Chris Kramer

• Developed, pitched and won dozens of new clients and projects, helping to grow business by over 20%. • Contributed to 100% agency growth: 20 full-time staff in 2010, now over 40. • Started and direct the agency’s San Francisco office, overseeing a 10 person team of communications professionals. • Provide strategic oversight and counsel for clients, including product PR, corporate communications, branding and positioning development, speaker training and crisis communications. • Have run multiple client accounts and projects, including Pokémon GO, Amazon, League of Legends, Unreal Engine, Slacker Radio, Razer, Mortal Kombat, Disney and many more. • Direct and lead multiple project teams spread out across all three agency offices, which requires a huge amount of organization and communication. • Have worked on huge variety of projects: consumer product launches, online services, consumer electronics, mobile, VR, AR, corporate communications, crowdfunding campaigns, crisis communications, software as service, software platforms, video and music streaming services and much more.

• Ran all aspects of outbound communications for the company, including Public Relations, Corporate Communications and Community (both online and offline). • Drove global media relations efforts, coordinating outreach and strategic planning for N. American, Japanese, and European product launches. Efforts lead to wins such as 10 simultaneous magazine covers breaking globally. • Member of senior staff, involved in licensing decisions, development deals and direction for overall corporate goals. • Managed internal team of eight along with external PR agency support. Managed yearly PR budget of $1.5 million dollars. • Corporate spokesperson at numerous trade shows, media events, speaking opportunities and press interviews throughout N. America, Europe and Japan. • Re-focused company’s communications efforts to include larger emphasis on establishing direct one-to-one consumer relations via constant outreach through a new community website. Started a monthly consumer oriented newsletter, created official company YouTube, Twitter and Flickr channels, directed company-wide blogging and implemented community-specific campaigns. • Launched several multi-million selling titles, including Resident Evil 5. Was instrumental in the rebirth and relaunch of the Street Fighter brand with Street Fighter IV, the highest-selling Street Fighter title to date. • Started “Fight Club” marketing programs to build community support for Capcom’s competitive fighting games. Program grew from attracting 150 people to more than 6000 for a single event. • Managed multiple events for the company, including several CES, E3, Tokyo Game Show and Comic-con. Created annual high profile international media gatherings, “Captivate,” gathering more than 60 journalists from around the globe.

• Spearheaded all corporate communications activities, from executive speaking opportunities to breaking major corporate news with business media. • Responsible for global PR and corporate communications, from China to Europe, including multiple product tours throughout Asia and Europe, managing PR agencies in Europe, China and Japan and trade shows in the US, China, Japan, England, France and Germany. • Managed million dollar budget for corporate communications and PR activities. • Placed numerous high-profile hits in media outlets such as CNN, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Game Informer, ESPN, Good Morning America, Reuters, Forbes, Newsweek, Hollywood Reporter, New York Times • Worked directly for Senior VP of Marketing, Sales and International with day-to-day interactions with the company’s President and executive management team. • Organized high-profile activities, including Stuff Magazine partnership, relationship with spokesperson Curt Schilling and several large-scale events in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas and Park City, UT.