Manager Management

Austin Gray

**** ******* *****, #* ****** Village, CA 91607

P: 818-***-**** E:********@*********.*** LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/in/austingray

Summary

A Product Manager with 10+ years of experience developing a variety of

innovative consumer products including social media tools & sites, mobile

applications, desktop widgets, IPTV apps, ecommerce, CMS software

development, personalization products, site flash demos, and marketing

campaigns. Key strengths include:

Cross-functional Team Leader Agile Product Development

Strategic Partner Management User Testing & Usability

Professional Experience

Razorgator.com, Los Angeles, CA 2010-Present

Senior Product Manager

Managed the redesign and rebranding of Razorgator.com in 3 months which

included managing documentation and development for a team of designers,

front and back end developers. Managed a team of product managers and web

producers to build a process for day-to-day production of Razorgator.com,

PrimeSport.com and Tickco.com.

Fox Interactive Media (Digital Publishing Group), Los Angeles, CA 2008-

2009

Senior Product Manager

Designed, built and launched a social media website called Fox Weather

which focused on providing innovative tools for weather tracking. Also

responsible for enhancements to the DPG Content Management System (CMS) in

the areas of social media, weather, traffic, video, and Omniture Site

Catalyst tracking.

. Fox Weather provided a strategically valuable property for FIM to

showcase both their weather content and social platform, which

reported the highest banner ad CTR of all the properties on the FIM

advertising network for 2009.

EarthLink, Pasadena, CA 2007

Product Manager, ecommerce

Solely responsible for design enhancements, development and increased page

monetization for all of EarthLink's ecommerce products including an online

store, content channels (e.g.: Travel), site tools (e.g.: eBay widget) and

search (e.g.: product cost comparison feature).

. Developed strategic partnerships by creating quarterly plans based on

revenue and content performance data with associates from eBay,

Amazon, Expedia, Shopping.com, Audible.com and Yahoo! Shopping, which

generated an annual 8M in online sales.

YELLOWPAGES.COM, Pasadena, CA 2004-2006

Senior Consumer Product Manager

Created a variety of consumer products including wireless search products,

download products, IPTV, ecommerce store, site tool development,

personalization products, site demos, and marketing campaigns.

. Designed wireless products that generated 10% of Yellowpages.com

organic site traffic.

. Launched an ecommerce store which sold over $10M in ad products

within the first year.

Real Pie Media, Los Angeles, CA 2003

Senior Producer

Directed a team of 5+ employees in all aspects of web site production for

clients which included Disney Online, Hollywood Records, Universal and Fox

Searchlight Pictures.

Walt Disney Internet Group, Los Angeles, CA 2000-

2002 Producer (2002)

Developed unique content for clients including MSN.com, Bell South, AT&T,

Parentstages.com and EarthLink by programming an editorial schedule based

on their audience, gathering assets, and managing the content delivery.

. Created a new revenue stream for Disney.com and FamilyFun.com by

building distributed content products which generated 20M yearly and

increased organic traffic across the Disney Online network.

Program Manager (2001)

Directed development of all custom sponsorships and web products sold by

advertising for Disney.com and FamilyFun.com.

Producer (2000)

Responsible for day-to-day management of Disney entertainment sites

including LIVE With Regis and Kelly!, Ebert & Roeper and the Movies, and

Radio Disney. Challenges included launching new designs/branding, building

online contests and viral marketing campaigns.

Additional Experience

Main Events & freelance, Dallas, TX

Director of Public Relations

Lyons Group, Amadea Films & McQuistion Assoc., Dallas, TX

Associate Producer, Segment Director and Script Supervisor

Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA

Elementary School Substitute Teacher

Education

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Bachelor of Fine Arts; Theater; GPA 3.9

Certifications / Memberships

Certified Scrum Master

Member of Scrum Alliance

Project Management Institute (PMI) - Completed Level One

Technical Skills

OS/Software: Windows (all platforms), MAC, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

Project, Visio, Photoshop, JIRA, Basecamp

Technical (Functional): Flash, HTML, XML, ASP, WAP, xHTML, SMS, JAVA, .NET

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