Matthew Young

• Organized daily schedules for multiple family members using Google office suite.
• Managed household finances including bill payment and taxes.
• Ran multiple school clubs and organizations. Increased revenues and hired and negotiated staff wages. Planned parties for as many 50 children, coordinating supplies and party plans with many parents.
• Ran the "New Families Committee" for several years. Producing a new parents guide for services and family needs for the area. Matched new families with host families in their child's grade to have a buddy first day.

• A digital strategy and production consulting group that contracts through agencies or partners directly with companies to develop strategies and produce content that engages customers and achieves business objectives
• Clients include: HUGE, Novo Nordisk, Jumeirah Hotels, Wakefern, and Ricoh.
• Established a successful business by identifying market needs and developing innovative solutions.

• Led content strategy, design and operations for HBO.com, HBO’s consumer websites; including all corporate and show sites. Set content strategy and design guidelines. Directed complete site redesign. Worked with show creators to develop engaging and informative content around their shows. Liaised with other internal groups to develop key marketing and promotion plans for HBO shows and businesses. Oversaw direct consumer relationships through fan communities and newsletters. Hired, motivated and reviewed a multi disciplined team of over 25 freelance and staff resources. Managed department and project budgets and negotiated contracts with external parties
• Site traffic increased from 500K to 5MM unique users/month
  o Newsletter subscriptions increased from 400K to 1.8MM
  o Led SEO effort and improved search ranking dramatically
  o Doubled traffic from HBO.com to online store
  o Won two Webbies for best television sites, in addition to other awards
• Spearheaded creative development for projects, leading brainstorming sessions and guiding the team in conceptualization efforts.
• Managed budgets and resources effectively to reduce production costs while maintaining high production value.
• Reviewed finished product to determine quality and readiness for release.
• Consistently met or exceeded project deadlines, demonstrating effective time management and organizational skills throughout the production process.

• Oversaw a cross departmental team to design and develop a web-based business solution and e-procurement product for the live-action production community. Developed, business requirements, and marketing plan; through the technical matrix, site architecture, development timeline and budget.

Production Manager, Art Department Manager, and Design Assistant on feature film and commercial productions. Developed and managed schedules and multi-million dollar budgets for a number of productions. Hired crews for local and international productions, and handled communications with production teams as well as with the studio. Developed design concepts for Directors and Production Designers.(Credits include: Little Women, One Fine Day, In and Out, Godzilla, Big Daddy)