Ross Clurman

Ross Clurman

Brainstorm Lightning

About me

Contrary to my photo, I spend more time looking ↑, than I do looking ↓. I love to write, I am in a perpetual and relentless pursuit of knowledge, I am passionate about everything to do with marketing and advertising.

My evenings and weekends are dedicated to being an entrepreneur; I co-founded a web design and development firm – Some Script™, and I am the product manager for an advertising start-up – Ad+Inertia™.

And, I occasionally blog.

The meat and potatoes

I create remarkable, results-driven marketing solutions by integrating traditional, interactive, online, social, mobile, and non-traditional media. And, I am relentless.

I have 8 years of direct marketing experience. In that time, I have also acquired 7 years of email and interactive marketing experience and 5 years of interactive marketing experience. Some of my other skills include the following:

Specialties

  • Direct, interactive, and mobile marketing
  • Marketing planning, strategy and analysis
  • Social media marketing and management
  • Search engine marketing (SEM), (i.e. SEO and PPC)
  • Automated marketing campaigns
  • Business development and demand generation
  • Product development and marketing
  • Traditional and non-traditional advertising
  • Creative direction, copywriting and design
  • Software analysis, requirements, and specifications
  • Public relations and corporate event planning
  • Information architecture
  • Project management
  • Quality assurance and UA testing
  • Customer relationship management
Capabilities

9/10
Adobe® Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
8/10
Adobe® Dreamweaver / Coda
9/10
Google Analytics, AdWords
9/10
Microsoft Office
7/10
OmniGraffle / Visio
8/10
CRM Solutions
9/10
Content Management Systems
9/10
Social Media Management Systems
8/10
Project Management Systems
Education

Accolades Institution Dates
MBA work in Entrepreneurship & Innovation UMKC 2007 - 2008
Bachelor's of Science in Advertising Kansas State University 2001 - 2005
Experience

Position Company Employment
Marketing Director / Product Manager TWG (acquisition) 2009 - Present
Managing Partner Zoom Interactive Marketing 2007 - 2009
Interactive Account Executive PlattForm Advertising 2005 - 2007
Marketing Coordinator PowerComm 2000 2004 - 2007
Avocations

Active volunteer with the American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Hill Country Ride for AIDS, Mamma Jamma Ride, and the National MS Society. I am a founding board member of AD2ATX, a member of the Austin AdFed and the Austin AMA. I also love to write.

Enough about me. Say hello, or download a PDF version of my resume.