Gary Milholland

Experience

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  Wakefire Records

  Jun 1996 - now

  Owner

  Wakefire Records is a small record label with the primary objective of promoting Mission Man’s music career. Its secondary objective is to help independent musicians further their careers. Started company at the end of high school From 1997-1999 ran Underground Music Monthly, an electronic magazine with articles for independent musicians to further their careers as well as music reviews Hired independent writers and artists to contribute to publication Received first press coverage in 1997 from the Oxford Press, and built long-term relationships with them and other publications Lupus, the lead singer from Bloodhound Gang, emailed to compliment Underground Music Monthly, and added a link to it from the band’s website Increased brand awareness using social media, online advertising, print advertising, and radio, TV, magazine, and newspaper promotions Garnered international press when Ride BMX UK mentioned Mission Man in its print edition Increased Facebook fans by 10% in 3 weeks using cost-effective, efficient ad campaign utilizing Facebook advertising as well as local marketing Targeted demographics in print ads based on location using QR codes Developed and deepened long term customer relationships using social media and blogging Responsible for all logistics and marketing for 17 show tour encompassing 14 cities in 6 states in 18 days Booked and promoted events in over 40 cities in 14 states Appeared on Dave and Jimmy, the #1 morning show in Columbus, OH Used SEO to gain the #1 position, and 5 of the top 12 positions, on Google for primary search term, “Mission Man” Created music video using 3D graphics software: Carrara and DAZ 3D Studio Created and marketed a series of events with all proceeds benefiting the American Cancer Society, with each event becoming more cost effective and efficient to promote while simultaneously increasing donation revenues Show less

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  Talli Games

  May 2013 - Sept 2013

  Lead HTML5 Developer

  I have created my own video game, and made it available on Facebook and the Android Market. You can play it at https://apps.facebook.com/wordaverage⦁ Responsible for all game development, including JavaScript, HTML5 and its canvas functionality, and CSS ⦁ Created game concept for Word Average⦁ Used Facebook's Javascript SDK to add social integration to Facebook version of Word Average⦁ Used PhoneGap Build to create Android application⦁ Modified Android version to accomodate a smaller screen size, and to allow for release of the game in Google's Apps For Education⦁ Generated key hashes from the command prompt to serve as digital signatures for the Android app, as well as the Facebook app⦁ Redesigned game based on customer feedback, as well as game testing⦁ Integrated in-app purchases using Facebook's Local Currency platform⦁ Responsible for all marketing, so far including increasing viral marketing ability using social integration, as well as direct marketing to existing network Show less

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  NatureBridge

  Mar 2014 - May 2015

  Junior Web Developer

  Web Developer• Responsible for 90% of code, including HTML, JavaScript, jQuery and CSS, on it.naturebridge.org• Created it.naturebridge.org/systems/ using JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, HTML and dynamically loaded information via a csv file• Maintained Drupal content, including creating and manipulating templates and CSS• Modified existing PhP code to add JavaScript based accordion functionality to dynamically generated data table