Melanie K. Westlake
San Francisco, California
melanie@kyuteepy.com
408.218.5838 (cell)
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E :
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Yahoo! Tones - Producer
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05/05 - Present
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Yahoo!, Inc.; Sunnyvale, CA
- Driving product vision and strategy, providing cross functional leadership coordinating with business development, marketing, legal, engineering, QA and design groups.
- Content manager; directing global team responsible for content programming, merchandising, and features.
- Relationship manager; main point of contact for partners, vendors and content providers (major music labels, game providers, etc.).
- Working closely with QA and engineering to identify and fix bugs and make incremental enhancements between major releases.
- Spearheading network integration, which is the main source of discovery for Yahoo! Tones, by working closely with other Yahoo! teams.
- Creating functional specifications, requirements documents, and statements of work for Yahoo! Tones products and promotions.
- Analyzing reports to identify trends and maximize promotional activities and merchandising.
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Myplay, Inc.; Redwood City, CA
- Manage a staff of Customer Care Associates.
- Responsible for hiring and developing Customer Care Associates.
- Develop policies and procedures for Customer Care department.
- Create position plans and performance evaluation for Customer Care staff.
- Develop email responses to end users and ensure quality of responses with a guaranteed 24 hour response time.
- Identify consumer concerns and communicate important feedback to the appropriate teams.
- Publish weekly company wide user feedback newsletter.
- Participate in cross-functional product development team.
- Work with QA department reporting bugs, as well as integrating resolutions.
- Work closely with Engineering team to test, troubleshoot, and integrate new products.
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