About
Resume
Advertising Production Manager
Your Membership :: March 2015 to Present
Drives the ad production process of receiving, reviewing, approving, creating, and publishing for YM’s Media department. Serves directly under the department director as the primary advertising liaison to ensure that all ad campaigns are built, launched timely, and reflect clients’ interests. Engages in all relevant activities to support YourMembership’s e-advertising, from obtaining production materials, sending proofs, interacting with clients and testing ads online. Coordinates with marketing directors, creative vendors and agency studios in obtaining and/or creating ad files and provides reports on advertising metrics. Collaborates with executive leaders of associations to launch member and industry directories, newsletter products, and programmatic advertising.
- Developed accountable workflow process for preparation, launch, and follow up of new programmatic advertising departmenet intitiative
- Designed, coordinated, and launched new email newsletter product resulting in a 33% increase in department revenue during the first three months
- Developed new workflow of mass lead scrubbing and assignment to sales reps in SalesForce resulting in the elimination of time-consuming manual tasks
Community Manager, Contributor
Nerd Sourced :: August 2014 to Present
Manages website content and search engine optimization. Monitors web analytics and develops processes for increasing traffic. Manages social media communities and engages prospective fans on Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter. Creates and edits blogs, podcasts, and videos to diversify content and engage multiple communities and audiences.
Director of Marketing
Vericle :: January 2013 to December 2015
Designed marketing campaigns to retain and up sell clients and drive projects to completion. Delegated and monitored workloads across marketing team members, and coordinated with department leaders to align other teams with company mission and events. Created materials for attracting prospects and closing leads. Managed outsourced projects and analyzed marketing performance data for improvement.
- Improved team productivity by implementing new process for monitoring project statuses and tracking deadlines
- Increased team workloads by prioritizing and managing projects between in-house and outsourced completion
Logistics Manager & Graphic Designer
Tainted Visions Art :: January 2012 to January 2013
Developed Excel macros in Visual Basic for streamlining multiple site listings. Managed website and social media content. Designed digital graphics for website and promotional material. Managed daily tasks of staff.
- Automated product listing spreadsheets resulting in a 75% reduction in time spent managing products across multiple websites
Skills & Software
Graphic Design, Digital Advertising, Web Design, Content Marketing, Project Management, Team Management Community Management, Video Editing, Photography, Podcast Production, Email Marketing
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesgin, Premier Pro, After Effects, Audition, Dreamweaver, WordPress, HTML, CSS, Word, Excel, Office, Salesforce, Hootsuite
Projects
Game Loadout
Personal Project
Game Loadout.com was a site designed to archive character builds and loadouts from contemporary video games and let users comment and rate the builds in order to create top-quality content for site visitors.
Son of Fire
Personal Project
Son of Fire is a first person adventure game about your spiritual journey through the Valley of Fire. Defend your tribe’s home under threat by strange machines. Use the guidance of your ancestors and spirits to keep the intruders from decimating your lands with their destructive imperial expansion.
The Cave: A Platonic Simulation
California State University, Monterey Bay :: 2011
Concept: Simulator based on Plato’s Allegory of the Cave that utilizes first-person shooter mechanics to suggest self-reflecting themes of consumerism, obsession with luxury, and the pursuit of wealth. Made with Maya, Unity, Photoshop, and Soundbooth.
Kill House
California State University, Monterey Bay :: 2010
Concept: Animated action short film of war between chess pieces. Made with Maya, After Effects, and Premier Pro
Education
Bachelor of Science in Communication Design
CSU Monterey Bay :: 2008 to 2011
Concentration in 3D Animation and Game Design
Electoral Studies in Graphic Design, Digital Design, Web Design, and Programming
Contact
andrewkropff [at] gmail [dot] com
Phone
727.490.9622
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Who I am
My name is Andrew Kropff and I am a Content Marketer and Digital Designer in sunny Florida.
I am a jack of many trades and I wear many hats but my greatest skill is doing. I get things done.
I’m most experienced in marketing, advertising, and digital design. Sure, I can build a website, setup Google AdWords, design digital and print graphics, grow communities, create digital media, and manage projects. But those are just details. My specialty is solving problems.
Give me a challenge I will overcome it or find someone who can do it faster and better. Hand me a project and I’ll turn it into a repeatable and measurable process.
I believe marketing is about building a community, not just writing blogs and publishing videos. After all, people don’t buy what you sell, they buy why you sell it. By engaging your community and empowering your brand evangelists, your products and services will sell themselves.
Advertising is about treating people like people, not just an opportunity to make money. The internet has fundamentally changed how advertising works, and we’re just beginning to catch up with the technology. It starts with targeting unique individuals and nurturing your relationship with them. Advertising doesn’t end with a closed sale, that is just the beginning of a new relationship.
Design should communicate across barriers. Design is a discipline of ideas, refinement, and reflection. Often design is mistaken as aesthetics. But design is really the arrangement of information optimized for communication. Good design is art, and art has good design.
When not marketing, adverting, or designing, I love playing video games, rock climbing, biking, exploring nature, and making nerdy things. Most weekends you can find me with my wife Michelle going for a walk.
Currently Playing
- Destiny: Age of Triumph :: Xbox One
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild :: Nintendo Switch
- Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition :: Tabletop
Currently Reading
- Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection :: Brandon Sanderson