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MELVIN AKERMAN RESUME
199 E FLAGLER ST # 1510, MIAMI, FL 33131
PH: (305) 305-8988 / FAX: (305) 356-3611
EMAIL:

www.melvinakerman.com/resume

Summary

Bilingual webmaster of corporate sites, well experienced in coordinating diverse areas from internet marketing (3 years) to TV production (12 years). Fluent in both English and Spanish languages with an extensive knowledge of most of the current trends (technologies, music, film, etc.) in the US, Europe, and Latin American regions.

Professional Experience

Sony Latin America, Miami-FL - 2007-2009
Web Project Coordinator (Consultant)

Full time consultant for the regional Marketing and Communications department, by handling most of Sony Latin America's minisites, from creation to web deployment. This position was the liaison between the internal Product Management, the Marketing Department, the creative agencies involved and the IT team, to ensure the successful execution of all regional marketing campaigns.

This position responsibilities also included :
- Briefings the assigned agencies with the required steps for each project
- Analyze drafts received and quickly process all internal feedbacks.
- Coordination of all the deployment dates with all departments involved.
- Testing of all required web metric measurements online, using Omniture SiteCatalyst

S.K.Ripstein Enterprises, Aventura-FL - 2004-2007
Webmaster (Freelance)
Responsibilities include Search Engine Optimization of the site, develop and apply strategies to increase traffic including different movie, entertainment and events content, create ads to promote and attract audiences

SuperGroup International / Vision Earth, Miami-FL - 2004-2005
Multimedia Producer (Consultant)
Responsibilities included making all appropriate recommendations for sale strategies by using the eBay platform, and to best suit the needs to promote and sale of this company’s high ticket items (such as Broadcast TV Cameras and its accessories).
This task was performed by the internal sales team, after being thought to do the following tasks:
- Research products and keywords (by Yahoo’s Overture) to target and list on eBay for auction
- Acquire of the proper pictures, thumbnails and descriptions of items
- Contact potential buyers by email exchange
- Final handling of all payment procedures
- Processing the final shipping, handling and online tracking

Internet Publishing

Member of the Charter Content Desk group of 400 publishers

TV Education and Training

Education and Training
El Camino College, Los Angeles-CA

Estudio El Picadero, Buenos Aires-Argentina
Live TV Studio Production and Management Seminar

The AVID Institute, Hollywood-FL
Avid Xpress Training Seminar

Viacom International, Miami Beach-FL
Time Management Seminar

Computer skills

- Internet: XSite Pro (Internet Publishing) mastering and Macromedia Dreamweaver / HTML insert and execution, Fireworks, Camtasia, Market Samurai (keyword research), FTP, etc

- Graphic design / Publishing: all of Adobe (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere, etc)

- OS: Software handling for PC, DOS, all Windows OS (19+ years), and all Mac OS (16+ years)

**Several references available upon request**

Video Equipment Skills

Lineal, Off line, and On line editing, in all formats (15 years)
Broadcast / Industrial video cameras (ENG/EFP, studio), and film (14 years)