Digital producer, project manager, content builder and writer with nine years experience launching and maintaining high profile, multiplatform digital sites for travel and entertainment companies.
Specialties:
Agile & Waterfall Project Methodologies
Project Management Tools (JIRA, Daptiv, Rally, Basecamp)
Content Development, Strategy and Production
Social Media Strategy and Campaigns (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Hootsuite, etc.)
Digital Production and Publishing
Copyediting and Copywriting
HTML and CSS
Adobe SiteCatalyst and other Web Analytics
Media Content Galleries (Photo, Video etc)
Wordpress, Site Editor, Alfresco and other CMS applications
Senior Technical Project Manager, Core Services @ Senior Technical Project Manager for Age of Learning's Engineering Department, overseeing a team of API and JavaScript developers both onshore and offshore. Interfaces with AofL senior staff over business priorities, managing team projects using the Agile methodology. Implementing end-to-end workflow to streamline team's project delivery as well as other business units who utilize my team's programming. From January 2015 to Present (10 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaNovelist @ Published author of full-length novels and short fiction. Military science fiction novel Star Brigade: Resurgent is available now on Amazon in Kindle and paperback format. From 2002 to Present (13 years) Digital Producer Lead, DisneyParks.com @ Lead Producer for Disney Parks, the third most trafficked site among the Walt Disney Parks & Resorts brands brand sites, and Disney Side. Manages the production team and drive the execution of Business requests across teams, including managing the full life cycle of operational requests and budgets. From January 2014 to January 2015 (1 year 1 month) Greater Los Angeles AreaSenior Producer @ Manages the process and production operations of Studio Distribution Technology's asset delivery for streaming feature titles. From January 2012 to December 2013 (2 years) Greater Los Angeles AreaDirector, Digital @ From June 2011 to December 2011 (7 months) Associate Digital Producer @ Create and execute season-long content plans for ABC show websites of Castle, V and Brothers & Sisters
Managed pre-release promotion for two novels tied to ABC’s Castle on ABC.com, working closely with Hyperion Books. Downloads of chapter previews for both books total above 200k and counting.
Responsible for the management and maintenance of ABC's primetime websites.
Worked as liaison between ABC and third-party vendors like SinglePoint Studios to develop mobile websites and mobile trivia games.
Acting as a liaison for ABC.com between ABC TV Network's various departments (Network Legal, Business Affairs, Programming) and ABC TV show producers.
Managed the ideation and development of new site-wide projects for ABC.com, including its paginated recap feature which increased website page views by 100% to 200% on the websites for Grey’s Anatomy and Lost.
Working regularly with a content management system to update/create ABC primetime sites and their features.
Production highlights:
• Managed the website relaunch to support the 2011 | 2012 new shows revealed at ABC Television's upfront presentation.
• Worked as Digital Producer on ABC's Castle during its first three seasons to cultivate its ABC.com official site, increasing year-to-year page views and uniques each season.
• Successfully devised and executed the digital media strategy to promote first season of ABC’s Body Of Proof, which included exclusives full episode commentaries and weekly blogs from the show. From February 2008 to June 2011 (3 years 5 months) Greater Los Angeles AreaQuality Assurance Manager/Copy Editor/ Voice Over Artist @ Integrating a QA process into the NBC.com production schedule
Monitoring and checking for optimum website functionality on the NBC website.
Creating wireframes to improve upon existing show website designs.
Coordinating with Web Project Managers on testing site launches and enhancements.
Liaison between NBC.com and its SEO firm for search marketing data that enhanced the website's search engine rankings.
Recorded voice over material for advertiser prerolls that played on NBC.com's Full Episode Player. From December 2006 to February 2008 (1 year 3 months) Assistant Web Producer @ Creating action-oriented copy for video clips sent by TV Networks to promote their shows.
Monitoring the quality of TV site to insure an optimal customer experience. From September 2006 to December 2006 (4 months) Quality Assurance Technician @ • Reviewing online content prior to its live launch to ensure that Disney’s quality standards are upheld when viewed by its many web subscribers. These sites include Disney Connection, Disney’s Blast, and FamilyFun.com
• Interfacing daily with Quality Assurance Leads, website producers and web developers to alert them of website errors along with their origins and frequencies. Some of these errors include missing images, HTML/JavaScript errors, broken links and Flash debugging.
• Developing & executing a testing schedule that improves the Quality Assurance processes required for Disney’s many websites.
Performing comprehensive functionality and regression testing on website content previously flagged for errors. From March 2006 to September 2006 (7 months) Executive Marketing Assistant @ • Targeted The WB’s 18-49 demographic by writing age-appropriate copy for WB shows descriptions on www.thewbpass.com, a website viewed by 90,000 viewers nationwide
• Effectively showcased The WB’s cross-promotional efforts in the 100+ TV markets by producing presentational videos for The WB’s executives and sales managers
• Successfully managed the proper on-air promotion of The WB 100+’s partner stations, ensuring that all the partner stations aired WB promos with the correct WB station logo and audio tags
• Designing outdoor billboards for our WB affiliates for use in television markets nationwide
• Developed an efficient rapport with The WB’s viewers in over 100 national television markets, mainly by answering their questions about The WB’s TV programming
• Designing logos to be used on WB-related merchandise From December 2003 to December 2005 (2 years 1 month)
B.S., Advertising @ Syracuse University From 1998 to 2002 Charles Ekeke is skilled in: Digital Media, Television, Promotions, Content Creation, Blogging, Final Cut Pro, Entertainment, Film, Creative Direction, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, Editing, Photoshop, Multimedia, Video, New Media, Writing, Mac, Advertising, Facebook, Online Marketing, Adobe Creative Suite, Copywriting, CMS, Creative Development, Content Development, Dreamweaver, Process Improvement, Digital Strategy, Content Strategy, Video Production, Film Production, SEM, Producing, Interactive Marketing, Photography, Web Video, Broadcast, Screenwriting, Web Content, Content Management
Websites:
http://abc.go.com