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I help content creators (talent, podcasters, digital creators) and startup media companies level up their professional wellness - scaling a personal brand into a platform/business.

Black Love, Inc. is the fast-growing Black-owned media company celebrating & amplifying 360 degrees of black love across TV (the eponymous hit docu-series BLACK LOVE on OWN), Podcast Network, Original Digital Series, Social Media, Digital and Experiential. Highlights:- Reported directly to the CEO and co-founders to develop, manage and scale a digital-first media company based on their successful TV series of sister production company, Confluential Films.- Produced a revenue-generating media platform in the first year of oversight at the start of the pandemic era - hiring & managing full-time team and freelance support, lead sales growth, oversaw third party partnership & revenue generating opportunities, created go-to market platform strategies, expanded portfolio of media company imprint, and defined ongoing growth strategies & opportunities for scalability.- Envisioned, championed and created company-first podcast network - discovered and negotiated talent, developed slate of programming, oversaw original productions and continuous strategic oversight for expansion. Generated multiple six figure deals in year one of launch.- Created, designed and managed company-first OTT app - UI/UX implementation, design oversight, original video content programming and third party partnerships management. Brokered deal to have Fortune 50 company, Target, as app launch partner.

- Host of "Man to Man: A Wellness Series" podcast. Each week I go man to man and get open, honest and vulnerable in discussion around all areas of wellness - mental health, physical wellness, spiritual well being, fatherhood, relationships, personal growth & development and more. - Award Nominations include: Webby Awards Honoree, NAACP Image Awards-nominated and Black Podcasting Awards-nominatedPast guests have included: Shawn Stevenson, Joe "Ocho System" Holder, Christian Keyes, Corey Calliet, Chance Brown, Jay Barnett and Spencer Paysinger

- Freelance creative opportunities in art, design and fashion.- Create pop art "with a twist" via various mediums. - Collaborate with like-minded creatives through various outlets.

- Reported directly to CEO to create, develop and expand first business-to-consumer digital division for legacy design company known for its traditional trade business as a heritage brand. - Tripled revenue growth from year one to year two of growth optimization. - Developed & expanded breadth of online partnerships via marketing strategy, new product development, collaborations, revenue share opportunities for continued increase in both revenue generation & brand visibility in the online B2C marketplace. - Created, implemented and standardized processes & workflows including: data analysis & reporting, product category introductions & iterations, merchandising analysis, product information management, platform on-boarding, order management & fulfillment. - Hired & managed team of four employees to work cross-functionally with internal departments (marketing, design, sales, sales support, finance, product and C-level personnel) and externally for executing growth initiatives & scalability.

- Efficiently executed on high volume of projects (up to 40+ active concurrently) that activated & supported multi-million dollar revenues for national & international media clients including: HBO US & International (Latin America, Nordic, Central Europe), ESPN, Viacom, Verizon, NBC Universal, NBC Sports, Turner Broadcasting, MLBAM Tech, MLB, WWE, Discovery Networks, Scripps Networks Interactive, Bloomberg, Bell Media- Managed and oversaw teams of 3-5 people per project on the prioritization, solution creation and achievement of its scope with respect to meeting budget, milestones, resource and other project goals. Proactively initiated and implemented workflow systems & processes, not seen at company prior, to increase both efficiency & scale.- Acted as the business owner on projects both with clients and internally across multiple departments (Sales, Product, Operations, Customer Support, Professional Services) from initial business planning through post-completion phase. - Advocated for Conviva customers internally & externally while having influenced change to continuously improve and raise the bar on customer experience.

- Strategized & developed long-term complex partnership solutions for Conviva’s SaaS model for the Internet Streaming Video industry with Broadcast media & Internet streaming video based companies.- Conducted ongoing internal strategy sessions cross-functionally (Product, Marketing, Operations, Professional Services, Customer Support) to recommend & expand upon existing services sold.- Cultivated and broke new business not seen prior, including: Scripps Networks Interactive, Interactive One, AMC Networks- Accounts included: NBC Universal, NBC Sports, USA Network, Oxygen Media, Telemundo, Univision, CNBC, New York Times

- Achieved $3.25 million revenue goal for its national media portfolio of niche online properties, mobile, network radio and event marketing targeting the Urban audience.- Strategized & developed both digital and cross-platform solutions for fully integrated strategies to present to both blue chip advertisers and national media agencies. - Broke new agency business and activity not seen prior. Including: MPG, Media Contacts, Group M, Universal McCann, J3, Media Storm, LBi- Accounts included: P&G Brands, The Home Depot, NBC Universal, GE, Domino’s, Bayer, Mars/M&M’s, MINI, BET Television, Vivendi Home Entertainment

As a photo-forward fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazine, Z!NK Magazine caters to a savvy, well-cultured and upscale audience. Its unique, inner-circle positioning lends the publication enormous credibility in today’s oversaturated magazine industry, attracting the most avant-garde, fashion-conscious and ready-to-spend readership.- Consulted & advised on creating new revenue streams for traditional print through digital platforms – tablet, mobile and Google media partnerships.- Strategized & developed cross-platform opportunities for fully integrated effective solutions to present to advertisers and media agencies. - Developed new relationships with advertisers & agencies in the United States market for Z!nk Magazine’s U.S. publication.

- Represented an interactive network that reached 80 million unique visitors monthly and dominant in 100 of the top 100 markets.- Counseled clients on how to leverage online, mobile and television to engage audiences & drive brand awareness while providing excellent customer service. - Developed, managed and grew publisher partnerships to expand & strengthen Cox Cross Media’s digital media imprint.- Developed new online accounts through both client and agency relationships to increase revenue share of local, regional and national online advertising budgets. - Agencies included: PHD, TargetCast, J3, Universal McCann, Ingenuity Media, Underscore Marketing, Icon International, Moxie Interactive, Media Kitchen and Earthquake Media

- Grew the national digital media sales division from two profitable websites to a comprehensive industry-leading digital media portfolio for ABC Radio Networks.- More than tripled the revenue of first website from $500,000 to $1.8 million in three years.- Developed media publisher partnerships for new revenue generating opportunities. - Surpassed multi-million dollar revenue goal three years in a row for ABC Radio Networks’ Digital Media's portfolio of online properties & partnerships. - Consulted & trained traditional media sales team on digital media strategies on an ongoing basis while providing company-wide update presentations monthly. - Directly managed and mentored team of three: account executive, ad operations manager, sales coordinator

- Created first digital media sales division for ABC Local Radio Group’s New York market.- Created go-to market strategy which included sales kits & presentations, integrated media sponsorship packages, stand-alone digital media opportunities and marketing collateral.- Standardized rates & guidelines for online advertising. - Consulted radio account executives on how to strategically incorporate digital medial sales opportunities with traditional radio buys.- Executed advertising operations, online campaigns and ongoing website updates.