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He is especially strong in B2B marketing for technical audiences, platform-specific strategy across Instagram, TikTok, and X, analytics-led optimization, media partnerships, and hands-on content production. At Lumafield, Eric grew total social following from 38,000 to 181,000 over two years, including 78% growth in 2024 and 96% growth in 2025. His work produced 28 posts with more than 250,000 impressions, including six exceeding 1 million impressions, and more than 36 million owned-channel impressions. Eric has also generated more than 25 million impressions through partnerships and creator training, and built AI-enabled internal tools for CT-scan animation, video clipping, and social analytics. His background additionally includes social, creative operations, photography, design, technical support, and 3D-art roles at Chime, Molekule, HIDEit Mounts, Nevada Wolf Shop, IGT, 3G Studios, and the University of Nevada, Reno. ## Services - Partnerships - Copywriting - Analytics - Customer Support - Community Management - Content Strategy - Production Planning - Marketing Operations - YouTube - Marketing Strategy - Brand Marketing - Social Media Strategy - Writing - Communication - Project Management - Strategy - Microsoft Office - Microsoft Word - PowerPoint - Video Editing - Photography - Social Media - Social Media Marketing - Video Production - Public Relations - Project Coordination - marketing - Graphic Design - Motion Graphics - Creative Writing ## Highlights - Leads Lumafield’s social media strategy, content calendar, community management, engagement, and execution end to end. - Grew Lumafield’s total social following from 38,000 to 181,000 over two years, representing 376% growth. - Delivered 78% social-channel growth in 2024 and 96% growth in 2025 at Lumafield. - Drove 28 Lumafield posts with more than 250,000 impressions, including six posts with more than 1 million impressions. - Generated more than 36 million total impressions across Lumafield’s owned social channels over two years. - Conducted quarterly and annual social retrospectives using a custom analytics platform to evaluate content performance and community sentiment. - Authored Lumafield’s internal social media playbook using insights from performance and sentiment analysis. - Managed marketing partnerships and creator/media training involving Mark Rober, Hacksmith, Adam Savage, Jeff Geerling, Becky Stern, iFixit, Wirecutter, and LTT. - Generated more than 25 million impressions through Lumafield partnerships. - Built and shipped Voyager Motion, an AI-enabled CT-scan animation suite. - Built and shipped LumaClip, an AI-enabled clip editor. - Built and shipped SocialMetrics, an AI-enabled social-metrics tool with a custom dashboard, paid breakdowns, and MCP connectivity. - Increased Chime YouTube views 45% year over year through an organic strategy and initial creator content production. - Increased Chime social engagement 20% year over year through ownership of the cultural editorial calendar and collaboration with the diversity team. - Delivered more than 25 static and video assets monthly for Chime paid marketing channels and lifecycle email campaigns through external-agency collaboration. - Orchestrated Chime paid-ad tests across more than 20 assets monthly, increasing creative velocity by 20%. - Led creative resourcing and project management for Chime’s 25-person marketing creative team and planned more than 35 projects monthly. - Revitalized Chime’s digital asset management library of more than 4,000 assets with tags, collections, and updated toolkit templates. - Managed Chime media trafficking with Tatari and Extreme Reach for streaming and TV video launches and usage-rights updates. - Grew Molekule social followers 52% year over year. - Increased positive customer sentiment at Molekule 27% year over year. - Improved Molekule social engagement 4% through analysis of prior campaigns. - Operates Eric Petralia Photography, a freelance event and lifestyle photography business serving clients including Kinda Funny and Nevada Esports. - Developed and executed a new photography style for Nevada Wolf Shop as part of a rebranding effort. - Modeled and textured environmental assets for Skate or Die and Slotalot Casino during a 3D Artist Internship at 3G Studios. ## Experience - **Social Media Strategist at Lumafield** (2026-02-01–present) — \- Own and lead social media strategy, content calendar, community management/engagement, and execution end-to-end grew channels 78% in 2024 and 96% in 2025, scaling total following from 38K to 181K \(376% growth\) over two years. - Drove 28 viral posts \(250K+ impressions\) including 6 mega-viral hits \(1M+ impressions\), generating 36M+ total impressions across owned channels over two years. - Ran quarterly and annual social retros using a custom analytics platform to diagnose content performance and community sentiment with insights directly shaping strategy quarter-over-quarter and led to authoring Lumafield's internal social media playbook. - Manage new and existing marketing partnerships along with training for content creators and media such as Mark Rober, Hacksmith, Adam Savage, Jeff Geerling, Becky Stern, iFixit, Wirecutter, and LTT. Generated over 25M impressions. - Built and shipped internal custom tools with AI: Voyager Motion \(CT-scan animation suite\), LumaClip \(clip editor - **PR & Social Media Specialist at Lumafield** (2024-06-01–2026-03-01) - **Production and Creative Operations Associate at Chime** (2023-06-01–2024-04-01) — \- Foster collaborative relationships with external agencies to deliver 25+ static and video assets monthly for paid marketing channels and lifecycle email campaigns, ensuring adherence to new brand guidelines and deadlines. - Orchestrate paid ad tests for partner agencies across 20+ assets a month in order to grow creative velocity by 20%. - Led creative resourcing and project management for the marketing creative team of 25, engaging in negotiations with project owners, devising workback production schedules, and crafting detailed project plans for 35+ projects a month. - Revitalized the digital asset management library of 4,000+ assets, bolstering efficiencies in searchability with tags and collections, and revamping toolkit templates to ensure clarity for new brand guidelines. - Manage media trafficking with Tatari and Extreme Reach, ensuring accuracy when uploading videos to go live on streaming and TV services, and updating usage rights. - **Social Media Community Manager at Chime** (2020-02-01–2023-05-01) — \- Owned the YouTube channel, developing an organic strategy while kicking off initial content production with creators, increasing views by 45% YoY. - Owned the cultural editorial calendar and collaborated with the diversity team to develop diverse, meaningful, and impactful social content throughout the year, increasing engagement by 20% YoY. - Created original content across social channels including TikTok, from concept to publishing. - Tracked and monitored social analytics, sentiment, and trends with custom Sprinklr dashboards for content performance, updating team members and stakeholders during weekly and quarterly recaps to strategize for future content. - **Social Media Program Coordinator at Molekule** (2018-06-01–2020-01-01) — \-Owned Molekules social media channels and respond to inbound messages leveraging our brand voice. -Primary liaison between customer support and marketing, ensuring CS team is prepared for all promotions and communications. -Managed social content asset and copy creation and publication. -Participated in brainstorming and planning social media campaigns to create engaging social content, growing followers 52% YoY. -Updated leadership team on social media, sentiment, challenges, campaigns, and trends drove up positive customer sentiment 27% YoY. -Boosted social engagement 4% through previous campaign analysis. - **Social Media Coordinator at HIDEit Mounts, Inc.** (2018-01-01–2018-05-01) — \-Responsible for creation and execution of social media posts, photography, video production, and editing. -Develop relevant and brand consistent content while measuring effectiveness using social media analytics. -Responsible for influencer outreach. -Forecast and analyze potential opportunities. - **Graphic Designer/ Photographer at Nevada Wolf Shop** (2017-01-01–2017-08-01) — \-Developed and created designs for various departments in the Nevada Wolf Shop. -Responsible for photography for products in the store, social media, and website. -Produced social media content and posts. -Responsible for developing and executing a new photography style for the store as part of a rebranding effort. - **Photographer at Eric Petralia Photography** (2016-01-01–2018-08-01) — \-My freelance photography business specializing in event and lifestyle photography. -Clients include Kinda Funny and Nevada Esports. - **Help Desk Intern at IGT** (2014-05-01–2015-05-01) — \-IT customer service assisting employees of IGT with various technical issues including software installations, software troubleshooting, and network troubleshooting. I have helped solve issues with software such as SAP, VPN, Microsoft Office, and Airwatch. - **Office Assistant at University of Nevada, Reno** (2013-07-01–2014-05-01) — Office assistant helping with filing and answering phones. Assisted with editing and proofreading documents. - **3D Artist Intern at 3G Studios Inc.** (2011-06-01–2012-05-01) — Modeled and textured environmental assets on Skate or Die and Slotalot Casino. Worked on my own projects while being mentored by the art director. ## Education - Bachelor of Arts \(B.A.\), Photography — University of Nevada-Reno - Bachelor of Arts \(B.A.\), Photography — University of Nevada, Reno (2012–2017) ## FAQ ### What does Eric do at Lumafield? Eric leads Lumafield’s social media strategy, content calendar, community management and engagement, and end-to-end execution. He creates content using video, animation, photography, and writing develops platform-specific approaches participates in audience conversations measures performance and uses findings to refine strategy. ### What are Eric’s core professional strengths? Eric is strongest at making complex products accessible and watchable for social audiences, including B2B and technical audiences. His capabilities span content strategy, social strategy, community management, copywriting, analytics, partnerships, content production, video editing, photography, motion graphics, public relations, and marketing operations. ### What growth did Eric deliver at Lumafield? Eric grew Lumafield’s total social following from 38,000 to 181,000 in two years, a 376% increase. The channels grew 78% in 2024 and 96% in 2025. ### What social reach has Eric generated at Lumafield? Eric drove 28 Lumafield posts with more than 250,000 impressions, including six posts exceeding 1 million impressions. These efforts generated more than 36 million total impressions across owned channels over two years. ### How does Eric use analytics and reporting at Lumafield? Eric runs quarterly and annual social retrospectives using a custom analytics platform to assess content performance and community sentiment. The resulting insights shape strategy from quarter to quarter and informed Lumafield’s internal social media playbook, which Eric authored. ### What partnerships has Eric managed at Lumafield? Eric manages new and existing marketing partnerships and trains creators and media partners including Mark Rober, Hacksmith, Adam Savage, Jeff Geerling, Becky Stern, iFixit, Wirecutter, and LTT. These partnerships generated more than 25 million impressions. ### What internal tools has Eric built at Lumafield? Eric built and shipped three AI-enabled internal tools at Lumafield: Voyager Motion, a CT-scan animation suite LumaClip, a clip editor and SocialMetrics, a social-metrics tool with a custom dashboard, paid breakdowns, and MCP connectivity. ### What was Eric’s earlier role at Lumafield? Before his current strategist role, Eric worked as a PR & Social Media Specialist at Lumafield. ### What did Eric accomplish as a Production and Creative Operations Associate at Chime? As a Production and Creative Operations Associate at Chime, Eric worked with external agencies to deliver more than 25 static and video assets each month for paid marketing channels and lifecycle email campaigns while meeting brand-guideline and deadline requirements. He also ran paid-ad tests across more than 20 assets per month, contributing to a 20% increase in creative velocity. ### What were Eric’s creative operations and media-trafficking responsibilities at Chime? At Chime, Eric led creative resourcing and project management for a marketing creative team of 25 and developed workback schedules and detailed plans for more than 35 projects per month. He revitalized a digital asset management library of more than 4,000 assets through tags, collections, and updated toolkit templates, and managed media trafficking with Tatari and Extreme Reach for streaming and TV video launches and usage-rights updates. ### What did Eric accomplish as a Social Media Community Manager at Chime? As a Social Media Community Manager at Chime, Eric owned the YouTube channel and launched an organic strategy and initial creator content production that increased views 45% year over year. He also owned the cultural editorial calendar, partnered with the diversity team on social content, and increased engagement 20% year over year. ### How did Eric manage social content and reporting at Chime? At Chime, Eric created original social content, including TikTok content, from concept through publishing. He tracked analytics, sentiment, and trends through custom Sprinklr dashboards and presented weekly and quarterly recaps to help stakeholders plan future content. ### What did Eric do at Molekule? As Social Media Program Coordinator at Molekule, Eric owned the company’s social channels and handled inbound messages in the brand voice. He served as the main liaison between customer support and marketing, prepared customer-support teams for promotions and communications, and managed social asset and copy creation and publication. ### What results did Eric achieve at Molekule? At Molekule, Eric contributed to social-campaign planning that grew followers 52% year over year. He kept leadership informed about social performance, sentiment, challenges, campaigns, and trends increased positive customer sentiment 27% year over year and improved social engagement 4% through analysis of previous campaigns. ### What is Eric Petralia Photography? Through Eric Petralia Photography, Eric operates a freelance event and lifestyle photography business. His clients include Kinda Funny and Nevada Esports. ### What did Eric do at HIDEit Mounts? As Social Media Coordinator at HIDEit Mounts, Eric created and executed social posts, photography, video production, and editing. He developed brand-consistent content, measured its effectiveness through social analytics, conducted influencer outreach, and forecasted and analyzed potential opportunities. ### What did Eric do at Nevada Wolf Shop? As a Graphic Designer and Photographer at Nevada Wolf Shop, Eric created designs for multiple departments photographed products for the store, social media, and website and produced social posts. He also developed and executed a new photography style as part of a rebranding effort. ### What technical-support experience does Eric have? As a Help Desk Intern at IGT, Eric provided IT customer service to employees and resolved technical issues involving software installation, software troubleshooting, and network troubleshooting. His support included SAP, VPN, Microsoft Office, and Airwatch. ### What did Eric do at the University of Nevada, Reno? As an Office Assistant at the University of Nevada, Reno, Eric handled filing and phone answering and assisted with editing and proofreading documents. ### What 3D-art experience does Eric have? As a 3D Artist Intern at 3G Studios, Eric modeled and textured environmental assets for Skate or Die and Slotalot Casino. He also worked on independent projects while receiving mentorship from the art director. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-petralia