Jason Farkas Email & Phone Number

Burbank, CA, US

London, GB

• Co-lead the Media Industry sector team at Brunswick Group, the world’s leading critical issues advisory firm.
• Develop enduring communication strategies for dozens of the world’s category-leading organizations.
• Counsel clients on leadership transitions, financial situations, investor campaigns, digital transformation, litigation, and crisis management.
• Prepare and train executives for media interviews and speaking engagements, including several Fortune 50 CEOs

New York, NY, US

• Launched CNN Business, repositioning CNN’s digital and on-air coverage of business news towards technology and innovation, capturing a higher-value audience at scale.
• Led development of content, editorial, human capital, operations, and finance strategy pre-launch and post-launch execution.
• Expanded content portfolio with tentpole franchises across events, podcasts, newsletters and livestreams.
• Significantly increased reach and engagement, doubling the readership of business news on CNN.com within two years.
• Pivoted the legacy CNNMoney business model towards monetizing premium audiences over generic scale.
• Managed an eight-figure P&L across a global staff of reporters with operations in New York, London, Dubai, Hong Kong and San Francisco.

Atlanta, US

• Led digital video strategy for premium content, including CNN Travel, CNN Style, CNN Business and CNN Tech.
• Launched CNNVR, a pioneering immersive journalism unit. Through groundbreaking use of 360° video, transported viewers to war zones and natural disasters. Unit produced more than one hundred powerful VR stories across.
• Built early-stage business model for metaverse content, brokering profitable distribution partnerships with Facebook and Google. Developed use of VR for native content with clients such as Volvo and Land Rover in.
• Served as Executive Producer of "Reliable Sources," transforming the media news franchise from a linear-only TV show into a digital brand with a must-read newsletter and podcast.

New York, NY, US

• First Executive Producer at CNN to oversee both a TV newsgathering unit and a digital video team.
• Developed digital video capabilities from ground up, growing monthly streams tenfold in a three year period.

New York, NY, US

• Oversaw programming, talent and editorial direction for live afternoon programming on Bloomberg Television, supervising showrunners and anchors.
• Produced interviews with CEOs and world leaders including President Bill Clinton, Richard Branson, Carl Icahn, Steve Wynn, Sen. John McCain, Jack Welch, Larry Fink, among others.
• Re-launched flagship closing bell program "Street Smart," resulting in a 32% increase in ratings YoY.
• Led control rooms for Election Night 2012, Hurricane Sandy, Boston Marathon Bombings.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, US

• Launched "Fast Money," an investor roundtable show.
• Managed live control rooms through the Financial Crisis.
• Developed and launched a series of investing shows, including "Halftime Report," "Money in Motion," and "Options Action," a portfolio representing eight-figures in annual sponsorship revenue.
• Emmy Nomination: Producer, "Investing in America: A Town Hall with President Obama"

New York City, NY, US

Provided production support for SNL cast members and guest hosts during the 2005-2006 season, including Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Antonio Banderas, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Lindsay Lohan.

New York, NY, US

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics, Film

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