Speaker Profile
Ciarán has been working online since getting a job in a Sydney internet cafe in 1999. Upon returning to the real world he initially worked in digital publishing, firstly at Centaur Media and later at RBI, where he was a founder member of the company's first ever search marketing team. He moved agency side in April 2007, going to Altogether, the digital arm of the Engine Group, where he eventually led Altogether's search, affiliate & social media capabilities. He recently moved to Mindshare where he's heading up their new social media offering, Mindshare SocialMedia8, and working with clients such as Nike, Diesel, Unilever & BP. As well as speaking at many digital industry events and for organisations including the IDM, he writes a monthly column on social media for Search Engine Land, the #1 ranked blog in Ad Age's Power 150.
