Kit Arper
Scrum Master Product Manager - Audience Team @MediaNews Group
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WORK HISTORY
Scrum Master Product Manager - Audience Team @MediaNews Group
Portland, OR, US
Lead a full-stack scrum team focused on new product development, UX/UI, SEO, data privacy & compliance, and digital advertising, across 100+ digital media properties.* Facilitate daily stand-ups, 2-3 backlog refinements per week, sprint planning, and retrospectives.* Manage a complex product backlog with many cross-team dependencies, define user stories, and build sprints to align with quarterly/annual product roadmaps.* Align end-user expectations with stakeholder goals.* Drive the full product lifecycle for new initiatives —from GTM strategy and MVP definition through UAT, remediation, deployment, and iterative refinement.* Manage cross-team dependencies and remove delivery blockers to support rapid, high-quality execution.* Advocate for scalable SEO strategies, privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA), and advertising best practices to maximize reach, revenue, and regulatory alignment.* Foster a collaborative, empathetic culture focused on continuous improvement, product quality, and audience-centric outcomes.
EDUCATION
UW Foster School of Business
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration (B.A.B.A.), Entrepreneurship
Seattle Central College
Business Administration
Olympic College
Associate of Arts (AA), Business Administration, Music Theory
SKILLS
ABOUT KIT ARPER
Well-rounded advertising & digital media professional, most interested in sustainability, and reducing inefficiencies, with a background in both product and project management, digital marketing strategy, and business development.
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