People on the move in the Social Media Industry: Dec 21st, 2007

Categories: Community Manager, On the movePosted on December 21st, 2007

I’m starting this post series to recognize and congratulate folks who get promoted, move, or accept new exciting positions. We should congratulate the following folks:

Congrats to Sean O’Driscoll who’s moving on to new opportunities. He served customers as Microsoft’s MVP online advocate program, a 15 year veteran of MS, and based upon my interviews with him, a true community expert.

Recently, Connie Benson accepted a position at ACDSee as community manager. She’s a community maven, and helps manage the Community Manager Facebook group (link below)

Shashi Bellamkonda accepted the position of Social Media Strategist at Network Solutions. He often provides great insight in Twitter, follow him.

Eric Suesz joins Get Satisfaction as the Community Manager, Amy welcomes him in. (Also congrats to Amy and Thor for their new baby)

How to Connect with others:

Submit an annoucement
If you know folks that are moving up in the social media industry, leave a comment below, or if you’re feeling shy (it’s cool to self-nominate) send me an email.

Seeking Social Media Professionals?
If you’re seeking to connect with community advocates and community managers there are few resources

Also see my Web Strategy Jobs powered by Job o Matic

Also see my community manager group in Facebook

Check out Jake McKee’s community portal for jobs

See Chris Heuer’s Social Media Jobs

SimplyHired aggregates job listings, as does Indeed

Hiring? Leave a commentt
If you’re seeking candidates in the social media industry, many of them are within arms reach, feel free to leave a link to a job description (but not the whole job description, or I’ll delete it.

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Comments

Jay Cee

FYI, if anyone wants to contact me about the Community Manager job in AZ, my email is ahirepower@gmail.com

Jay Cee

Hi Jeremiah,

Thanks for the help and the direction in networking for a Community Manager. Let everyone know that Infusion Software in Gilbert, AZ (a suburb of Phoenix) is looking to hire a Community Manager.

Anyone can contact me directly for details!

Mitchell Ashley

Hi Jeremiah. Just to let you know, I've started blogging for Network World now (http://www.nww.com/community/ashley) and will be starting another podcast (for Network World this time.) I love the videocasting your are doing and really want to get that started on my blogs.

Also, I've moved on from my CTO/GM role at StillSecure and am back as a lone entrepreneur again. Right now I'm doing product strategy work through my via a company I set up, Converging Networks LLC, and am deciding where to take my next career steps.

Thanks for the great posts. I enjoy ready.

Tris Hussey

Well as many of you have heard ... I joined b5media as Training Manager today ... and blogging on Maple Leaf 2.0:

http://www.centernetworks.com/blognation-editor...

jeremiah_owyang

Great! Some of these recent hires will make next week's POTM!

Christopher Smith

I work with Scott Parent at MediaTrust. He is creator of the popular podcast American Cliche. He was just appointed the VP of MediaTrust’s Search and Social Media Optimization Division. You can also read his column on ADOTAS.

Will Pate

Hey Jeremiah, in case anyone doesn't know I'm now at ConceptShare :)

Congrats to folks on their new jobs!

Connie Bensen

Hi Jeremiah,
And you greatly influenced my decision. Thank you for that! You've provided so much invaluable information here on your blog & set a great example as a community builder.

It's been exciting watching as my friends attain social media jobs!
You mentioned Shashi B - He convinced his exec's of the value to create a Community Mgr position

Jeff Glasson joined PerkettPR - @jeffglasson
Dan Schawbel is EMC's first Social Media Specialist

And Tom there are resources for finding jobs:
Jeremiah has one here: http://webstrategy.jobamatic.com/a/jbb/find-jobs?
And Jake McKee the Community Guy has one:
http://www.communityguy.com/jobs/

People informally post jobs on Twitter also. Follow me there @cbensen and feel free to add me on Facebook. I enjoy connecting people to resources :)

steven mandzik

Hey Jeremiah - thanks for the post and what a great idea. I, too, am moving on. A big move for me, my team, and our community. However, everything we do is largely unknown to the world.

I am part of the social media team that is leading the effort inside the American Intelligence Community. We have had some fantastic success in that past year. Our most open and available success is Intellipedia.

Well, now I am moving onto another team. One that will allow me to continue being a community leader, become a part of an entrepreneurial shop at the CIA, and also develop a more public presence for myself.

I hope to have more chances to meet and network with folks like you in the upcoming year. It's hard when your best work is done for the American people and unreleasable for 25 years. Anyway, I am moving on and I look forward to a great year.

P.S. I am also robotchampion on twitter.

Tom Raftery

Hey Jeremiah - thanks for allowing me to post this here.

Jeremiah, I'm currently on the lookout for a job. My background is in tech evangelism, social media consultancy and community management. I have been doing this as a 'hired gun' for various companies over the last four years.

Now however, due to changing personal circumstances (we are moving to Spain for family reasons), I will need to source a job.

If anyone knows of one going, I'd love to hear from you (tom@tomrafteryit.net).

Thanks,

Tom.