Ellen Key Harris-Braun
19 Berkshire Ridge Road
Canaan, NY 12029-2900


518 781-0465
ekh@panix.com

EDUCATION

Yale University: B.A. in Anthropology, with a concentration in Psychology, May 1988
Summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; honors in Anthropology


SKILLS
  • Online product development and project management
  • Extensive knowledge of the Internet and online promotion (Web sites, e-mail newsletters, newsgroups, customer support via Internet, etc.); Internet training and technical support
  • Web site development, including site architecture and design, HTML, graphics
  • Mac OS, Windows, some Unix; Photoshop, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Quark
  • Internet training and technical support
  • Editing, copywriting, copyediting, and proofreading

WORK EXPERIENCE

Online Writing Workshops, Newtown, CT/Canaan, NY. July '00-present
Co-founder and CEO of company that provides Web-based peer-review workshops for aspiring writers. Designed highly interactive Web site; design and code new features, start new workshops, manage company.

Boiling Point, Westport, CT. December '99-present
Director of Internet Strategy for brainstorming consultancy to Fortune 100 companies, determining and implementing uses of the Internet to expand the business. Built Web site; develop and code Web-based work environments for each consulting project.

Rebecca McBride, Old Chatham, New York. May '02-December '02
Determined Internet strategy for freelance writer/editor; designed and built promotional Web site.

Taylor/Rodgers & Associates, Stamford, CT. September '00-April '02
Designed and built promotional Web site for corporate recruiting company; periodic updates to site.

Hyperion, New York, NY. August '99-September '00
As a consultant, planned and implemented publisher's entire Web site and produced one book or series feature per month, including design, HTML, and online promotion.

Random House, Inc., New York, NY. August '94-June '99
Director of Online Projects for the Ballantine Publishing Group; founding member of Random House, Inc. Web team. Created many of Random House's Internet-promotion strategies and technologies. Responsibilities included:
  • the Del Rey Internet Newsletter (begun 2/93), Del Rey Online Writing Workshop, reader-review program, and other innovative online marketing, promotion, and outreach efforts ('93-'99)
  • Internet training and advocacy throughout Random House, including training of CEO ('94-'97)
  • development of corporate Web site, Books@Random, and extensive Web sites for Del Rey Books and the Ballantine Publishing Group; all expansion and maintenance for latter two ('94-'99)

Del Rey Books, The Ballantine Publishing Group, New York, NY. September '88-August '94
First editorial assistant ('88-'90), then assistant editor and associate editor ('90-'93), then editor ('93-'98): developed, acquired, and edited manuscripts; developed and edited the Del Rey Internet Newsletter; worked intensively on two editions of The Internet Directory; served on the company-wide Internet Committee.


URLs:

Online Writing Workshops: www.onlinewritingworkshops.com
Boiling Point: www.boiling-point.com
Rebecca McBride: www.rebeccamcbride.net
Taylor/Rodgers & Associates: www.taylor-rodgers.com
Books@Random: www.randomhouse.com
Del Rey Books: www.randomhouse.com/delrey


REFERENCES available on request.