Joe Gabriel
Digital Marketing Manager
38 years old
Professional Status
Available soon
Open to opportunities
About Me
What drives me:
-A meaningful vision. Entertainment and the prospect of profitability is a great start, but not enough
-Networking with key stake holders, learning what drives them
-Honest business built on mutual trust
-Curiosity and a sense of adventure, risk doesn't freak me out
-Projects with a dash of magic and ambitions for greatness
-A meaningful vision. Entertainment and the prospect of profitability is a great start, but not enough
-Networking with key stake holders, learning what drives them
-Honest business built on mutual trust
-Curiosity and a sense of adventure, risk doesn't freak me out
-Projects with a dash of magic and ambitions for greatness
Marketing & Business Development
THE VOID
Since March 2016
- 18+ Million views orchestrated with multiple Facebook video groups
Virtuality
https://www.facebook.com/virtuality/videos/968050989981700/
Sick Chirpse
https://www.facebook.com/sickchirpse/videos/1220864341260158/ - YouTube Gaming: Built relationship with Fwiz & his team for priority social media & YouTube Gaming promotion of VOID videos
https://twitter.com/Fwiz/status/824692955139051521 - ESL (Electronic Sports League): Built relationship with Arne Peters, VP Strategic Relations. Initiated Vsports plans with the largest video game event company in the world.
- Reggie Watts (Comedian & band front man on The Late Late Show), built nerd relationship & hosted demo
- Barbierian (Top Minecraft YouTuber): Built relationship & flew him in for a visit/demo
https://twitter.com/SGCBarbierian/status/744937214052732930 - Devin Graham (Youtuber): Built relationship, brought him in for demo & video
https://youtu.be/XgetffuOgBA
https://youtu.be/S8b1zWOgOKA (AC Syndicate video, 47+ Million views) - Tony Robbins: Helped get him in for a VIP visit to Madame Tussauds NY
- SXSW: Initiated relationship for exhibiting or speaking at world-class entertainment & music festival
- Ubisoft: Secure VIP access to Madame Tussauds New York attraction
- Microsoft: Built strategic relationship, brought their Game Developer Product Marketing Manager in for demos & open door for future collaboration.
- Nvidia: Broker relationship to access their OptiX & VRWorks technologies for optimized audio and ray tracing solutions. Also gained preliminary access to speak/present/exhibit at their developer conference.
- Venture Reality Fund: Built relationship with founder Tipatat Chennavasin, member of the $15bn+ VRVCA super fund. Hosted his demo, Q&A.
- Silicon Valley Bank: Networked at an event then brought them in for demos. Now in talks with Ken to fund some of his other operations.
- Managed all marketing analytics tools: DOMO, NUVI, Google Analytics
- Manage 3 rounds of language localization & voice over talent for 7 languages (Spanish, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi, and Arabic)
- Constructed fictional language for our IP
Utah VR Co-founder, Events Coordinator
UtahVR
Since November 2015
Volunteer Work
Provo & SLC
United States - Utah
- Grew local community to 600+ members
- Events planning
- Connecting developers & investors
- Collaborating with: THE VOID, Morph3D, Road to VR, Sundance Institute, DevMountain
Social Media Engagement & Language Coach
Fluent in 3 Months
January 2015
to May 2016
Part-time
United States
- Managed #1 voted language learning site community, over 100,000 followers
- Coach & Consult 2000+ language learners
- 100% remote work, high personal accountability and effectiveness is a must
- Managed all social media engagement: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
- Crafted new model to engage readers: Language learning products meets Top Gear style product reviews
- www.fluentin3months.com
CEO & Product design
DOJO Interactive
April 2015
to November 2015
Full-time
Esbjerg
Denmark
- Pitched and organized pilot deal with LEGO, co-created product with LEGO design & education specialists for 6 months
- Co-produced UI & Curriculum
- Weekly VC & Angel investment pitching
- Designed a killer brand & unique language learning SaaS platform
- Next Step Challenge Finalist
Business Accelerator, Finalist
Next Step Challenge
February 2015
to October 2015
Esbjerg
Denmark
- DOJO was 1 of 9 participants out of over 300 global applicants
Card Game Designer
J4 Games
July 2013
to August 2015
Part-time
Provo
United States - Utah
- Art Director: Character concepts, final designs, box art, card design
- Spearheaded Kickstarter campaign
- Teamed up game mechanic design & alpha/beta play testing
- Kickstarter page: http://kck.st/22Gq17O
Marketing & Product Design
WordUp Games
July 2013
to March 2015
Full-time
Provo
United States - Utah
- Game development lead
- Conducted dozens of play tests & user interviews
- Marketing & social media
- www.wordupgames.com
Business Accelerator
The Foundry, Lassonde Institute, University of Utah
September 2014
to November 2014
United States
- WordUp attended the 12-week business accelerator
- Focus on rapid prototyping & customer validation
- Learned about building products and services around personas/specific user cases
I love history, culture, politics, and languages. Asian Studies with an emphasis on China was a perfect fit.
Learn more
Game development fundamentals. Overview of game genres, platforms, audiences, roles in team game development. Tools and techniques to help make better design decisions and achieve greater efficiencies.
- Design Portfolio: https://www.behance.net/jobiwan07
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Influencer marketing
Expert
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Social Media engagement
I manage 50+ emails a day, and all social media engagement with our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest community of over 99,000 raving fans, love it!Expert
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Events planning & coordination
Advanced
- Business Intelligence & Networking
- Communication & Negotiation
- Collaborative Project Management
- Research & Strategy
- Setting realistic expectations with clients
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Mandarin
ACTFL: Advanced High
HSKK (Oral proficiency exam): High
This is my academic language, more professional and diverse than my other languages.Advanced -
Mongolian
B2: undocumented, I lived in Mongolia for 2-years as a missionary and spent almost all day every day just talking to those great people! My Mongolian isn't very professional, but very heavy on colloquialisms and day-to-day speech.Advanced
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French
B1-B2: Undocumented, passive informal learning from my wife as she interacts with our kids, and from living in Switzerland for 3 months.Good
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Mongolia
2-year service missionary
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China
1-year as an economics student at Nanjing University and as an intern for Louis Dreyfus Commodities in Beijing doing logistics & supply chain management
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Taiwan
3-months as a student learning Mandarin
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Switzerland
3-months to visit family and prepare for China
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Denmark
10-months for a startup business accelerator and follow-up business activity
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Hawaii
4-months to fill in for a colleague while gaining job experience
- Esports, For Honor, Overwatch
- Most enchanting games:
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time; Metroid Prime; Kingdom Hearts; Final Fantasy VII, X, XV - Favorite Ubisoft games: Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, For Honor
- Current Passion Project: Mobile VR painting app
- Favorite VR experience: Final Approach
- Star Wars maniac
- High tolerance for low-budget kung-fu movies
- Low tolerance for low-budget sci-fi movies
- LOVE time travel or multiple realities, mind-bending films
- Favorites: Star Wars (literally any book), Ender's Game, Mistborn, Ready Player One, Red Rising, King Killer Chronicles, Princess of Mars series
- Biographies & Business: Elon Musk, Nikola Tesla, Creativity Inc., Malcolm Gladwell, Peter Thiel: Zero to One, Dan Pink
