Kevin Tran Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Lead Morning Consult’s analysis efforts to deliver real-time insights for leaders in the media sector
• Published 11 research reports on topics including generative AI in media, moviegoing in China and social platforms’ pivot away from news; research earned citations in outlets including The Atlantic and The Wall Street.
• Pitched Morning Consult entertainment research in sales meetings directly to executives of major gaming companies
• Authored research that helped drive the public policy team of a leading video streaming service to sign up for a Morning Consult Pro subscription

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Published research reports on topics including video streaming, moviegoing, social media and video games; research earned citaions in outlets including TechCrunch, The Verge, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Variety and CNBC
• Advised internal research teams on trends most relevant to clients (including Big Tech companies and major entertainment conglomerates) and served as Morning Consult’s M&E expert on sales pitches to prospects
• Produced and presented Gen Z media trends report to entertainment executives at the 2023 IAB Video Leadership Summit, which lead directly to a research executive at a leading traditional entertainment company signing.

Greater New York City Area, Los Angeles

• Regularly wrote 500-1,000 word data-heavy opinion pieces on media/tech industry events and targeted at an enterprise audience to inform business decisions (areas of focus include SVOD, podcasts, social media, big tech.
• Responsible for creating graphics from third-party data which are included in articles and regularly get tweeted from Variety’s main Twitter account (2.5M followers)
• Wrote the copy and created charts for 5 white papers (each 15,000+ words) on the state of the U.S. SVOD industry
• Forged and maintain partnerships with third-party data vendors which regularly offer exclusive looks at data
• Created custom surveys with data partners for actionable insights used in VIP content targeted at decision makers
• Gave presentation on VIP’s Feb. 2021 “State of Streaming” webinar

Greater New York City Area

• Contributed daily to Business Insider Intelligence’s digital media newsletter, which provided actionable analysis on theday’s biggest media/tech industry news and was sent out to corporate subscribers every weekday
• Wrote monthly Business Insider Intelligence chart post, which offered practical business takeaways from recentlypublished third-party data reports and created charts to visualize the data
• Wrote three 5,000-word reports that explained: How media companies are withstanding cord-cutting, how marketers can capitalize on the growth of podcasts, and how brands can take advantage of the growing esports audience

San Francisco Bay Area

• Patpatia & Associates is a financial services management consulting firm focused in industries of wealth management, asset management, and insurance
• Coordinate with project team members on various project deliverables to ensure high level of performance and client service
• Communicate with clients to relay current statuses on projects, research, and deliverables
• Projects to date include but are not limited to: assisting Broker-Dealer/RIA firm to comply with DOL Fiduciary rule; assistance in implementing new back office financial advisory CRM system; due diligence on London.
• Representative Clients: H.D. Vest, Hilltop Securities, Broadridge Financial Solutions

San Francisco Bay Area

• Primarily responsible for compliance of large hedge fund by reconciling K1 data to minimize tax liability
• Prepared local, state, and federal tax returns for partnership utilizing proprietary software to analyze financial data
• Responsible for aggregating key company financial information to report for management for use in strategic business decision making
• Coordinated and produced capstone video with global intern team of 18 for partner presentation to convey effectiveness of internship program and participated in feedback panel