I tend to help artists and small teams tell their stories to the wider world.

Whatever tool that's needed to get that done, I know it or I learn it.

Sometimes it's writing. Sometimes it's video editing. Sometimes it's photography. Sometimes it's the nuts and bolts: SEO, keyword research.

Here are a few things I've created recently.

Chick Corea Albums

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Over 12 years, I contributed to 19 of Chick's albums, including shooting cover art, shepherding project design from start to finish for multiple formats (DVD, CD, LP). Then came marketing: each album required a dedicated campaign of paid and organic promotion in print, digital and radio. I owned the project delivery across at least 3 teams (management, record label, art directors).

7 Principles of Successful Investing

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This is a 7-part online video course. The client conceived of the project and I helped him shape the narrative into 7 parts. I flew to his home and shot with two cameras. I handled the entirety of the post-production (editing, color correction, motion graphics) and collaborated with a small team for its release.

Historians of 18th-Century Art & Architecture

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HECAA initially just wanted a website, but they didn’t have much of a brand identity; I designed a suite of assets and refined with the leadership team. I designed and built the site (Wordpress), including a new paid membership platform that let them run the organization entirely through the site.

Finiac

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Finiac offers a suite of proprietary risk-focused portfolio-building tools for everyday investors. I led marketing for the team; the weekly newsletter was one component. The material skews wonky, so I enlivened it with an engaging, highly competent voice. I created all the graphics, too.

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Dan Muse

dan@danmuse.com
413.530.1683

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Experience

Foundation for the Study of Cycles

Marketing Director Jul. 2020-Mar. 2023; Jan. 2024-present

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A nonprofit paid-membership organization dedicated to analysis of cycles in markets and nature.

650%+ growth in revenue
800%+ growth on YouTube

Finiac

Marketing Director Mar. 2023-Jan. 2024

Title Dates

Defined digital strategy for this startup, writing and designing all campaigns. Targeted B2B audience of small business owners.

Chick Corea Productions

Marketing Director May 2012-Jul. 2020

Marketing Assistant September 2008-May 2012

Chick was a legendary jazz musician (23 Grammy awards). I was on his small management team, promoting all live shows, appearances and albums.

Oversaw release of 19 albums
Promoted 100+ shows per year on 6 continents
10 Grammys won during this time period

Freelance

Creative & Marketing Consultant Jun. 2022-present

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Clients include: Cyvatar; Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art; Historians of British Art; Association of Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture; Dr. Richard Smith; Sergio Mercado Design

Education

Emerson College BA, Print Journalism ('08)

Skills

Web design

Wordpress

Photography

Videography

Adobe Creative Suite

Premiere Pro
After Effects
Photoshop
Lightroom
InDesign

Marketing

Mailchimp
Kajabi
Active Campaign

Google Workspace

+ a whole mess of project management and productivity tools.

I appreciate the time

What else to say? I’ve lived in Minneapolis since 2019. Before that, spent 12 years in NYC (6 uptown, 6 in Brooklyn). The winters in Mpls aren’t nearly as bad as they say. I have a black dog named Rolo who hoards socks. My wife is an art historian. I practice woodworking and it humbles me to no end. I value kindness above most things.