About Me

I am a digital media manager concentrated on bringing the world of sports and technology together.

Currently I am focused on shaping the online identity of the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Sounders FC.

Contact Me

You may send me an email via my card.ly email form, via Twitter @kentono, Facebook, or at LinkedIn.

Project

Website management, redesign, production, content editor

Site URL

 www.seahawks.com

My Role

Project manager, designer, editor, producer

Notes

Beginning in the summer of 2007, I began to manage the online brand for the Seattle Seahawks on Seahawks.com via coordination of site content, feature development and strategic direction

In coordinating site content I led a team of writers, videographers, grapic designers and producers in the production of day-to-day content. Content production included written features, video features, photos assets (gallaries and blogs), blogs, live video events, corporate partner promotions, internal marketing initiatives and landing page development.

Beginning in spring of 2008, I worked with the NFL Digital Media department on becoming a beta team for the new league digital media platform. In working with league personnel I offered my expertise on the site's design, functionality and backend workflow. This partnership yielded a solid platform to be built upon for all 32 NFL francises over the course of the next 3 years.

Languages

HTML. JavaScript, ActionScript, CSS

Software Used

FinalCut Pro Studio, Telestream Episode Pro, Interwoven Teamsite (CMS)

Project

Web designer

Site URL

 Seahawks Pro Shop proshop.seahawks.com

My Role

Designer

Notes

In an effort to streamline the fan experience between two separate URLs the Seahawks digital media team prioritized a re-design of the team's online ecommerce portal, prosop.seahawks.com.

After utilizing the re-designed Seahawks.com as a style guide I lead the design of a the new site using Photoshop, Flash and Illustrator.

Software Used

 

Project

Seahawks.com programming

Site URL

www.seahawks.com

My Role

Editor and producer

Notes

In working with a team of content professionals I led seahawks.com content programming beginning in summer of 2007.

Content highlights during this time included launching of an official club blog, team photo blog, creation of daily video schedule and written feature direction. 

Content produced during this period contributed to a 16% increase in unique visitors per year.

 


Project

Social media strategy

Site URL

facebook.com/seahawks, twitter.com/seahawksspin

My Role

Social media manager

Notes

Via harnessing the power of social media, I was able to leverage exposure on Facebook and Twitter into increased site traffic, improved fan communications, and increased revenue.

During the final quarter of 2009, my social media management increased Facebook fans by 90,000 fans and Twitter followers by 10,000. With a combined fan base of over 130,00 the Seahawks havae grown to the 10th largest social media fan base in the NFL.

Social Media Tools

Facebook, Twitter, Ez.com, Ping.fm, HootSuite, CoTweet