Todd Raphael — CEO

Experience in influencer marketing, community building, partner marketing, executive communications, content strategy, content marketing, and business development. Successful, profitable conference and community management, content management, successful, profitable, content product launches, managing media professionals, managing content and multimedia, managing social media, particularly but not limited to the talent intelligence, skills intelligence, talent acquisition, edtech, analytics, and AI-for-talent/AI-for-HR fields. Very widely quoted and interviewed on recruiting/employment/job market issues in media, including several 2024-25 marketing and talent podcasts; April 2024 interview on CMN-TV in Detroit; weekly commentary segment on WJOL/1340 (Illinois); interviews on SiriusXM, D.C. radio; Los Angeles talk radio; guest on Boston AM radio; VoiceAmerica; newspapers (Wall Street Journal); websites (TheStreet.com); The Guardian, Time, Forbes, MediaWeek, Men's Health, CIO, Kansas City Star, Inc, about 40 weekly business journals, Tribune, Media Business, NYPost, Radio America. Listed by Vsource in "the only recruitment gurus you need to follow." Recipient of Western Publications Association, American Society of Business Publications Editors, Neal Award (American Business Media), and others. Named to DevSkiller's "50 Most Game-Changing Influencers In Recruitment." Interviewmocha's "Top Recruitment Thought Leaders", Glassdoor's "HR & Recruiting Thought Leaders," Seed's "top 50 HR and Recruitment Influencers," and the "Top 100 Tech and Executive Recruiters and HR Consultants."

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in HR Technology and EdTech with a strong focus on content and influencer marketing.

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

Experience: 30 yrs 10 mos

Skills

Content Strategy
Business Development
Social Media
Content Management
Influencer Marketing
Content Development
Community Management
Editorial Management
Campaign Management

Career Highlights

Increased LinkedIn followers by 330% in one month.
Developed and launched AI-focused video course.
Recognized as a top influencer in recruitment.

Work Experience

Todd Raphael & Associates

Managing Director (2 yrs)

SkyHive AI

Head of Content (1 yr 4 mos)

Eightfold

Head of Content (3 yrs)

ERE Media

Editor in Chief / conference planning/managing/organizing (14 yrs 1 mo)

Crain Communications

Online Editor (7 yrs 4 mos)

Porter Novelli

Campaign/media management (1 yr 1 mo)

National Restaurant Association

Government Communications (3 yrs)

Track & field coach for Virginia youth

Assistant Coach (3 yrs)

Chambers Associates

Legislation/lobbying (1 yr 1 mo)

Education

One Report at The Practical Marketer - Moz

Live SEO Audit w/AI at Wix

How Google's SGE update will impact your SEO (and what to do about it) at WebMechanix

How to future-proof your content with AI at The Practical Marketer

How to Use LLMs to Power Your Entire Content Strategy at The Practical Marketer

at S&G Content Marketing

ChatGPT at Noble Work Foundation

BA at Ohio Wesleyan University

Using AI as Your SEO Assistant at Linkedin Learning

Todd Raphael

CEO

Los Angeles, California, United States30 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Increased LinkedIn followers by 330% in one month.
Developed and launched AI-focused video course.
Recognized as a top influencer in recruitment.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in HR Technology and EdTech with a strong focus on content and influencer marketing.

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Skills

Core Skills

Content StrategyBusiness DevelopmentSocial MediaContent ManagementInfluencer MarketingContent DevelopmentCommunity ManagementEditorial ManagementCampaign Management

Other Skills

ChatGPTCorporate CommunicationsDigital MarketingDigital MediaDigital StrategyEditorialMarketingNew MediaOnline AdvertisingOnline MarketingOnline PublishingPublicationsPublishingRecruitingSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)

About

Experience

Todd raphael & associates

Managing Director

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · Remote

Was hired by one of the most prominent/largest job boards to boost its ‘thought leadership’
Was hired by one of the largest applicant tracking systems to create a large amount of content quickly for a marketing push
Was hired by a large conference company to help with marketing as well as on site
Helped a high-volume hiring technology company increase its LinkedIn Followers about 330 percent in one month, helped relaunch/redo its website, wrote four guides, dozens of LinkedIn posts, dozens of blog posts, helped get a speaking engagement, introduced them up with multiple influencers, recorded videos, and more, all in one month
Helped a recruitment advertising company, the leader in the government/education/healthcare/non-profit field, get more exposure. LI impressions rose 83 percent in month over month; reactions 233 percent; followers 133 percent.
Helped a leading European/American outsourcer boost traffic, improve its website, develop a newsletter, reach its potential customers, create multiple ‘guides’ to technology, consult related to its search and navigation, and more
Helped an edtech-learning-analytics company study its competition and where it has an opening to break through
Helped a leading recruitment branding company study how its messaging is resonating among its target market
Helped a technology company with its content strategy, positioning, messaging, content planning, events-spending decisions, influencer-marketing focus, and more
Researched “fraud” for a technology company, wrote related white paper, LinkedIn posts, briefing
Created videos for AI/talent acquisition technology company
Helped an AI assessment startup w/content, influencer marketing, media exposure, more
Marketing for talent technology/HR technology/edtech and other companies with community/events, content strategy/planning, influencer marketing, customer and partner marketing, executive communications, demand-generation content, site launches/relaunches.

influencer marketingcontent strategycommunity managementexecutive communicationsbusiness developmentcontent management+1

Skyhive ai

Head of Content

Nov 2022 – Mar 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos · Remote

For this Generative AI company, years prior to the OpenAI/ChatGPT launch, created strategy for and carried out exponential content expansion. SkyHive is an edtech / work-tech in the talent intelligence / skills intelligence field, an AI-based operating system used by large companies and governments, as well as schools/higher education. Created and expanded influencer marketing; customer marketing; partner marketing; demand-generation content, public-sector marketing, public relations, and more. Simplified company messaging. Traffic, name recognition, social-media followers (20 percent YOY), awards, and every other metric rose sharply. Company sold to Cornerstone OnDemand.

content strategyinfluencer marketingcustomer marketingpublic relations

Eightfold

Head of Content

Nov 2019 – Nov 2022 · 3 yrs · Greater Los Angeles Area

Years before the Generative AI movement, helped bring in major military and private-sector customers for this AI company in the talent intelligence/ skills intelligence field, created and ran influencer marketing; developed partnerships in the industry; worked on integrated marketing; developed and launched "Talent University" video course about AI for talent; and led and managed content resulting in sharp increase in traffic and leads. Led development of multimedia content, including white papers, videos, infographics, case studies, co-hosting webinars, and more. Wrote executive communications such as letters from CEO, and ghostwritten external articles for Fast Company and elsewhere. Page views rose 71 percent YOY, with the blog almost doubling, with the average time on page up 30%, and the bounce rate improving.

influencer marketingcontent developmentpartnership development

Ere media

Editor in Chief / conference planning/managing/organizing

Oct 2005 – Nov 2019 · 14 yrs 1 mo

Conference planning/strategy/management. Community management. Business development/audience development, content management, marketing through use of social media (LinkedIn, Quora, Twitter, YouTube, etc.) managed videos, podcasts, website analytics, social media, more. Redesign of publications.

conference planningcommunity managementcontent management

Crain communications

Online Editor

Jun 1998 – Oct 2005 · 7 yrs 4 mos

Editorial management, conceived of and launched highly successful products, created new website sections, newsletters, products, that led to highly successful sales. HR/benefits/learning/recruiting publication.

editorial managementproduct launch

Porter novelli

Campaign/media management

May 1997 – Jun 1998 · 1 yr 1 mo · Irvine, California

Worked on a Fairfield, California, political campaign, managing the press operation of that Fairfield campaign, securing against-the-odds editorial board endorsements of the local papers, winning the campaign, and an award from the Public Relations Society of America. Joined campaign down about 60% in the polls, ended up winning by a few votes.

campaign managementmedia management