Experience

Maui High School

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  11th grade ELL and 12th grade English

• Part-time Teacher/Librarian

  • Mar 2018 - Jul 2021

  Part-time librarian at Maui High School, as well as a certified substitute teacher for the Hawaii Dept. of Education.



Lahaina Cruise Company / Hawaii Ocean Project

• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Media and Web Production

  • Jul 2017 - Jul 2021

  - Social media and web content planning and execution - Write blog posts - Social media and web content planning and execution - Write blog posts



Hawaii Public Library

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Library Clerk

  • Sep 2015 - Jul 2017

  - Check books in and out - Recommend books to patrons - Shelve books, DVD's and CD's - Prepare books for shipping to outer islands - Collect fine payments - Check books in and out - Recommend books to patrons - Shelve books, DVD's and CD's - Prepare books for shipping to outer islands - Collect fine payments



Barnes and Noble

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Nook Sales and Support

  • Sep 2014 - Mar 2015

  - Sold Nook e-reader devices to Barnes and Noble customers by walking potential customers through the interface and explaining the nuances of the device - Assisted customers with initial tablet setup - Provided troubleshooting for customers who bought in malfunctioning devices - During the holidays, worked some days exclusively on the cash registers ringing customers and processing returns - Book recommendations, shelving and recovery - Sold Nook e-reader devices to Barnes and Noble customers by walking potential customers through the interface and explaining the nuances of the device - Assisted customers with initial tablet setup - Provided troubleshooting for customers who bought in malfunctioning devices - During the holidays, worked some days exclusively on the cash registers ringing customers and processing returns - Book recommendations, shelving and recovery



Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Content Product Manager of MSN Mobile/Local/Travel/Weather

  • Apr 2012 - Mar 2014

  - Identified key upcoming product elements, wrote one-sheets and created wireframes- Identified content partners in the Weather/Travel spaces- Worked with potential new partners, creating site mock-ups to show how their content would be presented on our site- Trained new partners on how to ingest content directly into our CMS- Curated partner and wire stories to run on the site- Created traffic reports for our partners using Omniture and comScore- Owned and managed the daily production schedule- The Weather site received roughly 7.5 million UUs which placed it fourth amongst all weather sites in the U.S. (comScore) Show less

• Senior Producer of MSN Movies

  • May 2006 - Apr 2012

  - Owned and managed the business, which when I left was the third largest movie site in the U.S. behind IMDB and Yahoo! Movies with 14 million UU’s per month (comScore)- Worked with the Microsoft ad sales teams to created ad packages and sponsored site elements. We grew the business from less than $1 million to $5 million annually during this time.- Curated partner content to run on the site. Content included video, long and short-form articles and photos.- Wrote headlines and edited content.- Hired and managed two full-time employees, two vendors and 15+ freelance writers- Built relationships with every movie studio and maintained the relationships with weekly phone calls and quarterly meetings in Los Angeles. With the studios we created promotional campaigns for their films- Created traffic reports for our partners using Omniture and comScore- Worked with both MovieTickets.com and Fandango to make available the online purchase of movie tickets directly from our site- With Disney, launched what Disney believed to be the first worldwide movie trailer premiere on one network for “Cars 2”- PM’d the addition of movie trailers and feed-driven elements (Coming Soon, Now Playing, Top Box Office) to the site- Created and maintained the editorial calendar, assigning upwards of 20 original content pieces a week to various writers around the country.- Launched the Hitlist movies blog, which peaked at 2.5 million UU’s a month (comScore)- PM, Spec’d and launched the 4.5 starred MSN Movies app for Windows Phone 7 Show less



MTV Networks

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Producer, Vh1 Movies

  • Oct 2005 - May 2006

  - Ran and maintained the Vh1 Movies website - Hired and managed two full-time employees and 5+ freelance writers - Created all product documents and wireframes - Maintained relationships with every movie studio and numerous PR agencies that represented studios - Ran and maintained the Vh1 Movies website - Hired and managed two full-time employees and 5+ freelance writers - Created all product documents and wireframes - Maintained relationships with every movie studio and numerous PR agencies that represented studios

• Senior Producer for MSN Video and WindowsMedia.com

  • Jan 2000 - 2005

  - Hired and managed an international production team, with members located in Redmond, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, UK, France and Germany - Owned relationships with U.S. video content partners, including, MSNBC, National Geographic, Scripps Networks (Food Channel, HGTV, Travel Channel,) A&E, Fox Sports. - Trained new partners how on how to use our video CMS tools to upload video - Edited and encoded video - Product planning on both the MSN Video Player and the CMS that was supplied to third party partners for uploading video to MSN Show less



Seattle Mariners

• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 700 & Above Employee

• Scoreboard Production Manager

  • Mar 1999 - Dec 1999

  - Hired and managed a game night crew of 15 people - Created the look and feel of the scoreboards when the Mariners moved into Safeco Field - Created scoreboard specific advertising opportunities - Produced, wrote and edited the video that appeared on the video board of Safeco Field - Hired and managed a game night crew of 15 people - Created the look and feel of the scoreboards when the Mariners moved into Safeco Field - Created scoreboard specific advertising opportunities - Produced, wrote and edited the video that appeared on the video board of Safeco Field



Seattle Sonics and Storm

• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Video Production Manager

  • Jun 1995 - Mar 1999

  - Produced, directed, wrote and edited all video that appeared on the video boards at KeyArena. Beyond the Sonics, I also produced video for hockey, indoor soccer, corporate outings and concerts - Hired and managed the game night crew. - Created video board specific advertising - Produced, directed, wrote and edited all video that appeared on the video boards at KeyArena. Beyond the Sonics, I also produced video for hockey, indoor soccer, corporate outings and concerts - Hired and managed the game night crew. - Created video board specific advertising



KIRO TV

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Segment Producer

  • Jul 1992 - Jun 1995

  - Booked guests for morning and late night talk shows, as well as for sponsored programs - Worked with sales team to integrate sponsors into programs - Booked guests for morning and late night talk shows, as well as for sponsored programs - Worked with sales team to integrate sponsors into programs