Marisa Gallagher
Film Theory and Anthropology graduate from University of Notre Dame, currently pursuing MBA at Berkeley and working as Vice President of User Experience at Razorfish.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | University of California System - Berkeley, University of Notre Dame |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Razorfish; San Francisco, CA |
| Position: | Vice President of User Experience |
| Time period: | December 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Currently leading the user-centered design practice for Razorfish’s California offices, contributing Experience Design thought leadership to the industry through college-level courses, digital publishing, and social media distribution, running business development proposals, and setting strategic direction for key accounts.
Special areas of focus: - Media + Entertainment, E-commerce, Designing experiences to leverage social behaviors. Representative clients: - ABC Television (Digital Strategy) - Visa USA (Digital Strategy) |
| Employer: | Avenue A-Razorfish, San Francisco, CA |
| Position: | Director of User Experience |
| Time period: | December 2005 - November 2008 |
| Description: | Managed the AARF San Francisco team of Information Architects, Content Strategists, and User Researchers and led strategy and design engagements for large website and product development projects.
Special areas of focus: - Media + Entertainment, Audience engagement in a distributed, fragmented, and personalized world. Representative clients: - ESPN – ESPN.com (Editorial + Ad strategy and site redesign) - Visa Innovations Group (Currency concepting R&D) - NASA - (Site innovations R&D) - Disney Online - Disney.com (Strategic Redesign) |
| Employer: | Avenue A-Razorfish/Sbi.Razorfish/Razorfish, San Francisco, CA |
| Position: | User Experience Lead, Senior Content Strategist, Content Strategist |
| Time period: | December 1999 - November 2006 |
| Description: | Led user experience and content, editorial, and migration strategy engagements for digital marketing, community, e-commerce, and R&D website and product development projects.
Representative Clients: - Singapore Airlines (www.singaporeair.com) - Napster (social networking R&D) - MyFamily, Inc (www.ancestry.com + www.myfamily.com) - Visa (intranet R&D) - McKesson (supplier network redesign) - Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Online (www.disneyworld.com) - Nike (digital asset management R&D) - Sun Microsystems (sunsolutions.com, java.com, networked update R&D) - LADWP (content governance support for www.ladwp.com) - Genentech (drug development best practices intranet and a thought leader extranet) - Cisco Systems (www.cisco.com) |
| Employer: | Cnet Networks; San Francisco, CA |
| Position: | Producer and Directory Associate |
| Time period: | December 1998 - November 2000 |
| Description: | Developed and implemented the editorial vision for a community-oriented site about web-based application service providers and virtual network exchanges (Webware.com) and an e-busines tech website directory (CNET Business.) |
| Employer: | Looksmart; San Francisco, CA |
| Position: | Copy Editor and Editor |
| Time period: | December 1997 - November 1999 |
| Description: | Wrote reviews for a human-powered search engine, then later helped create and maintain the corporate editorial style and taught others how to improve their writing and better adhere to company voice and tone. |
| Employer: | Wvfi-Am 640; South Bend, IN |
| Position: | Station Manager, Production Manager, and Dj |
| Time period: | December 1993 - November 1998 |
| Description: | Worked as a regular staff DJ, morning show DJ, community-outreach-focused Product Manager, and finally as the Station Manager of my university’s college-rock radio station, directing the efforts of 150 broadcasters, managing 2 broadcast studios, and advocating to transition the station to FM status. |
| Employer: | Asset Management; Orinda, CA |
| Position: | Operations & Special Projects Manager |
| Time period: | December 1989 - November 1998 |
| Description: | Provided office management, book-keeping, executive support and developed film and physical production materials for a McKinsey-trained management consultant serving Fortune 500 clients and running Stanford-based “Women In Leadership” courses. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
| Time period: | 2010 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | University of Notre Dame |
| Time period: | 1998 |
| Degree: | Film Theory and Anthropology, BA |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | MIT INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES PERIOD teacher, 2009
2.5-day course entitled “Experience Design: from Product Development to Problem Solving” FEED: THE RAZORFISH CONNECTED CONSUMER REPORT author, 2008 “Let’s Talk About It: Designing Experiences for the Facebook Generation” RAZORFISH DIGITAL DESIGN OUTLOOK author, 2007 “Video Killed the Internet Star” + “Our Brave New Beta Future: An Argument for a Data-Driven Approach to UI Design” ASIS&T IA SUMMIT speaker, 2007, 2004 and poster presenter 2006 2007 Presentation Topic: "Intelligent Inter(re)action: An Argument for Data-Driven Design." 2006 Poster Topic: "The Self-Healing Website." 2004 Presentation Topic: "Narrative in Interactive Design." O’TOOLE AWARD recipient, 1998 I was one of two graduating University of Notre Dame seniors honored for excellence in analytical film writing. ACADEMY of ACHIEVEMENT student honoree, 1994 As a National Merit Scholar, I was chosen to spend a weekend with their accomplished members, including Robert DeNiro, Jack Horner, Donna Karan, and George Lucas. |
