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MELVIN AKERMAN RESUME
MIAMI-FL 33131
PH: (305) 305-8988 / FAX: (305) 356-3611
EMAIL: melvin@melvinakerman.com

www.melvinakerman.com/resume

Summary

Bilingual corporate site webmaster, well experienced in diverse media such as TV production and diverse internet marketing techniques, fluent in both English and Spanish languages with an extensive knowledge of current cultural pop trends (technologies, music, film, etc.) in the US, Europe, and Latin American region. Worked for the past 17 years in different aspects of the multimedia and marketing fields, including many of the top industry's leaders on the field, both on freelance and staff positions.

Professional Experience

Sony Latin America, Miami Beach-FL - 2007-Current
Web Project Coordinator
Responsibilities include managing all of the Sony Latin America Mini-Sites ( www.Sony-Latin.com ) for its Webmaster, deploying all of the promotional campaigns at the same time of the rest of the marketing releases, from concept to deployment, assigning vendors to develop projects to coordinating the deployment dates.

Digital Television Latin America, Miami Beach-FL - 2004-2007
Webmaster
Responsibilities for eight separate websites including keyword research, Search Engine Optimization of the site, article syndication, linking exchange and testing and implementing similar products on relevant pages

S.K.Ripstein Enterprises, Aventura-FL - 2004-Current
Webmaster
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

Bolio System/Digital Television, Miami-FL - 2005-Current
Webmaster
Responsibilities include creation of ring of websites to sell published ebooks from Dr Bolio, make sites ecommerce operational, Search Engine Optimization of the pages, develop and apply strategies to increase traffic with keywords and content generation, and the creation of ads to promote and attract audiences

SuperGroup International / Vision Earth, Miami-FL - 2004-2005
Multimedia Producer
Responsibilities included multimedia productions (recording, editing, DVD authoring, replications, etc) of several documentaries and client promotional videos 

“The Roof” airing on NBC / Mun2, Miami-FL - 2002-2004
Line Producer
Responsibilities included all aspects of the live production of the live production of the live in-studio show "The Roof”, which aired prime-time on weekdays, including all daily pre and post productions of show. <click here>

MTV Latin America , Miami Beach-FL 1999-2001
Senior Associate Producer (Staff) 2000-2001
Responsibilities included all aspects of the production of the show "Conexion", including production of remote interviews and supervision of talent, all pre and post productions of show, Associate Producers, Production Assistants, and Interns. In addition, responsible for shows budget, and assisting Supervising Producer on special projects.

• Consistently produced quality work while simultaneously meeting all airing deadlines within limited budgets.
• Created programming which responded to changing styles and necessities of each territory on a pan-regional show. . <click here for images>
• Maintained up to date music knowledge and production techniques which allowed the show to continue its "cutting edge" style, with development of new ideas and segments
• Successful integration of all of the show sponsors, mediating between all the network departments' needs and the show's style, which generated a total of 5 clients renewing their accounts with larger investments on the channel. This also generated a total of 22 different Film spots, within the show, from many large Motion Picture labels.
• Reorganized the Production Department, facilitating the teamwork, using newer techniques to speed up the delivery of the show elements, and the realization of newer ideas and strategies on screen.
• Produced the coverage of a total of 4 "special" international shows, remotely on location, which included a worldwide teamwork effort.
• Produced a total of 18 interviews with internationally known music artists, in Europe , US, and the Americas , gaining more interest from the audience in seeing their favorite artists.

Associate Producer (Staff) 1999-2000
Responsibilities included co-production of the show "Conexion".

• Supervised the talent, assisted on the transition of producing the show on remote studios to the new "in-house" facilities. <click here for images>
• Developed and executed all actions needed to bring show's budget back in track.
• Assisted Producer and Executive Producer on special projects.
• Revamped the daily prime-time show for Latin America "Conexion", updating its older format, successfully getting the attention of the targeted audience with a more current and newer production
• Produced a total of 12 interviews with internationally known music artists, in Europe , US, and the Americas , gaining more interest from the audience in watching their favorite artists on the show
• Promoted to Senior Associate Producer within 9 months.

Freelance Local Producer, Production Assistant & Crew Coordinator 1994-1999

List of clients included:
Nickelodeon (Latin America), MTV (Latin America), CNN en Español, Cartoon Networks (Latin America), USA Networks (Latin America), Don King Productions, BBC, Bridgestone/Firestone, Sheraton Luxury Collection ( Latin America ), etc.
Worked throughout Latin America , for different projects.
Productions required handling of both equipment and personnel.
Assisted with the complete local production, which consisted of maintaining clients' "network" style, Frequently on remote and sometimes difficult to access location.

• Worked as a local Production Manager for the regional segments of the special show "Nickelenio" (shot in Mexico, Argentina, Honduras, Dominican Rep.), working also locally during the remote shoots. Some of these regional takes also become part of the US-Nickelodeon main show.
• Developed and produced a total of 55 shows "MTV Afuera 95" which involved extensive traveling to landmark locations in Colombia , Venezuela , Peru , and Argentina .
• Interacted with marketing and production department, in all projects for these networks, and met all their deadlines.
• Promoted to staff Associate Producer for MTV Latin America.

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 : SEO, Adwords, Adsense, eBay sale strategies, XSite Pro (Internet Publishing) mastering and Macromedia Dreamweaver / HTML insert and execution, Fireworks, Camstasia, Keyword Locator, Link Popularity Check, FTP, etc

TV : NBC's iNews (live running-time software for studio programming)

TV : Video editing: Final Cut Pro (4 years) and Avid Xpress editing, intermediate experience

TV : DVD authoring: DVD Studio Pro, Adobe Encore / DVD Duplication software

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)