{"id":279011,"date":"2010-02-05T00:31:38","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T04:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/?p=5956"},"modified":"2010-02-05T00:31:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T04:31:38","slug":"people-on-the-move-in-the-social-media-industry-feb-4-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/279011","title":{"rendered":"People on the Move in the Social Media Industry: Feb 4, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5507\" title=\"potm-banner-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/potm-banner-2.jpg\" alt=\"potm-banner-2\" width=\"520\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The submissions are defintly picking up, I&#8217;m seeing more submissions than before.  Why?  I attribute this to the start of the new year when many folks change up jobs, and the slight uptick we&#8217;re starting to see in the economy.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to recognize the changes in the social media space, I&#8217;ve started this post series (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/category\/on-the-move\/\">see archives<\/a>) to both track and congratulate folks who get promoted, move, or accept new exciting positions. Please help me congratulate the following folks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Congrats to Jeannette Gibson (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JeanetteG\">Twttier<\/a>) who has moved to corporate marketing to run social media at Cisco Systems.  I&#8217;ve shared the stage with her a few times, she&#8217;s quite impressive, and has been successful in deploying social programs in B2B environments.<\/li>\n<li>Congrats to Maria Povermo (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mariapoveromo\">Twitter<\/a>) who&#8217;s ascended to the Group Manager, Social Media at Adobe Systems, (Altimeter client)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pouncenow.com\/2010\/01\/when-a-tab-isnt-a-tab\/\">Dave Armon has joined Context Optiona<\/a>l as director of strategic accounts.<\/li>\n<li>Zena Weist (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ZenaWeist\">Twitter<\/a>) has landed at HRBLock as the director of social media, congrats.<\/li>\n<li>Ginevra Kirkland, long term customer advocate at Six Apart (I had the joy of working with her years ago as a client) has now joined the mighty team at Get Satisfaction as a Community and Account Manager <a href=\"http:\/\/ginevra.typepad.com\/njudah\/2010\/01\/its-official.html#comment-6a00d83453352869e20120a80ec70b970b\">read her post<\/a>, as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.getsatisfaction.com\/2010\/01\/21\/introducing-our-new-community-team-member-ginevra-kirkland\/\">read the interview on Gsat blog<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forrester.com\/customer_intelligence\/2010\/01\/welcome-joe-stanhope-to-the-customer-intelligence-team.html\">Joe Stanhope joins Forrester Researc<\/a>h (great folks) as a Senior Analyst focused on site optimization strategy, which includes coverage of Web analytics as well as online testing and targeting platforms.<\/li>\n<li>WPP owned agency Ogilvy PR <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/prnewser\/agencies\/ogilvy_pr_hires_dirk_shaw_as_svp_in_360_digital_influence_practice_150756.asp\">hired Dirk Shaw as a senior vice president in its 360\u00b0 Digital Influence Practice.<\/a> I&#8217;ve worked closely with Dirk in the past and have been impressed, congrats Dirk and Ogilvy.<\/li>\n<li>Todd Bowman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.appssavvy.com\/media\/ToddBowmanPressReleaseFINAL.pdf\">has joined (PDF)<\/a> Senior Vice President of Sales at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/04\/people-on-the-move-in-the-social-media-industry-feb-4-2010\/www.appssavvy.com\">appssavvy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bulldogreporter.com\/ME2\/Audiences\/dirmod.asp?sid=2436B6EB9392483ABB0A373E8B823A24&amp;nm=&amp;type=Publishing&amp;mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&amp;mid=53D88D74A99849C185183B336A3F3B02&amp;AudID=213D92F8BE0D4A1BB62EB3DF18FCCC68&amp;tier=4&amp;id=3716B37631DC42BC98088F1EC1E2A339\">Joel Johnson is now a SVP<\/a> Integrated Planning Director at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.porternovelli.com\">Porter Novelli <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cafe.softcity.com\/members\/view\/YTN1ATN\/marc-antoine-ross\">Marc-Antoine Ross<\/a> is the Community &amp; Content Manager at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafe.softcity.com\">SoftCity Technologies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/technomarketer.typepad.com\/technomarketer\/2009\/12\/dickman-does-dallas.html\">Matt Dickman has been promoted to SVP<\/a>, Digital Strategy at <a href=\"http:\/\/fleishman.com\/\">Fleishman-Hillard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Carey Sullivan has been promoted to Manager of Social Media \t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aep.com\">American Electric Power<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/capstrat.com\/news\/our-news\/top-social-media-strategist-joins-capstrat\/\">Angela Connor \tis a new hire<\/a> as Social Media Manager at <a href=\"http:\/\/capstrat.com\">Capstrat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freshpeel.com\/2010\/02\/chris-wilson-joins-fleishman-hillards-dallas-digital-team\/\">Chris WIlson has joined as a<\/a> Senior Account Executive, Digital Strategy at <a href=\"http:\/\/fleishman.com\">Fleishman-Hillard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litmanlive.co.uk\/blog\/\">Michael Litman<\/a> joins as a Social Media Planner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daredigital.com\">Dare Digital<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Andrew D. Nystrom\tis a new hire as Digital Marketing Manager, Social Media at <a href=\"http:\/\/redbullusa.com\">Red Bull North America<\/a> #wings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>How to connect with others (or get a job):<\/strong><br \/>\nSeveral people have been hired because of this blog post series, here&#8217;s how you can too:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Submit an announcement<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you know folks that are moving up in the social media industry, <a href=\"http:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/viewform?formkey=dDY0WU04bVNJZ3NjWTRzU1VNdXpOMkE6MA\">fill out this form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seeking Social Media Professionals?<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you\u2019re seeking to connect with community advocates and community managers there are few resources<\/p>\n<p>This list, which started with just 8 names continues to grow as folks submit to it.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/20\/list-of-social-computing-strategists-and-community-managers-for-large-corporations-2008\/\">List of Social Computing Strategists and Community Managers for Enterprise Corporations 2008 \u2013Social Media Professionals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Job Resources in the Social Media and Web Industry<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/webstrategy.jobamatic.com\/a\/jbb\/find-jobs?sb=1&amp;sbo=1\">Web Strategy Jobs powered by Job o Matic<\/a> (Post a job there and be seen by these blog readers, these affiliate fees pay for my hosting)<\/li>\n<li>Read Write Web keeps announcements flowing at  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/jobwire\/\">Jobwire<\/a>, although is broader than just social media jobs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=3553055120\"><span style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: none;\">Facebook group for <\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=3553055120\">community manager group in Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.communityguy.com\/jobs\/\">Jake McKee&#8217;s community portal for jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chris Heuer&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediajobs.com\/\">Social Media Jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simplyhired.com\/a\/jobs\/list\/q-social+media\">SimplyHired<\/a> aggregates job listings, as does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indeed.com\/jobs?q=social+media&amp;l=\">Indeed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forumonenetworks.com\/section\/jobs\/\">ForumOne Jobs<\/a> for Social Media and Community<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/teresacentric.com\/jobs\/\">Teresa has a few jobs, some around community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newmediahire.com\/\">New Media hire has an extensive job database<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediaheadhunter.com\/\">Social Media Headhunter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediajobs.com\/\">Social media jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jobsinsocialmedia.com\/\">Jobs in social media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.altimetergroup.com\/?t=anon\">Altimeter Group&#8217;s list of social media consultants and agencies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/30\/list-of-corporate-social-media-strategists-in-2010\/\">See this list of Corporate Social Media Strategists and Community Managers that I keep up to date<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Hiring? Leave a comment<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re seeking candidates in the social media industry, many of them are within arms reach, feel free to leave a <em>link <\/em>to a job description (but not the whole job description, please)<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The submissions are defintly picking up, I&#8217;m seeing more submissions than before. Why? I attribute this to the start of the new year when many folks change up jobs, and the slight uptick we&#8217;re starting to see in the economy. 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