Mariah Gillespie, Music

Mariah Gillespie: Piano Teacher, Music Teacher, Social Media, Digital Media, Writing, Marketing, and Music Education

Mariah Gillespie's Bio:

To learn about Ms Mariah's Music, click here. Download my resume (music and marketing) here. Writing samples can be found here. Mariah Gillespie holds a masters degree in Journalism & Communications from the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) and a bachelors of music from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She kicked off her career in Sydney, Australia, where she spent 2 years as Social Media Manager for a web design agency called JXT. There, she built the social media department from scratch and grew it to become one of the company's core areas of expertise. Mariah has spoken at numerous events, including the ATC Social Media Conference, where she led an unconference session on search and social, and the HR Summit 2011 (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane), where she was a main conference speaker on the topic of understanding, maximising and leveraging social media in recruitment and employer branding. Mariah has also spoken at the Social Media Summit in Sydney as well as the RCSA (Recruitment and Consulting Services Association) international conference in Port Douglas. Throughout 2011, she hosted a series of hands-on workshops on social media across major cities throughout Australia. In 2012, she continued to host social media workshops and also spoke at a social media in government event in Melbourne.Mariah has helped some of the largest recruitment agencies in Australia utilize social media platforms in the recruitment space (Chandler Macleod, Adecco, Drake) and has also helped brands such as Crown Casino to develop their social media strategy. In addition, she has worked with musicians, artists, fashion designers, retailers and other SMEs consulting through her own small business, Social Media Superstar.Mariah lives in San Diego, California. She now teaches music lessons (piano) full time as a certifed Yamaha Music Education teacher both at Greene Music School and privately through Ms Mariah's Music.

Mariah Gillespie's Experience:

Piano / Music Teacher at Ms Mariah's Music / Yamaha Music USA / Greene Music School
January 2014 - Present | San Diego, California
Welcome to Ms. Mariah's Music! Ms. Mariah (Gillespie) is a certified Yamaha Music Education music instructor, with experience teaching piano lessons in Australia and the United States. Passionate about music education, Mariah teaches group piano lessons for 3.5-4.5 year olds (Music Wonderland), 4.5-6 year olds (Junior Music Course) and 6-8 year olds (Young Musicians Course) using the Yamaha methodology. She also teaches private piano lessons to students of all ages, young and old, and is in the process of becoming a certified Kindermusik instructor (music classes for babies and toddlers). If your child is... 0-3.5 years old ...stay tuned :) 3.5-4.5 years old ...Music Wonderland is for you! 4.5-6 years old ...Junior Music Course is for you! 6-8 years old ...Young Musicians Course is for you! 9+ ...Contact Ms. Mariah for private lesson availability (I can come to you!) For updated availability for classes and lessons, please contact Ms. Mariah directly at [email protected]
Social Media Coordinator at Qualcomm
August 2014 - January 2015 | San Diego, CA
• Assist in the management of all social media communities, day-to-day • Support the development of relevant content, discussions and building engagement with key audiences, including tech influencers • Research and identify trending topics in technology that can be leveraged in social editorial and/or executive owned social channels • Help with the development of social content calendars • Monitor social communities and respond real-time to user commentary and engagement • Help drive engagement with key tech influencers in digital spaces • Assist in the management of video productions and online video content syndication • Support event-focused campaigns including online content development & on-site interactive digital experiences (CES) • Daily social media engagement monitoring, alerting all appropriate parties • Help track the success of marketing programs in social media through benchmarking, key performance indicators and appropriate metrics, working with the analytics team to create monthly executive dashboard • Assistance in coordination of lifestyle photo shoot • Assistance with SOW/procurement process (opening POs, managing invoices) • Device launch support supporting key OEM partners
Digital and Social Media Manager at Quantum Learning Network
May 2013 - June 2014 | Oceanside, CA
• Oversees all digital content (social media, blogs, press releases, e-mail marketing, newsletters, autoresponders, directory listings, website, internal and external communications) • Implementation of QLN’s social media strategy, starting with SuperCamp and Quantum Learning and to be followed by 8 Keys of Excellence, Bobbi DePorter, Learning Forum International, QLN Conference Center and International SuperCamps • Content creation and daily community management (replying to comments, questions, tweets, messages, etc.) of 9 social media profiles (2 facebook, 2 twitter, 2 pinterest, 2 youtube and 1 LinkedIn) • Training and management of summer staff as they implement seasonal facebook strategy for 11 facebook pages throughout the United States (one at each SuperCamp location) • Lead generation through social advertising: creation, monitoring and analysis of ad campaigns on facebook, twitter, LinkedIn and Yelp • Acts as brand advocate in the social space, engaging in dialogue with relevant audiences (responsible for monitoring and engagement of all 20 social media profiles) • Coordinates with stakeholders across QLN to ensure adoption of relevant social media techniques as they relate to each department (implementation of www.facebook.com/SuperCampStaff for programs department) • Monitors effective benchmarks for measuring the impact of social and digital media efforts and analyzes, reviews, and reports on the effectiveness of campaigns in an effort to maximize results and increase sales • Development of custom facebook applications, including video competitions and integration with other channels • Monitors trends in social media • Increased engagement and reach across all channels • Contributes to SuperCamp blog at www.supercamp.com/summerstudy • Contributes to PPC/SEO strategy and copywriting with SEO for all digital platforms • Monitors online mentions of all brands
Founder at Social Media Superstar
April 2012 - June 2013 | San Diego, California
• Implementing social media strategies for SMEs, corporates and individuals • Online community management • Social media consulting and social media training • Facebook application development • Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, pinterest, youtube, google plus • Social media campaigns - event planning, product launches, etc.
Social Media Manager at JXT Consulting
September 2010 - September 2012 | Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Created social media department from scratch • Meeting monthly KPIs by selling the full online solution: web design, development, SEO, social media and mobile • Training/managing social media staff • Implementation of rising social media superstar internship program • Implementation of social media outsourcing program • Supporting 200 social media clients • Design, development and optimisation of customised facebook, twitter, LinkedIn, pinterest and youtube profiles (600+ built to date) • Social media and SEO training • Copywriting with SEO strategies, including full content for JXT website • Writing blogs, press releases and newsletters • Continuous R&D on social media and SEO trends • Speaking at conferences and seminars across Australia (see projects)
Piano Teacher at Yamaha Music Australia
November 2009 - March 2011 | Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Group music teacher for 3-5 year olds (Saturday mornings) - Memorise repertoire to sing and play with children - Master solfege, sight-singing and sight-playing - Increased enrollments via targeted marketing strategies
Resourcer at Sherborne
June 2010 - August 2010 | Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Implemented social recruiting strategies - Managed all communications with candidates - Wrote job ads and circulated on various job boards - Sourced candidates for jobs - Initial phone screening and conducted interviews - Formatted resumes and wrote career summary cover pages for presentation to client - Organised client/candidate interviews - Liaison with clients - Database administration - Daily and extensive use of Voyager and Voyager Document Master - End-to-end recruitment environment
Media Intern at Melon Media Sydney
June 2009 - October 2009 | Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Maintained spellr.us corporate blog at http://2xmad.spellr.us/ • Contributed to Melon corporate blog at http://www.melon.com.au/melon_blog/ • Assistant to CEO—set up meetings, drafted communications • Wrote articles pertaining to new products
Marketing Intern at Sydney Entertainment Centre
March 2009 - June 2009 | Sydney, NSW, Australia
• Assistant to Marketing Manager • General administrative duties • Maintenance of databases • Researched artists, created posters and promotions
Research Assistant at The Grove Dictionary of American Music, second edition
May 2007 - February 2009 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
• Assistant to Editor-in-Chief • Researched information about contemporary American artists, musicologists and early American music • Wrote biographies of contributing editors • Entered information directly into AmeriGrove online dictionary database
Substitute Organist at Faith United Methodist Church
February 2006 - December 2008 | Trenton, Michigan, USA
• Learned weekly hymns, choir repertoire, prelude and postlude

Mariah Gillespie's Education:

University of New South Wales
2009 – 2010
Masters
Concentration: Journalism & Communications
Activities: • Implemented PR campaign for the Anti-Slavery Project • Used audiovisual equipment to produce television & radio news footage (samples available) • Case study: Facebook: The New Face of News?
University of Michigan
2005 – 2009
Bachelor of Arts
Concentration: Music
Activities: • U of M Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Summer Research Fellowship for Musicology • Recipient of A. Elaine Bychinsky Award in Music • Phi Award (Outstanding Service and Leadership) and Pledge of the Year, Alpha Phi Omega • Young Artist Award, Wayne County Council for the Arts
Trenton High School
2001 – 2005
High School Diploma
Baltimore School for the Arts
2003 – 2004
Concentration: Piano and Harp

Mariah Gillespie's Interests & Activities:

Mariah Gillespie, Piano Teacher, Music Teacher, Social Media Specialist, Social Media Manager, Digital Media Marketing, Facebook Developer

Mariah Gillespie

Mariah Gillespie: Piano Teacher, Music Teacher, Social Media, Digital Media, Writing, Marketing, and Music Education | Music

Mariah Gillespie: Piano Teacher, Music Teacher, Social Media, Digital Media, Writing, Marketing, and Music Education

Mariah Gillespie's Bio:

Mariah Gillespie's Experience:

Piano / Music Teacher at Ms Mariah's Music / Yamaha Music USA / Greene Music School

Social Media Coordinator at Qualcomm

Digital and Social Media Manager at Quantum Learning Network

Founder at Social Media Superstar

Social Media Manager at JXT Consulting

Piano Teacher at Yamaha Music Australia

Resourcer at Sherborne

Media Intern at Melon Media Sydney

Marketing Intern at Sydney Entertainment Centre

Research Assistant at The Grove Dictionary of American Music, second edition

Substitute Organist at Faith United Methodist Church

Mariah Gillespie's Education:

University of New South Wales

University of Michigan

Trenton High School

Baltimore School for the Arts

Mariah Gillespie's Interests & Activities: