Lia Haberman is an influencer

Creator Economy Expert | Advisor | Educator

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💼 As a corporate marketing consultant, I've provided social and influencer marketing insights for brands such as:
* Google
* Robert Half
* AT&T
* Dick Clark Productions
* Kik mobile messaging app
* Riot Games
* Viral Nation

📲 I've also led creator workshops and personal branding sessions for clients such as:
* Colin and Samir's Creator Startup live community sessions
* Macy's Style Crew
* Riot Games' Game Changers
* The Costume Designers Guild
* US State Department International Visitor Leadership Program

🎓 I teach social media marketing and influencer marketing at UCLA Extension and have created custom lectures for students at:
* USC
* Zhejiang University
* SKEMA Business School
* ESIC University.

📰 I’ve been featured on NPR’s Planet Money and quoted in Business Insider, The Washington Post, Wired, Fast Company, Marketing Brew, Ad Age, The Information, and more.

And I'm currently the top search result in Google for “creator economy expert.”

👉🏻 Every week, I write a creator economy-influencer marketing newsletter for 25K subscribers called ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) that Buffer declared one of the Best Marketing Newsletters of 2023 and 2024.

💻 Along the way, I’ve worked in-house at media and tech brands including:
* E! News
* Style Network
* Yahoo
* Livestrong.com
* Fit Body App

⚡ My focus on social media marketing, influencer marketing and the creator economy has led to speaking and partnership opportunities with:
* Sprout Social
* Dash Hudson
* Thinkific
* Arcade
* Mavrck
* #Paid
* The Influencer Marketing Factory
* Influence.co

🎙️ Public Speaking engagements:
* Adobe Max
* VidCon
* Social Media Week
* CreatorIQ Connect
* State of Social
* Duel Tech's Social Commerce Summit

🔥 What drives me: Translating my expertise into actionable takeaways for people just getting started in their careers (especially women) and supporting anyone who wants a seat at the table.

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Experience

  • Social + Influencer Marketing Consultant

    Self-employed

    - Present 2 years 1 month

    Corporate marketing consultant and Creator advisor :

    I've provided insights for corporate clients such as:
    • Google
    • Robert Half
    • AT&T
    • TA3 Swim
    • Viral Nation
    • Dick Clark Productions
    • Kik mobile message app

    I've also led creator workshops and personal branding sessions for clients such as:
    • Colin and Samir's Creator Startup live community sessions
    • Macy's Style Crew
    • Riot Games' Game Changers
    • The Costume Designers Guild

  • UCLA Extension Graphic

    Instructor, Social Media Marketing and Influencer Marketing

    UCLA Extension

    - Present 6 years 4 months

    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Lecturer for UCLA Extension's Leadership, Management and Communications Programs and Corporate Education courses.
    • Personal Branding and Becoming an Influencer
    • Influencer Marketing: Employing Influencers
    • Social Media Marketing

    I've also created custom lectures for students in study abroad programs from Zhejiang University, SKEMA Business School and ESIC University.

  • Fit Body App Graphic

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Fit Body App

    - 2 years 1 month

    Los Angeles, California, United States

    Led marketing efforts for female-focused fitness and nutrition app and successful launch of Vitalura nutritional supplements, founded by CEO, NASM certified trainer and influencer Anna Victoria.

    2022 Webby Honoree Health + Fitness Apps and Software
    2021 American Influencer Awards Winner Best Fitness Program

  • Beachbody Graphic

    Executive Director, Editorial

    Beachbody

    - 7 months

    Santa Monica, CA

    Launched Beachbody's health and fitness video vertical, BODlife, on YouTube, IGTV and Facebook with a mission to increase loyalty among the current audience and identify and attract new audiences.
    • Increased YouTube channel video views by 100% month over month with through strategic ideation of new content.
    • Produced the channel’s most successful organic video of 2019-2020 through understanding of audience insights, analytics, creativity and team collaboration.
    • Ranked as the…

    Launched Beachbody's health and fitness video vertical, BODlife, on YouTube, IGTV and Facebook with a mission to increase loyalty among the current audience and identify and attract new audiences.
    • Increased YouTube channel video views by 100% month over month with through strategic ideation of new content.
    • Produced the channel’s most successful organic video of 2019-2020 through understanding of audience insights, analytics, creativity and team collaboration.
    • Ranked as the number one Google search result for seven keywords and phrases using SEO to result in positive brand sentiment, increased referral traffic and video views.

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    VP Content & Operations

    Livestrong.com

    - 3 years

    Santa Monica, CA

    Managed 20 team members running a leading health and fitness brand with an average of 20M monthly website uniques.
    • Launched influencer marketing, podcast marketing and events programs, video production and distribution strategy.
    • Developed branded content opportunities worth $2M annually for partners such as Walmart, Thrive Market, Athleta, Del Monte and Jenny Craig.
    • Executive produced a day-long wellness conference at the Rose Bowl with Jillian Michaels as host while…

    Managed 20 team members running a leading health and fitness brand with an average of 20M monthly website uniques.
    • Launched influencer marketing, podcast marketing and events programs, video production and distribution strategy.
    • Developed branded content opportunities worth $2M annually for partners such as Walmart, Thrive Market, Athleta, Del Monte and Jenny Craig.
    • Executive produced a day-long wellness conference at the Rose Bowl with Jillian Michaels as host while establishing new relationships with sponsors including Hum Nutrition, Swisse, Bob’s Red Mill and Vital Proteins.

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    Director of Audience Development

    TheWrap

    - 1 year

    Santa Monica, California

    Led audience development and social media marketing efforts for daily news website covering the business of entertainment.
    • Negotiated syndication partnerships with NowThis, Yahoo Movies, IMDb, AOL Entertainment and msn Entertainment.
    • Positioned the site as an early adopter of technologies such as live streaming and AR to incorporate as part of editorial coverage.

  • Yahoo Graphic

    Social Lead, Entertainment

    Yahoo

    - 2 years

    Santa Monica, CA

    Ran social strategy for Yahoo's entertainment properties, growing the social audience from 100K to 3M in my time there through audience-first campaigns and innovative content strategies.
    • Provided strategic sales solutions for red carpet and awards show partners such as Lionsgate, Sony, LiveNation, CBS, the Television Academy and The Academy.
    • Led the integration of social efforts in the merger between Yahoo's Celebrity vertical and CBS' The Insider.
    • Led global best practice…

    Ran social strategy for Yahoo's entertainment properties, growing the social audience from 100K to 3M in my time there through audience-first campaigns and innovative content strategies.
    • Provided strategic sales solutions for red carpet and awards show partners such as Lionsgate, Sony, LiveNation, CBS, the Television Academy and The Academy.
    • Led the integration of social efforts in the merger between Yahoo's Celebrity vertical and CBS' The Insider.
    • Led global best practice training and mentoring efforts for social media teams in Canada, the UK and Australia.

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    Editorial Entertainment Director

    E! Networks

    - 7 years

    Los Angeles, CA

    Managed 12 team members for leading entertainment news and cable network website.
    • Grew traffic from three to eight million monthly uniques during my time there.
    • Worked closely with multiple departments, including marketing, public relations (PR) and global media (Europe and Israel), to promote the overall E! Entertainment Network brand domestically and internationally.
    • Consulted on a range of NBC Universal digital properties including Daily Candy and the Style Network.

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    News Editor

    Bauer

    - 1 year

    Englewood Cliffs, NJ

    Oversaw staff of writers, reporters and stringers to create a weekly celebrity magazine. Duties included writing, assigning and editing entertainment news with a heavy emphasis on fashion and lifestyle; also coordinated New York and Los Angeles entertainment events calendar.

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    Associate News Editor

    E! Online

    - 1 year 9 months

    New York City

    New York entertainment news lead for E! Online. I kicked off the day's news budget; wrote, assigned and edited stories and handled coverage of New York events.

Education

Licenses & Certifications

  • Facebook Certified Creative Strategy Professional  Graphic

    Facebook Certified Creative Strategy Professional

    Facebook

    Issued Expires

Volunteer Experience

  • American Cancer Society Graphic

    Social Media Chair

    American Cancer Society

    - 1 year 1 month

    Health

    Provided social media strategy and support to the American Cancer Society's Western region fundraising galas, including Cal Spirit 32 and 33 and Giants of Science.

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    Social Media Volunteer

    Film Independent

    - 1 year 1 month

    Arts and Culture

    Social media volunteer for the Independent Spirit Awards entertainment awards ceremony produced by Film Independent, a nonprofit arts organization.

  • Fulfillment Fund Graphic

    Career Advocate

    Fulfillment Fund

    - 1 month

    Education

    Sharing professional career experiences at the Fulfillment Fund's Destination College event to empower students to achieve their academic dreams.

  • Together Digital Graphic

    Digital Consultant

    Together Digital

    - 1 month

    Participated in Together Digital LA's Women's Digital Marketing Hackathon to benefit YEA! and Road to Artdom

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    Guest Speaker

    Grid110

    - 1 month

    Digital marketing guest speaker for early stage entrepreneurs in Grid110's Idea to Product Program and Residency Program.

Projects

  • Indie Congress

    Moderated a panel on the business of travel influencers for Independent Lodging Congress' hospitality conference Indie Congress

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  • Keynote Speaker, Social Media Week Los Angeles

    Delivered a keynote on influencer marketing, "Beyond Transactional: How to Build Lasting Influencer Relationships", followed by a fireside chat with some of Livestrong's favorite influencers Daisha Graf, Anna Victoria and Sarah J Gim.

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  • Speaker, Social Media Week Chicago

    Spoke at SMW Chicago on How to Build Social Virality Into Offline Events

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  • 2017 EWIP Leadership Conference

    Conference speaker for a panel on audience development titled: Who’s There? Developing the audience you want and need

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  • USC Snapchat Lecture

    Spoke to digital journalism students at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism about how to create a Snapchat game plan for content creators and media brands.

  • USC Snapchat Workshop

    Panelist in a Snapchat workshop for ABC News producers at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

  • V3 Con

    Making Video For Social Media Panel Speaker

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  • HuffPost Live Guest

    HuffPost Live panelist discussing the 2015 MTV VMAs around "Why Award Shows Are Better With Social Media"

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  • V3Con Speaker

    Speaker at V3 Digital Media Conference 2015, leading a workshop titled "The New Liveshot" on the use of live streaming video apps

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  • SMCLA Moderator

    Moderated a panel for SMCLA (Social Media Club Los Angeles): "Why Real Time Social Media is King During Award Show Season"

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  • Social Shake Up Workshop

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    Led a workshop on social media crisis comms titled "It's Not Enough to Say Sorry" for Social Shake Up's 2020 digital conference.

  • Hourglass Cosmetics

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    Workshop: personal branding and cancel culture in the digital era

  • Emerson College, Lecturer

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    Taught Social Media Marketing professional studies course for the Fall '15 semester at Emerson College's Los Angeles campus.

Languages

  • French

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Organizations

  • American Influencer Council

    Professional Member Advisor

    - Present

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