Ruben Kenig

51 East Street
Ashburton
Devon, TQ13 7AQ
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Mission

I aspire to assist individuals and companies to communicate effectively to further their aims and achieve their aspirations. Technologies such as the World Wide Web and social media are merely tools that facilitate communication. I wish to use my skills with these tools to create effective and meaningful relationships cultivating tangible benefits for all.

Key Skills

Web Content, Strategy and Design

Copywriting
Social media strategy, management and implementation
(X)HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL and Javascript
Image processing and creation: Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks and Flash
Web analytics, interpretation and analysis
Search engine optimization

Project Management

Team management
Project planning
Information control and coördination
Stakeholder reporting
Subcontractor management

Office/Personal Computing

Word processing
- Microsoft Word
- Pages
- GoogleDocuments
- OpenOffice

Spreadsheets
- Microsoft Excel
- Numbers
- GoogleDocuments
- OpenOffice

Presentations
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- OpenOffice
- Impress
- Presi

Email and Calendar Management
- Microsoft Outlook
- Mail/iCal
- GoogleMail/Calendar
- Basecamp

Media Production

Digital audio editing, tracklaying and processing
- ProTools
- Logic
- Cubase
- Audacity
Studio and location recording
Recording session management
Video editing, formatting and DVD authoring

Selected Past Work Experience

09/09 – present, Copywriter and Social Media Strategist, Woodapple Interactive Pvt Ltd

While working remotely with Woodapple, who are based in Gurgaon, India, I assisted in the creation and management of the Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre a partnership between the Indian Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and Confederation of Indian Industry aimed at facilitating investment into India. This site provides information resources, live help/consultation and a businesses network and receives over 1,000 visitors a week. I consulted with several clients devising and refining social media strategies including Outlook Money, India’s largest personal finance magazine, helping them refine and develop their presence on both Twitter and Facebook. I coached their staff and helped them increase their audience and social media interactions by over 250% creating a valuable communication and sales channel.

09/07 – 05/09, Project Manager, CopperBeech (UK) Ltd

I managed the design, development, social marketing strategies and content production for a network of seven websites from start-up to over 65k visitors per month. The operational team was dispersed in several locations in the UK and India and the project was co-ordinated with a strong emphasis on online communication.

12/07 – 08/09, Technical Director, Wondermentalist Cabaret

Co-ordinating the technical requirements of artists with the staff of the several venues used by this comedy infused poetry based cabaret. The Wondermentalist Cabaret has built a strong following in South Devon regularly playing to audiences of over 200.

10/06 – 09/07, Web Designer and Technology Consultant

Working from concept development through to site launch I created six successful websites for a variety of businesses from holiday home rentals to a businesses coach.

12/02 – 10/06, Switchboard Operator, Starwood Hotels and Resorts

Serving all three Central London Starwood hotels, two Five Star and one Four Star with a total of 671 guest rooms as well as Starwood’s UK offices. This was a busy customer-facing role.

10/00 – 11/02, Graphic/Web Designer, Danceworks

I created and maintained the company website and produced monthly timetables both on the web and in print.

01/00 – 01/01, Sound Editor (Film and TV)

I worked as a sound editor and music editor on film and television projects, reconciling artistic vision with technical and budgetary constraints. I was part of creating several films that received festival viewings and television broadcasts.

Education

01/98 — 01/00, National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, UK Post-Graduate Diploma in Screen Music

While at film school I worked as a composer, sound designer, recording engineer and dubbing mixer on many films. Many of these were exhibited at festivals both in the UK and abroad with one, Hourglass, winning the Royal Television Society Award for Best Student Film in 2000.

09/86 — 05/89, Manhattan School of Music, New York, USA BA Composition Program

As well as working as a teaching assistant in electronic music I studied composition, conducting and music history. Several of my compositions were performed at the conservatory both as part of composition showcases and dissertation recitals.

09/82 — 07/86, Friends Seminary High School, New York, USA

I worked extensively on music while earning my high school diploma, playing with the school jazz ensemble, wind band and several ad-hoc groups. I composed scores for several school theatre productions and in my final year composed and presented a 90-minute program of my work in the schools main auditorium.

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