Brad Grier

Director, Social Media and Community Management at Empire Avenue Inc.

Location: Edmonton, Canada Area
Industry: Online Media

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Brad Grier's Overview

Current

Director, Social and Community Management at Empire Avenue Inc.
The guy at Brad Grier Consulting
Consultant - Communications & Community Media at Brad Grier Consulting

Past

Lifestyle Technology Blogger at Future Shop
Fleet Commander: Social Media Armada at Empire Avenue Inc.
Web Business Analyst at Alberta Motor Association

Presenter: Alberta Women Entrepreneurs' fundraiser for Junior Achievement at Brad Grier Consulting
Presenter: Social Media Saturday at Guru Digital Arts College
Contributor at OneDegree.ca
Sr. Web Content Specialist at Alberta Motor Association.
eBusiness Specialist at United Way of the Alberta Capital Region
Communications Manager at BioWare Corp.
Developer / Webmaster (CITV) at ITV Television (Global Television) Edmonton
Writer / Producer / Host (CITV) at ITV Television (Global Television) Edmonton
Instructor -- Website design, Macintosh & Internet at Grant MacEwan College

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Connections

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Websites

Me @ Future Shop Techblog

Focusing on technology and social media.

Professional communicator, blogger and webmaster, experienced in social media, public relations, community relations, community development and journalism for print, online, and television.

Specific expertise and experience with social media platforms, CMS deployment / implementation, corporate communications and branding.

Specialties

New Media, Social Media, eBusiness development, Communications, Public relations, media relations

Director, Social and Community Management

Empire Avenue Inc.

Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry

September 2011 – Present (5 months)

My role will be, as with any startup, kinda fuzzy to begin with. In reality, I’ll be blogging, working with the various communities, and helping the team get things done. Whatever those things may be. Clean up after the Squirrel, you know.

The guy

Brad Grier Consulting

1990 – Present (22 years)

A web and communications professional with extensive for-profit and not-for profit experience in social media, communications, website design, development, and maintenance as well as business development and administration processes.

Consultant - Communications & Community Media

Brad Grier Consulting

January 1988 – Present (24 years 1 month)

Freelance technology journalist for national Canadian newspapers; Globe & Mail, National Post, Edmonton Journal, as well as regional news-magazines. Current focus is online publications.

Lifestyle Technology Blogger

Future Shop

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; BBY; Retail industry

May 2009 – November 2011 (2 years 7 months)

Lifestyle Technology blogger and passionate tech aficionado at Future Shop's TechBlog (http://futureshop.ca/techblog).

Fleet Commander: Social Media Armada

Empire Avenue Inc.

Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry

January 2010 – September 2011 (1 year 9 months)

Engagement, measurement, and entertainment. What more could you want? Hit me up if you want to check it out!

Web Business Analyst

Alberta Motor Association

Nonprofit; 1001-5000 employees; Consumer Services industry

September 2008 – September 2011 (3 years 1 month)

I'm a numbers guy and process consultant. Online business process analysis and recommendation. Reporting and Analytics. Cool stuff with numbers.

Presenter: Alberta Women Entrepreneurs' fundraiser for Junior Achievement

Brad Grier Consulting

November 2010 – November 2010 (1 month)

Honoured to talk about lifestyle technology with attendees at the 2010 Junior Achievement fundraiser hosted by Alberta Women Entrepreneurs. Topics included mobile technology and cloud computing. Presentation: https://bit.ly/AWEHIP

Presenter: Social Media Saturday

Guru Digital Arts College

September 2010 – September 2010 (1 month)

Day long workshop / presentation on Social Media.

Contributor

OneDegree.ca

February 2009 – October 2009 (9 months)

Frequent Week In Review online content curator.

Sr. Web Content Specialist

Alberta Motor Association.

Nonprofit; 1001-5000 employees; Consumer Services industry

April 2006 – September 2008 (2 years 6 months)

Forward-looking research, planning, industry trending, collection, analysis and reporting of information about the use and functionality of department websites. Daily reporting, maintenance and development.

eBusiness Specialist

United Way of the Alberta Capital Region

Nonprofit; 51-200 employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry

July 2003 – April 2006 (2 years 10 months)

Oversee online business activities including annual online pledging tool (fundraising), website(s) development and maintenance, and other online activities.

Communications Manager

BioWare Corp.

Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ERTS; Computer Games industry

2000 – 2003 (3 years)

Developed and implemented worldwide product publicity campaigns that garnered over 70 industry and mainstream media awards including a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA – Great Britain’s ‘Oscar’).

Over three years, increased awareness to a level that the company became recognized and acclaimed as a leading software developer in it's specialized field.

Coordinated the company’s first (and subsequent) trade show event, which resulted in several industry awards and positive publicity.

Created and implemented a customer community culture with over 2 million members worldwide, that is recognized as the model for customer-based communities within the industry.
Managed and directed the development of the corporate website.

Rapsheet: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,27227/