Josh Sharp Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Founding partner of ADVOC8, deeply involved in designing company structure and vision from Day One• Instrumental to agency growth that led to Adweek naming ADVOC8 the "Fastest-Growing Agency in the United States” and Campaigns & Elections’ “Best New Firm”• Helped expand team footprint to more than 60 full-time employees, working remotely across 22 states• Leads partner oversight of company finances and helps develop strategic growth plans as member of ADVOC8’s Board of Directors• Manages the Board’s annual reviews of top agency executives• Campaigns & Elections “Rising Star” (2017); Finalist, E&Y "Entrepreneur of the Year" (2019)

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Effectively served as Interim Head of Agency, spearheading the recruitment process for a new Head of Agency while overseeing a smooth transition across a wide range of operational, financial, and sales initiatives. Led strategic initiatives to enhance company performance during the interim period.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Managed the entire revenue team, including business development, client services, and marketing• Delivered a 60% net revenue increase year-over-year, surpassing previous agency record• Led the identification, recruiting and onboarding of key department leaders, including a head of client services and head of sales• Developed key agency metrics, dashboards and reporting to ensure team-wide accountability on sales performance and account growth• Designed and implemented a new performance-based incentive program, preserving company downside while offering attractive upside for top performers• Redesigned agency revenue forecasting, increasing the reliability of advance forecasting to inform executive team discussions around upcoming opportunities and challenges• Overhauled agency pricing structure, leveraging deep historical analysis and qualitative surveys to identify unbilled omissions, quantify impact and implement solutions to close the gap; on track for nearly $700K improvement in agency gross margin

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Transitioned agency to overcome COVID pandemic’s impact on live events by building out and helping to service brand strategy, video and creative services offerings• Landed and serviced 5 of agency’s 11 largest clients, helping agency preserve significant gross margin despite topline revenue impact of pandemic• Contributed to the design and development of reshaped agency organizational structure, workflow, and team assignments• Developed tailored financial analyses to inform Board reviews of Company finances, operational structure, projections, and potential outcomes

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Redesigned agency growth team by onboarding and training new personnel across business development, client services, marketing, and BD Ops• Designed new models for agency revenue forecasting, expense tracking, and profit analysis; partnered with finance team to operationalize and track in real time• Navigated project-based revenue swings with targeted sales sprints, overseeing teamwide outreach to lapsed, existing and prospective clients

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

• Built the video advertising unit that encompassed the full production process, from concept development and scripting to editing, motion graphics and final delivery of TV, digital, and other ad formats• Assumed full P&L responsibility along with recruiting, hiring, and day-to-day management of the entire Advertising team• Oversaw the development and deployment of all advertising campaigns• Led client acquisition and retention efforts, along with concepting and creative direction of most ads

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

• Founded the advertising team and built department into a world-class advertising shop, named one of the top 10 advertising firms on the Inc. 500 in 2016• Managed company finances, management of business and development of strategic growth plans as a partner-level C-suite company leader• Clients included congressional, presidential, and independent expenditure campaigns, PACs, advocacy organizations, industry/trade associations, public affairs firms, and corporations• Oversaw development and deployment of all creative products• Oversaw all personnel hiring and management decisions for creative team

Washington, Dc, Us

• Led the development of a creative team that generated over 175 ads during the 2012 presidential cycle• Developed the overarching strategy for all in-house advertising, including rapid response ads• Produced and edited over 125 video ads, produced voiceovers and mixed audio• Designed hundreds of graphics, including online display ads, infographics, print materials, website designs, and branding for a variety of RNC products• Increased RNC YouTube views by 750% compared to 2010 cycle (over 14 million views in 2011-2012)• Added more than 75 million views in earned media from broadcast and cable news outlets• Tracked polling and analytics to inform strategic decisions

Washington, Dc, Us

• Provided visual media services for 241 Members of Congress on behalf of the Republican Conference• Assisted with the production, lighting, recording, and editing of the weekly Republican address, while also producing, scripting and editing all web videos and earned media content• Design budget charts and infographics featured in Republicans’ “Path to Prosperity” budget, in addition to graphics design for newsletters, handouts, logos, Twitter backgrounds, slideshow templates, and more• Led the design of custom templates and graphics for widely distributed PowerPoint presentations used by Members of Congress in town hall events across the country

• Produced or co-produced television ads for over a dozen campaigns in high-profile, statewide races• Produced, scripted and edited all web videos; produced and scripted radio advertising • Clients included three gubernatorial campaigns, four U.S. Senate campaigns and five independent expenditures, including national party committee IEs• Provided extensive image, video, and opposition research for use in campaign advertising

Us

• Developed and executed online strategy and day-to-day messaging in coordination with senior staff• Negotiated for, co-designed and supervised the development of two website redesigns on multiple platforms• Co-designed and supervised the development of two microsites; produced and edited web videos• Designed print advertisements, rally signs, website graphics, promotional materials; helped design logo• Led online fundraising efforts and wrote finance email appeals; performed daily website maintenance• Directed online advertising portfolio, designed image and Google text ads, and co-designed Flash ads