I am thrilled to announce that Hillary Brown will be joining Lava Row as a Strategist in Social Media, New Media and Emerging Media on July 15th.

Hillary spent the past three years at Los Angeles-based Passenger, a provider of branded online communities for Fortune 500 companies. Her responsibilities included community management, digital strategy and utilization of social networking, viral marketing and consumer-generated media to develop branded discourse. (Translation: She knows a ton about the web.)

Before Passenger, Hillary managed guerilla, word-of-mouth and street marketing promotions at A.D.D. Marketing for a variety of entertainment-focused customers. Across all her previous positions, the roster of clients that Hillary has helped develop online strategy for is impressive: Apple, Nike, Nestlé, ABC, DreamWorks, X-Games, Activision and Target, to name a few.

Hillary’s extensive knowledge of new and emerging mediums makes her an invaluable addition to the Lava Row team, and I am so excited to have her on board. She is a Des Moines native and graduate of Iowa State University. Hillary can be reached at hillary at lavarow dot com or @hillabean on Twitter.