• Embed Doc
  • Copy Link
  • Readcast
  • Collections
Download
 
 
Jim Stroud
/ Atlanta, GA / jimstroud@jimstroud.com /404-939-5752
Social Media Development Manager / Trainer / Public Speaker / Online Community Manager 
SUMMARY
Jim Stroud has an expertise in
Social Media, Community Management
and
Internet Research
thathas been leveraged heavily in the area of Education,
Recruiting
and
Competitive Intelligence
. Inaddition to that, he is an accomplished
Blogger, Public Speaker and Trainer.
Furthermore, as arecognized voice in the recruiting community he has been quoted often in both mainstream and nichemedia.
 FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES SERVEDAREAS OF EXPERTISEMEDIA CITATIONSAWARDS / RECOGNITION
Intrapreneur Online Community ManagementSocial Media Development Instructional DesignPublic Speaker Online ResearchInnovative Thinking New Media Content DevelopmentRecruiting TrainingAtlanta Journal and Constitution US News and World ReportGlobe and Mail Red HerringFast Company Wall Street Journal
Monster’s List of Top 10 Employment Bloggers
 Ranked #7 in the Top 25 HR Digital Influencers 2009 list by HR Examiner
Added to Evan Carmichael’s Top 50 HR Blogs to Watch in 2009
 
 
March 2008
 –
Present
 
SOCIAL MEDIA DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
, GlobalEnglish, Brisbane, CAWhile working remotely from Atlanta, I developed and implemented innovative strategies for web-baseduser procurement for the English learning community - EnglishCafe. I also acted as a communitymanager keeping our users engaged and converting them into evangelists for the EnglishCafe brand.My duties also extended to content creation and management, competitive intelligence and working withweb developers in the design and usability of the web site. I also lead a team of marketing interns toperform various SEO and community engagement tasks.During my tenure at EnglishCafe, my duties included but were not limited to the following:
Community Management
 
Planned and oversaw the organization's promotion activities specifically linked to its web presence.
Created, engaged and grew a thriving online community of over 50,000 English learners acrossmultiple social networks (such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter) along with consistent interactionof 90,000+ members on the EnglishCafe website.
Created and facilitated online contests for the purposes of retaining members and attracting newusers to EnglishCafe.
Experimented with various online web 2.0 tools, introduced them to the community, then gaugeduser reactions to make compelling arguments for new website functionality.
Content Creation and Management
 
Produced 350+ blog posts that included original podcasts, videos and comics that I created.
Produced several English lessons and how-to articles for the "Help Section" of the website.
Produced 2 video series for English learners and a podcast series for English teachers anddistributed them online and via iTunes.
Managed content from internal thought leaders and community for placement on the homepagewhich changed twice daily.
Social Outreach
 
Prepared reports on online initiatives, including charts and graphs, and presented recommendationsfor action plans to management.
Managed a blogger outreach campaign for the purposes of attracting teachers to participate on theEnglishCafe platform.
Used a video series and contests to drive traffic to various landing pages in order to attract newusers, increase community engagement and sell company products.
Competitive Intelligence
 
Researched, analyzed, and monitored financial, technological, and demographic factors in order tocapitalize on market opportunities and minimize the effects of competitive activity.
Monitored user sentiment on EnglishCafe and competitor websites in order to formulate bestpractices.
 
May 2005
 –
March 2008TECHNICAL SOURCING CONSULTANT,
Microsoft, Redmond, WA
 
While working remotely from Atlanta, I implemented a wide range of online resources, software, webenabled tools and innovative strategies to source active and passive candidates. Initially my focus was onsourcing senior technical personnel for the Win Client and Mobile and Embedded Devices Groups thentowards the end of my tenure, I pursued software developers all over the world for the InternationalRecruiting Team. I eventually transitioned to the International Recruiting Team where I continued tosource passive technical candidates. In addition to sourcing projects, my activities included, but werenot limited to:
Conducted special projects in the field of Marketing, Competitive Intelligence, InternationalRecruitment Research and Online Research Training.
Consistent contributor to the Microsoft Technical Careers @ Microsoft blog which
was awarded for 
“Best Group Blog”
and “Best Job Seeker Blog” by Recruiting.com during my tenure.
 
Created a series of articles called “Speak Geek” to spark internal creative problem
-solving debates oncurrent sourcing methods.
Created and maintained an internal blog for communicating to my group the status of requestedprojects and industry-specific news and gossip.
Contributed in the formation of a group SharePoint site designed for the sharing of intelligence.
Created and maintained
wikis
that focused on the recruitment landscape of various countries.
Presented several training sessions on innovative sourcing strategies domestically and overseas.
Implemented email and
Social Media
strategies (MySpace, YouTube, Podcasts, Viral Videos) tomarket opportunities to passive candidates and fill open positions that were historically difficult toclose.
December 2004
 –
April 2005SEARCHOLOGIST,
Google, Mountain View, CAEngaged in confidential strategic sourcing projects working remotely from Atlanta. Strong focus onrecruiting experienced Software Engineers and developing a Talent Pipeline. Created internal blog of sourcing strategies for sharing techniques with team members. Contributed towards a
recruitment video
for attracting female software engineers.
March 2003 - November 2004STRATEGIC STAFFING CONSULTANT
, Siemens Energy & Automation, Alpharetta, GAHired as a contract employee within this
startup division
of consolidated recruitment services.
Chief responsibility was sourcing personnel
in the areas of Materials, Distribution, Engineering, FactoryAutomation and Logistics.
of 00

Commenting has been disabled.