Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

Named after a purple billboard in Paris, Elysa was destined to be involved with design and marketing before she was even born. Elysa Rice is a native Texan who is a graphic designer/marketer by profession and hobby.

She believes having a keen eye for design is a blessing and a curse. She finds inspiration all around her, but hates bad design; she can not fully appreciate a restaurant with a poorly designed menu.

When Elysa is not critiquing the typography of the world around her, she finds blogging as an outlet for her creativity. She started GenPink as a way to connect with fellow twenty somethings about the day to day challenges of the so called quarterlife crisis. Since the launch of GenPink, Elysa has become very involved with the large online community of other twenty somethings.

She enjoys all things related to technology and is a self-proclaimed blonde computer nerd. She has a great love of music, as well as art. She lives life to the fullest, making each day the best it can be.

Elysa Rice's blog is GenPink. She is excited to be the new Dallas Community Manager for Bizzy!.

Work History

• Bizzy
• Community Manager
• July 2010 to Present

• Bizzy community manager serving as a Dallas hub, personally connect with customers and businesses in the Dallas area. Monitoring online conversations and building brand visibility and thought leadership through the Bizzy platform. Essentially, a love of local businesses, new technology, and a knack for building active social relationships online and offline. Working hand in hand with present markets in New York and San Francisco as well as upcoming planning for new city roll-outs.

  Twitter: @bizzy
  URL: http://www.bizzy.com
  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BizzyFans

• Social Media Club of Dallas
• VP of Creative
• September 2009 to Present

• Social Media Club hosts conversations that explore key issues facing our society as technologies transform the way we connect, communicate, collaborate and relate to each other. The Club’s primary mission is to promote media literacy, promote standard technologies, encourage ethical behavior and share best practices.

  Twitter: @smcdallas
  URL: http://www.smcdallas.org
  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/smcdallas

• Ellipse Communications
• Emerging Media Consultant
• June 2009 to July 2010

• In June of 2009 Elysa joined Dallas based Ellipse Communications as the Marketing Coordinator and has since moved into the Emerging Media postion. Elysa has expanded Ellipse's already strong branding into the ever-growing multifamily social space. Her current responsibilities include overseeing marketing and customer outreach for Ellipse clients, blogging about apartment marketing, and staying actively involved in the social media side of the multifamily industry. Elysa is a regular contributor to Multifamily Insiders and recently contributed to Multihousing Professional Magazine.

• Dallas Business Design
• Art Director
• May 2004 to June 2009

• Design business providing graphic design services and consultation to small businesses. DBD provides concept and design of complete branding packages including logo, collateral, and custom websites with emphasis on expanding online marketing and social media strategy and integration.

• A.J. Bart
• Graphic Design
• May 2005 to December 2007

• • Substantial hands-on creative & production experience in a fast paced environment
  • Complete process from design to prepress and file preparation for large and small scale commercial offset, lithographic & letterpress printing
  • Brochure, direct mail, catalog and other printed communication development

Education

• University of North Texas
• BFA Communcation Design
• 2001 - 2005