JAKE (JASON) LEVINE

756 S Spring St - Apartment 205 - Los Angeles, CA 90014

323-788-7386 - jl10876b4@westpost.net - Twitter: @jakedlevine
Objective: Continue to broaden my experience in social media, search technology
and content/user discovery to lead a product organization and drive its growth i
n user base, engagement and retention.
--HIGHLIGHTS--
- More than 6 years of search product management experience.
- Directed 7 major search products to support Myspace as the 9th largest U.S. se
arch engine.
- Co-managed billion-dollar Google deal and facilitated negotiations on new adve
rtising agreement.
- Managed key SEO efforts on Myspace that improved the site PageRank from 8 to 9
.
- One of the inventors of U.S. Patent No. 6,513,003 for Earnings.com as well as
numerous other provisional patents for Idealab.
--PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE--
Myspace - Beverly Hills, CA
Director of Product Management - Search and Discovery - 2007 - Present
Led product development for search, recommendations and SEO for social networkin
g giant and managed the Google-Myspace partnership.
- Conceptualized, defined, managed and launched the following search verticals f
or Myspace: People, Music, Video, Photos, Events, Games/Apps and Karaoke account
ing for billions of page views and millions of users and dollars in revenue, glo
bally.
- Wrote requirements, defined algorithms, devised information architecture, anal
yzed metrics and prioritized roadmaps for all of Myspace's search, browse and re
commendation products.
- Led innovation for music search to reduce extraneous page views by ~60% throug
h data cleansing, major information architecture enhancements and better algorit
hms that were the result of conducting usability studies, focused data analysis
and creation of user mental models.
- Improved search satisfaction by over 15% as measured by quarterly, on-site sur
veys.
- Drove increases in ad monetization on People Search 3 fold through careful AdS
ense tuning.
- Co-managed $900 million Google deal and served as key contributor in most rece
nt Google deal.
- Served on two company councils formed to build leading privacy and SEO standar
ds.
- Defined Myspace's people recommendations product, resulting in a 40% increase
in added friends, which helped increase overall site engagement and retention me
trics.
- Executed Video Similarities project, which led to click-through rates as high
as 50%.
- Implemented product development process improvements, resulting in greater eff
iciency for rapid product launches, including delivering Photos Search in 6 week
s.
- Promoted twice and currently lead a team of 15 including product managers, des
igners, project managers and engineers.
Snap.com - Pasadena, CA
Product Manager - 2004 - 2007
Oversaw product management for this innovative search company.
- Managed the product definition, design and development of this Idealab search
engine that recently had key search innovations emulated by Google on their web
search product.
- Launched distributed Snap Shots product that appeared on millions of US and in
ternational blogs and websites including TechCrunch, Xanga and WordPress.
- Provided significant product support for numerous patent and provisional paten
t applications for search innovations.
- Promoted from Project Manager, R&D at Idealab.
Independent Contractor - Los Angeles, CA
Consultant - 2002 - 2004
- Consulted for several companies including KCRW and The Getty Museum.
- Developed several ColdFusion websites, webcast live bands on Nic Harcourt's 'M
orning Becomes Eclectic' show and helped re-launch the Getty Museum website.
Earnings.com - Washington, DC
Director, Technology - 2000 - 2002
- Led technology development, project management and directed live broadcasts of
corporate earnings calls.
- Developed patented technology and production processes for online delivery of
live, simultaneously broadcasted, audio and text transcripts that eventually led
to an acquisition by Thomson Reuters.
The Bivings Group - Washington, DC
Director of Web Production - 1998 - 2000
- Coordinated with creative, programming, client and management to oversee the p
roduction of all client projects.
- Established studio-wide production processes for handling all projects and del
ivering sites like plastics.org and monsanto.com on time and on budget.
Greenfield/Belser, LTD. - Washington, DC
Producer / Web Designer - 1996 - 1998
- Helped bring this successful offline/print media company to the Internet, by c
ollaborating with designers on best practices and setting standards for developm
ent and client education.
- Launched several high profile law firm websites.
--EDUCATION & AWARDS--
University of Maryland - College Park, MD
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism (Minor in Psychology) - 1996
Additional courses, training and professional development include:
- Mentor. Big Brother, Big Sister, LA.
- Currently enrolled in a music theory course at the University of Southern Cali
fornia.
US Patents
Awarded:
#6,513,003 - System and Method for integrated delivery of media and synchronized
transcription.
Pending:
#20060248078 - Search engine with suggestion tool and method of using same.
#20060277167 - Search apparatus having a search result matrix display.
#20060282416 - Search apparatus and method for providing a collapsed search.
Jake Levine | 323-788-7386 | jl10876b4@westpost.net