Download – Grant Gannon Resume [PDF]

Objective
To work as an online/web editor or content manager for a growing web site that will maximize my varied skills to produce an array of content incorporating social networking, webcasting, podcasting and blogging as well as traditional methods.

Online Experience

Interactive Marketing Coordinator
NorthShore University HealthSystem – northshore.org – October 2008 – Present
-Oversee 8,000 employee organization’s social media efforts managing Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts
-Worked with consulting firm on search engine marketing, display advertising, SEO enhancements
-Serve as web liaison to more than 15 clinical areas within healthcare system

Senior Producer
al.com — January 2008 – October 2008
- Managed most popular section of Web site that generated 55mm page views a month from 890,000 unique visitors.
- Implemented ongoing SEO improvements to newspaper copy for use online.
- Planned and executed coverage plan for six sports championships that included live video, scoring, photos and blogging.
- Directed staff of two producers and one intern.
- Panelist on sports journalism and the Internet at ASWA Conference.

Publisher
Land Report.com — January 2007-October 2007, March 2008-August 2009
- Organized and initiated both launch and relaunch of magazine Web site.
- Plan and manage daily content goals.
- Serve as contact for all technical and design implementations for the site.
- Manage staff of contributing writers, freelancers and interns.
- Aggregate daily news from 200+ sources across the country.
- Produce webcasts of celebrity magazine interviews.
- Arrange user-generated content.

Publisher
RebelSports.net / Rivals.com — April 2002 – December 2006
- Directed operations for 2,500-subscriber web site.
- Increased yearly revenues from $24,000 to $300,000.
- Initiated content direction for football, basketball, baseball and high school recruiting.
- Moderated message board with 10,000 registered users.
- Coordinated, developed, and implemented creative and innovative public relations
and marketing strategies to develop and increase subscriber base.
- Produced an average of 50 new pieces of content per month, including features, game stories, and analysis.
- Hosted two weekly radio shows and weekly TV show about Ole Miss athletics.
- Logged more than 250 radio and TV appearances on media outlets across the region
as an expert on Ole Miss athletics.

Skills
Social Networking: Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, YouTube
Blogging: Wordpress, Blogger, MovableType, Twitter, Pownce, Plurk
CMS: Ektron, Joomla!, Oxcyon CentralPoint, Proprietary Rivals.com CMS,
Multimedia: Photography, Videography, Podcasting, Screencasting
Code: HTML, CSS (Expanding knowledge of both)

Education
University of Mississippi, BBA Marketing Communications 2004, Oxford, Mississippi