Lauren Jacob
Experienced product and content manager with a background in pulling together different teams and resources to conceive the most efficient strategy for a website, now working at Small Business Majority in San Francisco, CA
| Headline: | Startup Member |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Industries: | Gaming, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Lifestyle, Media |
| Skills: | Business, Editing, Management, Web Development, Writing |
| Location: | San Francisco, CA |
| Interested in: | Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Growing my group, Joining a startup, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Receiving feedback |
| Tags: | content management systems, health, Project Management, site launching |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Revolution Health Group, Washington, DC |
| Position: | Content Management System - Product Manager |
| Time period: | November 2006 - Present |
| Description: | Responsible for Content Management System used by entire company, overseeing upgrades, collecting needs from different departments, managing workflow and hiring Producers. Seamlessly handled several roles at once, including overseeing ingestion of content, network production, content/center management, vendor relations and editing, in a quickly changing and fast-paced environment.
Job Highlights: • Spearheaded an organization-wide effort to switch content management systems to better suit company needs • Conceived, pursued and implemented changes to ads on the site, netting an immediate result of over $2000/wk added to revenue • Recognized problem and led effort to integrate SEM and Content knowledge of content removed/deleted from site • Served as a liaison between marketing, SEO, SEM, QA, search, operations, editorial, design and content teams on content-related issues. • Led Web Production team on use of ever changing content management system and work with developers to make and QA improvements to system |
| Employer: | 3 newspapers |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Description: | Experience in journalistic writing and editing for 3 newspapers (2 with circulation over 50,000). |
| Employer: | The Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty, Fairfax, VA |
| Position: | Executive Editor |
| Time period: | December 2004 - May 2005 |
| Description: | Edited all communications, direct mail and internal documents, worked closely with organization’s Founder and Chief Executive to establish a consistent voice and to make the organization’s message more coherent and appropriate to the audience.
Job Highlights • Edited and oversaw organization’s direct mail and proofs as well as all other written correspondence with donors and other nonprofits • Kept detailed records of donors and ran Mail Merge to create correspondence • Established and updated organization’s website and dealt with direct mail and technical vendors • Helped organize community outreach events and designed relevant correspondence |
| Employer: | Office of Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-49), Capitol Hill, Washington, DC |
| Position: | Legislative Intern |
| Time period: | January 2004 - August 2004 |
| Description: | Used computer system to sort and respond to constituent mail, personally clearing a large backlog of received correspondence. Took notes at briefings and hearings. Gave tours of the U.S. Capitol building. |
| Employer: | University of Maryland Office of Information Technology |
| Position: | Supervisor of Classroom Support Technicians |
| Time period: | September 2002 - January 2004 |
| Description: | Promoted from Classroom Support Technician to Supervisor of all 40 Classroom Support Technicians. Technicians handle support issues for several classrooms around large campus, housing a computer for each student. Technicians also support computer networking and other audio/visual equipment. Maintained schedules and tracked attendance for all technicians. |
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Revolution Health
Revolution Health Group is a leading consumer-centric health company founded to transform how people approach their overall health and wellness.