Bullhorn Names Emode Founding Member, Melanie L. Schneeberger, Senior Vice President of Interactive Strategy.Business/Advertising Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2000 Bullhorn Ramps-up Efforts to Become the Global Leader in the Creative Services Creative Services are a subsector of the creative industries, a part of the economy that creates wealth by offering creativity for hire to other businesses. Examples include:
Bullhorn.com, an e-business which provides direct access to the World's top creative talent(TM), announced today that it has named Emode founding team member, Melanie L. Schneeberger, Senior Vice President of Interactive Strategy. Mel will focus on strategic partnerships, online marketing strategies and user experience/product development to make Bullhorn the best creative marketplace in the world. At Emode, Melanie was instrumental in growing the site from daily page views in the thousands, to the millions. During her tenure, the site was named a top site by Nielsen/NetRatings, Yahoo, Media Metrix, Go2Net's 100hot Guide, and USA Today USA Today National U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. . People magazine and Howard Stern have both called Emode.com "addictive." Prior to Emode, Mel was an undefeated trial attorney. She has a B.A. from Dartmouth College Dartmouth College, at Hanover, N.H.; coeducational; chartered 1769, opened 1770, the ninth colonial college (see Wheelock, Eleazar). Originally a men's college, Dartmouth began admitting women in 1972. and a J.D. from Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing Law School. Bullhorn's mission is to become the global leader in the creative job marketplace for freelance professionals, streamlining the procurement of creative services and aggregating creative media for purchase and sale, including graphic design, visual arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → , music, audio, photography, video, and writing. "We are excited to have Mel on board with us at Bullhorn. She is a talented and aggressive professional who only knows how to win. She will be a tremendous force in accelerating our current growth phase and helping us create the best marketplace on the Internet for creative talent," said Barry Hinckley, Bullhorn's co-founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Bullhorn's marketplace is the perfect application for the Web. As we all know, the niche B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business space is the one that everyone is clamoring clam·or n. 1. A loud outcry; a hubbub. 2. A vehement expression of discontent or protest: a clamor in the press for pollution control. 3. A loud sustained noise. to be in for longevity and revenue. Bullhorn is carving out a deep vertical specialty in B2B creative services and is a tremendously rich service for anyone in need of top creative talent-- our competitors are trying to serve all freelance markets, consequently serving none of them well," said Schneeberger. Bullhorn provides the most user friendly site for creative professionals to post their portfolios and to bid for freelance jobs, as well as facilitates the acquisition of digital creative services globally. The patent pending Bullhorn Project Work Flow(TM) Application revolutionizes project management and collaboration on the Internet. Project Work Flow streamlines the entire creative project lifecycle by organizing information in a simple, easy to follow format. The package allows Bullhorn.com members to share files, discuss and review materials, track revisions, facilitate payment, and schedule online whiteboard sessions. Work Flow allows Bullhorn.com members to manage multiple projects easily and efficiently without ever leaving Bullhorn.com. About Bullhorn: Bullhorn.com provides direct access to the World's top creative talent(TM). All creatives, from writers and art directors to photographers, graphic designers and musicians from all over the world can post their portfolios with Bullhorn. For clients, Bullhorn provides an efficient, affordable solution to creative needs. Clients can post a freelance project, full or part time job opening, buy stock materials, or hire a project manager to do all the work required. Whether in need of a Web site, logo, voice talent, brochure, presentation, or any other creative product or service, Bullhorn.com streamlines the entire process, from finding the right person for the job, contacting and collaborating with them on a project, to final payment and delivery. Founded by Barry Hinckley, the CEO, and Art Papas, the CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , Bullhorn is based in Boston. A member of the company's Advisory Board is former Governor of Massachusetts The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The current governor is Democrat Deval Patrick. Constitutional role , Bill Weld, who is also the company's chief legal counsel. |
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