1. AUSTIN TYLER ROGERS
218 East 111t h
Street, #5. New York, NY 10029
Mobile: 914.672.8840
austintrogers@gmail.com
EXPERIENCES
WRITER, NEW YORK, NY (2013-PRESENT)
 Writer of business plans, marketing outreach, and publicity white papers for a variety of industries including real
estate and development, facilities management agencies, beverage and nightlife industry, music and entertainment
companies.
 Brand development work including consulting, marketing/competitive risk business space analyses in automotive,
luxury, and nightlife industries.
 Short content generation in music, entertainment, and comedy online spaces.
 Consistently maintain unique, in-brand voices for dozens of client businesses ranging from real estate to new
media to startups.
 Flexibly manage diverse, unrelated clients simultaneously.
DIGITAS, NEW YORK, NY (2011-2013)
MANAGER, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS – CREATIVE CAPABILITY
 Wrote, project-managed, and produced award-winning short video content highlighting brand wins.
 Wrote extensive case-studies including branded narratives, analysis of metrics, and the “Story Behind the Story”.
 Work included key agency clients including American Express, Delta Airlines, Uniqlo, Sprint, MillerCoors,
Samsung, Whirlpool, Diageo, SunTrust and more.
 Responsible for knowledge management for entirety agency's creative work including establishment of cross-
departmental archive.
 Coordinated global case-study resources for business development efforts leveraging firm-wide knowledge.
 Created, maintained and distributed agency's official campaign case-studies.
 Managed and curated industry-wide awards programs including Clios, OneShow, Cannes Lions, Effie, Reggie,
Webby, SXSW Interactive, CommArts, IAB MIXX, New York Festivals, D&AD and more.
 Presided over agency's best awards year, winning 3 Bests in Show and 9 Cannes Lions.
 Team leader for technology and creative teams for development of agency's online campaign showcases.
ASIA SOCIETY, NEW YORK, NY (2001-2011)
EVENTS MANAGER, 2007-2011
 Project Manager of diverse rental events ranging from corporate conferences to gala fundraisers.
 Created all marketing collateral and plans including copywriting, brochure design, custom event proposals and
post-event write-ups for media consumption.
 Extensive production experiences including selection, budgeting and management of all events A/V, catering and
vendor staff.
 Aggressively garnered tightly budgeted targeted rental income through solicitation and creative space marketing.
 Information architect for proprietary intranet CMS in conjunction with backend developer including vision,
workflow schematics as well as ultimate system administrator and gatekeeper for active usage.
 Client list including C-level executives, mayors, presidents, prime ministers, ambassadors, celebrities and
corporations including Chanel, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Yahoo!, Walt Disney Co., Conde Nast, Morgan
Stanley, Accenture, Coca-Cola, TimeWarner and many more.
EVENTS COORDINATOR 2002-2007
 Direct contact from start to finish of all rental events.
EVENTS ASSOCIATE 2001-2002
 Extensive phone duties including first contact with potential clientele, follow-up calls, phone log databases.

2. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
INTERBRAND, NEW YORK, NY (2010-2011)
NAMING CONSULTANT
 Project based naming opportunities including generation of brand identities, product names, company names.
RENEGADE MARKETING GROUP, NEW YORK, NY (2005-2006)
HSBC GUERILLA MARKETING CAMPAIGN – LONDON CABBIE
 HSBC Brand Awareness ambassador driving of a 5-speed manual, RHD 1978 Austin FX4 London Taxi
throughout the streets of Manhattan.
FILM – SANGAM, NEW YORK, NY & PARK CITY, UT (2003-2004)
PUBLICITY ASSISTANT
 Promoted Official Sundance Selection Film Sangam in New York and on location at Sundance Film Festival in
Park City, Utah by producing press releases and promotional materials; served as PR liaison and organized
cast/crew interviews with press and outreach to publicity agents.
SKILLS/INTERESTS
 Computer Skills: Adobe Suite, Google Analytics, Information Architecture, MS Office, HTML Editing, Video
Editing, JIRA and other collaborative products.
 Project Management.
 A/V skills including sound mixing, extensive equipment and systems knowledge.
 On Stage Personality including MC, Trivia Host, Stand Up Comedian, On Camera Experiences.
 Multi-instrumentalist trained in classical music, composition, viola, piano. Songwriter and performer.
 Worked at Starbucks for 3 years in college, so I can make a killer iced-double-tall-two-pump-vanilla-soy-latte if
you really want one.
EDUCATION
MACALESTER COLLEGE, MAY 2000 MAJOR: HISTORY; MINOR: MUSIC; GPA 3.2;
MARKETING CORE AT ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY