Brandon Funston Email & Phone Number

Poulsbo, Wa, Us

Integral in the growth and development of The Athletic's fantasy sports content as a leading voice in the industry. Manage and provide editorial guidance for a group of over 20 freelance writers. Collaborate on editorial budgets and content plans, using data analytics to help inform best practices.

Host on Sirius XM's Fantasy Sports channel, including co-host of two-time FSWA award-winning Fade The Noise show with Brad Evans.

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Managed fantasy sports editorial group, including the hiring of personnel, creating and maintaining content budget plans, tasking employees with assignments and brokering deals with third-party content providers to help fill areas of need. • Exceeded leadership expectations through working long hours, working with ad partners, interfacing with audience through social media, and marketing content across social platforms.• Managing editor for production of four Yahoo fantasy sports magazines, including recruiting writers, managing the schedule for deadlines, editing written copy for consistency in grammar and style, • Established and nurtured relationships with content and advertising partners. • Played a lead role as a Yahoo fantasy sports expert/analyst, writing columns and delivering advice across television, video-on-demand, podcast and radio platforms.

Bristol, Ct

Contributed creatively and functionally to the development of ESPN's first fantasy football, fantasy baseball and fantasy basketball product offerings. • Pioneer of fantasy sports content in the digital age. One of the very first fantasy sports personalities on a national TV broadcast.• Hired a staff of writers/editors to serve the content needs of ESPN's quickly growing fantasy audience. • Managed the fantasy sports editorial group. This included the hiring of additional personnel, creating content budget plans, tasking employees with assignments, and brokering deals with third-party content providers to help fill areas of need. • Played a lead role as an ESPN fantasy sports expert, writing columns and delivering advice across television, video-on-demand and radio platforms. • Featured fantasy sports advice columnist for two years in ESPN the Magazine• Hired as one of the first editors for ESPN.com property NFL.com, building/editing many of the first team / franchise pages on the site, in addition to many of the statistical and historical reference pages.