Eddie Rodriguez

Eddie Rodriguez has been working in the professional world since 1998 when they joined the US Army as a Staff Sergeant/Petroleum Supply Supervisor/Drill Instructor/Training and Operations Supervisor Team. In this role, they were responsible for leading teams of up to 120 personnel with full responsibility for work assignments, scheduling, performance review, disciplinary action, and long-term career planning, development and promotions. Eddie also had expert qualifications in recruiting personnel and evaluating their needs to develop responsive and effective training programs. In 2008, Rodriguez moved to COMINT Systems Corporation as a Project Manager/Requirements Control Analyst, where they created and executed project work plans and managed the day-to-day operational aspects of multiple projects and scopes. In 2009, Rodriguez became the General Manager of Euro Enterprises (Club Aurora), where they oversaw all Nightclub operations of food and beverage services, food safety handling, security issues, staff training (including POS) and directly managed a large alcohol inventory of more than $8,000 per week. In 2011, they moved to The Mix Gallery as a Music Producer/Recording Engineer/Public Relations & Marketing Manager, where they managed the marketing operation and artist-media relations for singer/songwriter Dante Lyriq and prepared and disseminated press releases for artists and music business operation in order to gain press coverage and interviews. In 2016, Rodriguez began working as a Public Relations & Marketing Freelancer at Rodriguez PR Agency, where they created and implemented complete Public Relations programs designed to establish and maintain brand awareness for businesses, conducted market and consumer research to establish target markets, buyer persona, commercial viability and profitability for small businesses, and crafted media kits and press releases designed to generate earned media for companies and products. In 2018, Rodriguez began working at UHI Cosmetics as a Public Relations & SEO Manager/Amazon Marketing and Sales Manager and at Adore Cosmetics as a Public Relations & SEO Coordinator.

Eddie Rodriguez obtained a Master's Degree in Public Relations from Full Sail University between 2016 and 2017. Eddie also obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Music Production from Full Sail University between 2011 and 2014. Additionally, Eddie has obtained a number of certifications from Lynda.com and LinkedIn, including "SEO: Videos" (June 2018), "Content Marketing: Blogs" (January 2018), "Creating Your Sales Process" (December 2017), "Field Sales" (December 2017), "Making Great Sales Presentations" (December 2017), "Sales Foundations" (December 2017), "Sales Prospecting" (December 2017), "The Science of Sales" (December 2017), "Crisis Communication" (March 2017), "Online Marketing Foundations" (March 2017), "Online Marketing Fundamentals" (March 2017), "Public Relations Fundamentals" (February 2017), "SEO Fundamentals" (February 2017), "Social Media for Photo and Video Pros" (February 2017), "Foundations of UX: Content Strategy" (January 2017), "Insights from a Content Marketer" (January 2017), "Music Law: Recording, Management, Rights, and Performance Contracts" (July 2015), "Social Media Basics for Musicians and Bands" (July 2015), and "Twitter for Musicians and Bands" (July 2015).