Darius Banks

Digital Media & Marketing Professional

Media, Marketing and Advertising Professional. Experienced Ad agency senior manager, product side marketing manager and serial entrepreneur over the past 13 years.Core Strengths:- Account & Campaign Management  - Optimization & Media Reporting - Digital Ad Operations: Trafficking/ Tag Management  - Search Engine Marketing / SEO- Contract & Vendor Negotiation & Management  - Time & Project Management- Customer Service and Client Relations  - Social Media Marketing & Content DevelopmentMedia Buying Competency:Digital Radio (regional/ national)Out-of-Home (regional/ national)Television (regional/national)Search Engine MarketingSocial MediaSEOExpert in several categories, including:GamingHospitality/ TravelAutomotivePackaged GoodsEntertainmentFinancialFood & BeverageBiomedicineTechnologyStartups Ad Serving Solutions: Doubleclick, Mediaplex, Atlas, SizmekCMS: Wordpress, Drupal, BloggerSocial: Facebook Power Editor, Twitter Ads, Linkedin Ads, PinterestSEM / SEO: Google Power Editor, Bing Power Editor, Seo MOZ, Google Analytics

Associate Media Director - Symantec at Grey San Francisco

2014 - Present | San Francisco, CA

Media and Marketing Consultant at Consultant

2009 - Present | Los Angeles, CA

 Walt Disney Pictures, Initiative Media, Razorfish, Pinkberry, and other startups, marketers and agencies

Media at Woo Agency

2011 - 2012

Digital Associate Media Director at Team One/ Saatchi & Saatchi

January 2008 - April 2009

Lexus, FlexJet

Digital Associate Media Director at OMD Los Angeles

2006 - 2008

PlayStation, Hilton Hotels, Direct Energy, Brinker Int'l: On The Border, Macaroni Grill, Maggiano's, Principal Financial Group

Digital Sr. Planner/ Digital Planner at Initiative

2005 - 2006

Best Western, LucasArts

Digital Assistant Media Planner at Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles

2003 - 2005

Toyota, Square Enix

California State University-Fullerton

2001 – 2002

BA

Los Angeles City College

AA

Concentration: Liberal Arts

Quartz Hill High School

Diploma