Jared Hecht

Current

• Co-Founder at GroupMe

Past

• Business Development Manager at Tumblr
• Publisher at Inside New York
• Co-Owner at Mixed Bag Productions

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Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York

Recommendations

1 recommendation

Connections

236 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Website

Jared Hecht’s Experience

• Co-Founder

  GroupMe

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  May 2010 — Present (6 months)

• Business Development Manager

  Tumblr

  (Internet industry)

  May 2009 — June 2010 (1 year 2 months)

  • Analyze and synthesize key metrics to drive educated and strategic business and product decisions.
  • Project manage international and localization initiatives.
  • Generate financial, user-growth, and revenue models.
  • Research: market, userbase, trends, news, intelligence.
  • Operational issues/time optimization.

• Publisher

  Inside New York

  (Publishing industry)

  January 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 6 months)

  • Managed the largest New York City student guidebook with a readership of 75,000 and staff of 70 employees.
  • Established initiatives to drive brand development, increase book circulation, and stimulate digital presence.
  • Created the first Inside New York website while developing new revenue streams through online sales and sponsorship opportunities.
  • Organized the first Taste of Morningside Heights, a community wide event developed to promote brand awareness.

• Co-Owner

  Mixed Bag Productions

  (Music industry)

  April 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 3 months)

  • Created a successful market for large scale music production and promotion in the Northeast.
  • Managed and developed unique digital marketing strategies to cater to individual client needs.

Jared Hecht’s Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  BA , Political Science , 2005 — 2009

  Thesis: The importance of multidimensional analyses in assessing interventionist foreign policies

Additional Information

Jared Hecht’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website

Jared Hecht’s Interests:

Squash, skiing, tennis, chess, live music, yoga, good books, NYC, rock climbing, cooking, and travel.

Jared Hecht’s Groups:

•    Columbia Alumni Association Network
•    NY Tech Meetup
•    Columbia University Alumni Subgroup - New York City

Jared Hecht’s Contact Settings

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