Jeff Webber Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Webber Agency provides a full range of services for worldwide family of partners:International Rights Management- Worldwide publishing rights for over 30 premier comic, graphic novel, and game publishers from US and Europe, including IDW Publishing, Oni Press, AWA Studios, Legendary Comics, Archie, and many more.- License hundreds of titles yearly in every territory worldwide.- Full-service agency delivering marketing services, negotiation, contracts, transactions, and all business functions involved in foreign sub-rights licensing.- Representation ranges from well-known creators to top branded titles.Publishing- Program launch and management for expansive Eaglemoss film, TV, and pop-culture catalog featuring Star Trek, James Bond, WWE, Ghostbusters, Beatles, and many more.- Initiated and managed multiple ongoing efforts – assembled team, overall strategy, scalable processes, product pipeline, formats, pricing, licensing acquisition, marketing, budgets, inventory, and sales.- Established worldwide retail distribution agreement with top-tier Penguin Random House Publisher Services.- Oversaw pipeline of 60+ books, excellent PR and reviews, over $13mm retail sales, and 200% year over year growth.Licensing Consultation- Bringing experience and contacts, assist in developing broad licensing connections for publishers with major brands and creators including Hasbro, Paramount, Disney, Sony, and NBCUniversal.Print and Digital Business Services- Drawing on personal history as early-market innovator in mobile content and app development, provide strategy, distribution, and product development for digital projects.- Analysis, planning, and mentoring for focused projects.

San Diego

Senior core management team member responsible for developing key licensor and licensee relationships and expanding IDW's print and digital comic book distribution through domestic and international connections resulting in $20 million yearly revenue.Responsible for three key areas of business:Licensing- Key executive management role over business-related processes for acquisition and maintenance of exclusive licensed brand portfolio.- Acquired and managed key licensor partnerships including major media companies such as Hasbro, Netflix, CBSViacom, Sony, Disney, Warner Bros., NBCUniversal, Microsoft, Activision, and BBC for brands including Star Wars, Marvel, Transformers, Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Dungeons & Dragons.- Negotiated all terms with responsibility for strategy, legal review, and financial forecasts.Digital publishing- Established comprehensive digital publishing strategy, tactics, and team – consistently recognized as early leader in digital comics industry.- Directed IDW's digital development and distribution process offering a pipeline of thousands of titles through proprietary apps as well as major ebook outlets including Apple, Amazon, and Google.International sub-licensing and distribution- Generated and implemented business plans for licensing of worldwide sub-rights for IDW brands.

- Entrepreneurial start-up incubator for providing mobile app publishing solutions and services.- Offered development, production, and consulting services to publishers and licensors for emerging mobile markets.

- Recruited and managed leading digital entertainment product development team of 15+.- Leadership of gocomics.com portal consisting of comics from every major syndicate with daily audience of over 10 million.- Creation of innovative product formats – introduced first mobile comics and manga in North America, as well as word and number games.- Acquired and maintained relationships to achieve a list of 100+ top licensed brands.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

- Grew and maintained pharmaceutical partner relationships by developing Websites and campaigns.- Expanded existing US Teva Pharmaceutical client relationship into Canadian market.- Developed turn-key clinical trial solutions resulting in cost-effective on-time trial completion.- Established suite of diabetes consumer Websites and online tools for Sanofi Aventis.

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

- Led digital team with strategic focus in bridging off-line and online public relations plans to create integrated solutions for national and global clients.- Delivered 200% growth in interactive business over two years.- Coordinated and directed projects, schedules, budgets, internal teams, and external vendors.

San Francisco, California, United States

- Recruited to mentor and lead staff charged with production of social and creative applications.- Launched highest trafficked areas of site, facilitating initial consumer adoption of Flash player.- Collaborated with top brands such as South Park, Stan Lee, Comedy Central, JibJab, and New Yorker.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

New Media Studio Manager- Initiated and managed first creative team of 20+ members fully focused on creation of digital product.- Led development of top selling Home Greeting Card software co-branded by Microsoft and Hallmark.- Facilitated creative workshop environment to foster development of animated greetings in variousformats, including proprietary software and emerging animation tools.Digital Art Manager Shoebox Greetings- Researched and implemented first all-digital / desktop publishing workflow prototype.- Cut graphics costs by 75%, shortened time to market by 80%, and improved print quality.- Process adopted corporate-wide.Creative Product Development Lead for various greeting card and specialty product lines.

Bachelor Of Arts Of Art, Graphic Design, Fine Art

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