Blake Panter

Marketer / Social Media / Writer

Professional Skills
Led marketing research internship team for Blockbusters Kiosk Program. Managed social media operations for Top 100 charting music artists since 2003. Marketed full artwork/promotional releases for several independent & major label artists. Manage print marketing projects for Atmos Energy, the George W. Bush Institute, and USGPO. Managed budget for major label band in marketing/promotion on Sony BMG/INO Records. Led a music team for third most influential church in America. (Fellowship Church Dallas.) Started successful multi-disciplinary branding freelance for local artists.

BP
1104 Big Canyon Dr. Flower Mound, TX 75028 T 972 333 6858 blake.panter@gmail.com blakepanter.com

Technical Skills
Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Entourage Adobe Creative Suite Photoshop CS5, Fireworks CS5, InDesign CS5, Illustrator CS5 Social Media Tools Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Google +, LinkedIn, Reddit, Flickr, Sonicbids, ReverbNation Gowalla, foursquare, YouTube

Education
Bachelor of Business Administration August 2010 Magna Cum Laude Major: Marketing GPA: 3.89 The University of North Texas Denton, TX

Employment History
Allegra Marketing, Print & Mail Account Manager/Customer Service * Manage print marketing projects, marketing, and mailers. * Develop from ground up branding, copy, and marketing plans for business consultng firms. * Accounts include Atmos Energy, US Government Printing Office, and George W. Bush Institute Central Track Music/Beverage Writer * Write pieces/interviews/reviews on local music, bar reviews, local stories. * Assist in general marketing/branding of new online journalism startup. * Helped achieve over 100,000 page views in two months since launch. BP Designs Founder * Developed and created full branding strategies for major label and local music artists. * First to specialize in MySpace Div Overlays for music pages. * Pioneer new social media usage for artists (Facebook/Twitter/Bandcamp/Sonicbids/ReverbNation) Sony BMG/Provident Music Group Recording Artist/Publisher * Managed branding/design/copy/social media portfolio for Artist: Foreign Oren. * Established multiple companies and managed budget for touring/promo/merchandising. Fellowship Church Downtown Dallas Campus Band Leader * Led professional band in top tier production environment weekly for audiences of up to 18,000. * Assisted in branding/design for overall church music marketing and promotion. Addison, TX Nov. 2012-Present

Dallas, TX Feb. 2012-Jan 2013

Flower Mound, TX Jan. 2003-Present

Nashville, TN May 2004-June 2006

Grapevine, TX Jan. 2004-June 2008