital strategy, social media strategy, creative team management in both Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP & .NET environments; understanding of HTML5 + CSS3 development & comfort with Wordpress, web, social, mobile & television integrated marketing campaign conception, development and management; copywriting & editorial; photography and videography; production of live television/web events
Jul
2009 - Present
Manager, Digital Marketing Strategy & Production / Universal Music Canada
• Manage five-person Special Digital Projects & Production team including web designers, developers, videographers/editors
• Identify and develop entrepreneurial digital projects in consultation with Digital Business Development, Strategic Marketing Partnerships & Artist Marketing Groups
• Facilitate the work of the Digital Production Team & act as primary liaison between the team, Marketing and IT
• Act as education and information source for the company on the latest developments in digital relating to the business - providing consulting and regular information sessions and briefings on "what's next" and where we need to be
• Act as "Digital Evangelist" in conjunction with Digital Biz Dev on behalf of the company at conferences and events
• Develop, in conjunction with other relevant parties, a digital roadmap for the company to follow - including, but not limited to plans involving artist websites, ecommerce ventures & direct to consumer efforts
• Develop digital standards and practices for the company to follow - and provide reasons why it makes good business sense to do so
Sept
2007 -
Jul
2009
Digital Marketing Manager / Universal Music Canada
• Developing digital promotions and marketing campaigns - with web, mobile, TV and other touchpoints - to support album releases and tours for Universal Music Canada's Interscope/Geffen/A&M and Island/Def Jam label streams. Artists whose releases/tours I've supported include Lady Gaga, Rise Against, k-os, Eminem, Fall Out Boy, Protest The Hero, Duffy, Tokio Hotel, Weezer, Snoop Dogg, The Trews and many more
• Scoping, milestoning and managing digital projects - websites, Facebook apps, Flash games, original written/photographic/video editorial creation
• Acting as lead on projects created in conjunction with the internal Universal Music Canada iMedia team (coders, videographers, designers, developers) as well as working with external talent on outsourced projects
• Maintaining and developing relationships with web portals, technology providers and mobile carriers
Feb
2003 -
Sept
2007
Assistant Producer, Interactive, Music Promotions & Label Relations / CHUM Television/MuchMusic.com (now part of Bell Media)
• Editor-in-Chief and day-to-day manager of the MuchMusic-based interactive production team
• Writing and editing content and managing daily updates for the websites representing CHUM Television's music specialty channels - MuchMusic.com, MuchMoreMusic.com, MuchLoud.com, MuchVibe.ca, MuchMoreRetro.com
• Creating and executing high-profile microsites such as the MuchMusic VJ Search series microsite, MuchMusic Video Awards microsite and Virgin Festival microsites
• Creating and implementing broadcast-integrated interactive projects for live and taped programming, including a user-generated content platform, live SMS-over-broadcast and viewer response systems during live programs such as the MuchMusic Video Awards and VJ Search
• Developing a protoype interactive television show incorporating user-generated content and viewer response systems
• Producing a live-to-web multi-camera production from the Press Room at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards