Tim Frommer's c.v.

INTERACTIVE SPECIALIST
Experienced online professional with demonstrated success in agency account and project management, integrated campaign development and execution, competitive analysis, and business strategy. Creative thinker, team builder. Excellent measurement and analysis, budgeting and forecasting skills.

where to find me:

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EXPERIENCE

Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, WA

Category Manager - Digital Strategy
February 2008 - present
  • Lead project teams, cross-functional teams and agencies to develop and implement new interactive programs and initiatives including online campaign executions, website planning and development for company's CRM initiatives.
  • Provide strategic counsel on interactive initiatives based upon complete understanding of business unit needs, requirements and key drivers.
  • Represent business unit on cross-functional project teams. Provide functional expertise to assess potential financial and operational impact.

DDB Seattle, Seattle, WA

Account Supervisor
August 2005 - January 2008
  • Led strategic and creative development, managed P&L, and collaborated on new business prospecting for the Agency's largest account.
  • Led planning, strategy and execution of integrated online campaigns and web development work for Agency accounts.
  • Developed internal project management process to improve estimating and on-time delivery for interactive work.
  • Managed and professionally developed Account Management and Interactive Services staffs.

Law.com, San Francisco, CA

Marketing Manager, Online Continuing Legal Education
July 2004 - July 2005
  • Managed successful implementation of new E-commerce Web site for division.
  • Wrote forecasting model, budget, and marketing plans for the business.
  • Assumed department director's role and supervised staff of four, six weeks after joining company.

Marketing Consultant(Self-employed), San Francisco, CA

June 2001 - June 2004
  • Managed E-commerce Web site and all online marketing programs for B2C catalog company, including: email campaigns, affiliates, search engine optimization and keyword buys for three brands.
  • Directed marketing campaign execution and analysis for customer acquisition and retention.
  • Developed performance metrics to track campaign ROI; improved effective ROI of online campaigns by 25%.

Red Herring, San Francisco, CA

Marketing Manager/Audience Development, RedHerring.com
December 1999 - April 2001

Managed initiation, design, implementation, tracking, and analysis of all promotional activities for audience development and subscriber acquisition.
  • Analyzed campaign results, created tracking benchmarks, marketing metrics, lifetime valuations and ROI milestones.
  • Managed RFP and vendor selection process for multi-million dollar email contract.

San Francisco Business Times, San Francisco, CA

Circulation & Marketing Director
May 1996 - October 1999

Managed all direct marketing campaigns for new subscribers; supervised sales and customer service staffs. Had full P/L responsibility, wrote annual budget, business and marketing plans. Sister publication to Puget Sound Business Journal.


Education

University of Notre Dame (Fighting Irish), B.A., History
New York University (Violets), M.A., Russian literature

Interests

Volunteering, beer making, cooking, collecting rock concert poster art, museum- and theatre-going, cheering for the Denver Broncos, and following the indie rock and local music scenes.