matthew whatley

Developing strategic council and support on social & digital media supporting a wide variety of brands and government agencies. Responsible for managing the execution of global Social Media campaigns as well as managing influencer engagement programs for large and small brands and organizations.

Specializing in word of mouth marketing, digital thought leadership, content development and strategy.

New Media Specialist for the Office of Innovative Engagement for the US Department of State.

Support and educate the Public Diplomacy community on the strategic use of different technologies with an emphasis on social media to enhance their outreach and build local communities.

Support major international events including Presidential and Secretarial trips by increasing engagement with digital and social media.

By collaborating with public and private organizations, serving as a think-tank, experimenting and piloting cutting edge technologies that can be used for public diplomacy.

Creating, implementing and maintaining multiple dynamic adobe flash-based-training modules for DEA agents nation-wide. Elements of the project include various forms of multimedia practices including; video production, graphic design, and actionscript coding. Currently working in conjunction with former DEA agents as well as NYPD Task Force members. Responsible for various other training modules for Federal State and Local Police.

Responsible for creating, designing, and finishing projects for organizations within the Department of Defense using various forms of media including print, internet, signage, and others. Successfully designed and implemented various campaigns for clients using posters, brochures, banners, signs, web pages, slide shows and others.

Supporting a variety of university productions in areas of video production, distribution activities, script and proposal writing, field and studio production, and audio work, also responsible for video switching, lighting, and camera operations. Projects include; producing tele-courses, interviews, events coverage and research for future projects.