portfolio
American Film Institute
Media relations and business development of series of new media conferences co-sponsored by the Kauai Institute for Communications Management and the Kauai Film Commission. Media relations and business development support for the Advanced Technology Program of the Los Angeles campus. Marketing and media relations liaison between AFI and Washington, D.C.-based program certification authority.Business development and strategic analysis, marketing support of AC's digital media network.
Business development and marketing, introduction to angel investment funding.
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism
Marketing, branding, e-commerce and new media strategies support for the ministry's ongoing promotion campaigns both stateside and international; branding and strategic consulting for relaunch of the related Bahamas Film Commission and Out Island Promotion Board. Developed, budgeted and managed several culturally-specific sports promotion campaigns in tandem with the WNBA, NBA and NFL.Briland.com/ CaribeNetwork/ NetworkBahamas
Development, marketing, public relations and business development of the first pan-Caribbean B2B portal. The Briland Modem, located at www.briland.com , is the proof-of-concept supporting the regional network outreach. Its not-for-profit foundation, The Briland Modem Fund has built four community technology centers to date in the Out Islands of the Bahamas, and is actively working with the Taiguey Fundacion in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to build a similar network throughout the Caribbean region.CollegeBroadcast.com
Public relations, investor relations, business development, licensing and brand partnership, marketing communications and content development strategic consulting for top college-focused vertical broadband entertainment network.December Interactive
Media relations, corporate development and marketing communications for summer rollout of 'Batman & Robin: The CyberExperience,' coordination and development of distribution agreement with Apple Computer and Earthlink Network.Dees Digital Network
Developed and produced multi-faceted new media fundraiser for deejay Rick Dees benefiting the Salvation Army's efforts on behalf of Hurricane Katrina survivors; coordinated terrestrial and online content distribution; developed and supported extensive Who's Who of new media interview schedule on site; developed SMS-based sweepstakes promotion in tandem with Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Dunmore Nelson Group; developed sponsorship promotions in tandem with Putumayo Records, Burn Lounge, Digital Hollywood, CRN, Prime Radio Network; managed site location and logistics of 12-hour event at the Loews Santa Monica/Digital Hollywood conference. Event was broadcast to 7 million listeners worldwide, and raised over $1mil for targeted charity.FAME Renaissance Business Enterprise Center
Responsible for community business development, technology coordination and media relations support of first not-for-profit business incubator in the U.S.Frank Wilson & Associates
Development and implementation of multicultural (Asian, Hispanic, African, Caribbean) marketing strategies for Orange County advertising agency; multicultural media planning and buying services for Caltrans/San Francisco; Caltrans/San Diego; FasTrak/New Jersey.Genex Interactive
Public relations, corporate development and marketing communications for Los Angeles-based interactive agency specializing in kiosk, CD-ROM and Intranet design and back office solutions.Getty Information Institute
Development, design and implementation of the DigitalExperience exhibit at the Getty Museum, in tandem with ten other new media and tech corporations including Sun Microsystems, Dell Computers, Universal New Media, CommWerks, Disney Online and Comcast Cable.Business development and marketing, introduction to financing.
Global Association of Independent Television
Strategic planning, media relations, public relations, corporate development and marketing communications for launch of NATPE-founded online site, offline festival specific to independent television production resources.GopherTV
Business development and marketing, introduction to angel investment funding.
Hollywood Interactive Network
Media relations, corporate and program development for inaugural Hollywood Network, Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Interactive Network; development and coordination of Hollywood Film Festival CyberAwards, digital media conference.Interactive Achievement Center
Media relations, corporate communications and program development in support of launch of Microsoft technology partner and associate content developer.Johns+Gorman Films/Interactive
Development of new media division, coordination of key corporate and media relationships, licensing and branding launch of online film festival, developed marketing communications and publicity overview.Kauai Institute for Communications Media
Development and execution of marketing and public relations campaign, project management, mainland liaison for AFI co-sponsored 'Digital Storytelling For the New Millennium' new media conference series in Kauai, Hawaii.Sonic Foundry
Public relations, media relations, branding and business development support of the launch of the Sonic Foundry Media Services Division, which was later acquired by Sony Corporation.Tropical America - OnRamp Arts
"Tropical America," the centerpiece of a U.S. Department of Education media literacy grant to address issues of youth violence, offered an entertaining online teaching platform that succinctly engaged high school students in a comprehensive, thematic exploration of their own histories and cultural identities. Developed by OnRamp Arts in partnership with Los Angeles high school students, and drawn largely from recent immigrant families, "Tropical America" authentically addressed the urgent challenges of cultural assimilation of America's contemporary students. Inspired by the similarly titled mural by David Alfaro Siqueros -- subsequently white-washed in Los Angeles in 1932, the award-winning "Tropical America" explored the causes and effects of the erasure of history. King-Burns coordinated media relations, branding strategy and public relations support for the content launch at Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles.Vitaminic USA
Public relations, marketing communications, branding, consulting and business development in support of launch of the American headquarters of the first pan-European digital music platform, now being publicly-traded on the Nuovo Mercato in Italy.ZD Events
Online marketing development and support of ongoing annual exhibitor campaigns, development and management of online marketing support, branding, public relations support for technology conferences including Seybold, NetWorld+Interop, COMDEX, COMDEX/Enterprise, SSCRM.
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