Kyle Sheldon ⚽️ Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Name & Number is a soccer-specific marketing and creative agency built to connect teams and brands to American soccer fans and culture. Clients include U.S. Soccer, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea FC, Major League Soccer, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Leagues Cup, Seattle Sounders FC, San Diego Wave FC, TOCA Soccer, United Soccer League (USL), Kwik Goal, Las Vegas Lights FC, Rhode Island FC, Kickoff Coffee Co., and Scotland's Caledonian Braves FC, among others.

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New York, Ny, Us

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Seattle, Wa, Us

Serving as a brand and marketing consultant for one of the preeminent clubs in Major League Soccer - and the first MLS club to win Concacaf Champions League and compete at the FIFA Club World Cup.Supported the club's 20-month process to develop its evolved brand identity, including management of multiple agencies, coordination of all quantitative and qualitative research, creative development, campaign planning, and launch strategy. Additionally, oversaw production of six unique videos to tell the story of each of the club's new marks in the brand system.

New York City, Us

Served as senior consultant for all brand, marketing, and content for the inaugural edition of Leagues Cup, the first-of-its-kind tournament between MLS and Liga MX. Engagement also included supporting the introduction of the greatest footballer of all time to Major League Soccer, Lionel Andrés Messi. 🐐

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Served as head of Marketing for Chicago Fire FC and the club's in-house agency, Second Star Creative (a first of its kind in MLS). The integrated marketing team of 25 oversaw advertising, brand and design, content and social media, eSports, events, matchday experience, operations, corporate partnership sales, corporate partnership marketing, social media, supporter relations, and video production.Served as the architect, creative director, and project manager for the club's 2021 rebrand - "A Crest For All Chicago" - which was designed by soccer identity expert Matt Wolff. The project was honored with two Hashtag Sports Awards (winning for "Best Use of Fan-generated Content") and three Shorty Awards alongside the likes of MGM Studios, Meta (Facebook), Twitch, Chipotle, Hulu, and McDonald's. From 2018 to 2021, the club saw significant growth on social media (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter):• 942% increase in video views (yes, you read that correctly) • 92% increase in total impressions • 24% increase in total engagements• Also of note, impressions on social for the club's front of jersey partner, Motorola, increased by 52% to 36 million from 2018 to 2020

Provided consultation on a variety of business and marketing initiatives for the Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated production company. The family-owned business produces documentaries, digital shorts, music videos and branded content and has distributed two films on Netflix. Served as producer on John Prine's music video for "Summer's End" (5M views on YouTube).

Seattle, Wa, Us

Served as senior-most marketing executive - overseeing seven departments - for the preeminent club in Major League Soccer with average attendance exceeding 40,000 fans per game. Responsible for marketing, advertising, digital and social media, broadcast and video production, communications, game presentation, events, brand and design, while leading a team of 25 people. In 2017, Sounders FC saw the following year-over-year gains: • 70% increase in single-game tickets sold • 63% increase in revenue generated via single-game tickets • 38% increase in viewership (P2+) for 22 local TV broadcasts Honors:• 2016 MLS Marketing Team of the Year• 2017 MLS Marketing Executive of the Year finalist

Daytona Beach, Florida, Us

Oversight of NASCAR’s entire social media presence (10M+ followers) with three direct reports. Responsible for social strategy, content production, campaigns, advertising, corporate partner integrations and branded content, amongst other duties.NASCAR saw the following year-over-year gains in 2014:• 160% increase in engagement on Facebook • 250% increase in engagement on Twitter• 500% increase in referrals to NASCAR.com via social mediaNASCAR's social platforms grew by nearly 70% from 2013-2015, surpassing the 10 million follower mark. In 2015, NASCAR’s social channels generated more than four billion impressions, a 50% increase over the prior year.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Charged with setting strategy and executing all marketing and communications efforts across front office, overseeing total of seven employees. Responsible for marketing strategy & campaigns, brand development, advertising mix, media partnerships, corporate partnership programs & promotions, ticket packages, social media strategy, communications tactics, graphic design & collateral development, among other duties.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Primary contact for all media; served as main editor for dcunited.com; oversaw creation of all written content - press releases, game stories, articles, etc.; conceived of strategy and oversaw implementation of all social media activity.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

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