Ian Young
Communications Manager
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Young is a Communications Manager based in Chicago with 12 years of experience shaping marketing, design, and digital strategy across higher education and cultural brands. With an MA in Digital Communication and Media Arts and a BA in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, he blends creative storytelling, social media activation, and graphic design to drive engagement and enrollment. His background includes hands-on roles at the University of Chicago and Columbia College Chicago, where he managed web content, email campaigns, and promotional graphics for theater and academic programs. Ian’s early work in music journalism, brand ambassadorship, and music licensing gives him a rare fluency in entertainment marketing and grassroots promotion. Comfortable building campaigns from concept to execution, he pairs analytical attention to metrics with a creative, performance-oriented mindset. Outside work he signals a playful hacker-musician streak, suggesting a knack for inventive, cross-disciplinary problem solving.
12 years of coding experience
Berlin High SchoolMaster’s Degree, Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia, Master’s Degree, Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia at DePaul UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management at Columbia College Chicago
Github Skills (164)
python10
firmware10
automation10
vacuum10
esp3210
home-assistant10
buildroot10
django10
mqtt10
avr10
xiaomi10
api10
yaml10
home-automation10
vendor10
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
Apocrathia/Roomba
May 2018 - Aug 2020
Roomba library for Arduino
Contributions:18 commits, 15 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 3 months
roombambedarduino-libraryarduino
Apocrathia/home-assistant-addons
May 2018 - Mar 2025
My add-ons for Hass.io
Contributions:7 PRs, 28 pushes, 9 branches in 6 years 10 months
add-onsgoogle-homehasshome-assistantaddon
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