Previously, as the World Bank's Head of Online & Social Media, Jim played a key role to create a coherent, global approach to digital communications, integrating digital into all facets of the Bank's outreach. Jim led the team tasked with corporate web & social media efforts including content strategy, reputation management, innovation, rapid response, and campaigns in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
At the World Bank Group, Jim was also a regional web editor covering South Asia and for four years managed outreach for CGAP's mobile phone banking/microfinance program, working closely with key players from the fields of retail finance, mobile telecom, and regulatory agencies.
As a journalist, Jim was a business reporter for WAMU-FM, "Marketplace," and a producer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and XM Satellite Radio. He holds a master's in Journalism from Columbia University in New York City, where since 2011 he has served as a member of the Alumni Board.
If you need an inspiration, you definitely have to meet Jim. Do it at the 6th Global Webit Congress in Istanbul.
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