Mark Grande

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Executive Producer, Originals at VERSUS @ VERSUS Creative Agency
About Mark Grande

I'm a dynamic content executive with extensive experience working across the content ecosystem, building original and branded series, films, and content platforms that drive millions in revenue and billions of views. Whether in the C-Suite building strategy and/or presenting new ideas or rolling up my sleeves and working in the trenches producing content and running operations, I'm always ready to lead, collaborate, and get it done. Specialties: Original Programming & Production - Television, Digital, OTT, & Podcasts, Content Strategy & Marketing, Audience & Business Development, Planning & Budgeting, Operations, Social Media & Digital Practices, Contract Negotiation, Talent & Vendor Management

Mark Grande's Current Company Details
VERSUS Creative Agency

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Executive Producer, Originals at VERSUS
Mark Grande Work Experience Details
  • Versus Creative Agency
    Executive Producer, Originals
    Versus Creative Agency Jan 2021 - Present
    New York City Metropolitan Area
    Lead long form original programming, production, and IP efforts for award-winning production studio and creative shop.
  • Sightworks
    Advisor
    Sightworks Jun 2020 - Present
    New York, United States
    Business Development Advisor for innovative web developer's new Education Technology Platform, Digital XE. Clients include The Sundance Institute, The University of Martial Arts, and Oribe.
  • Manateez Design
    Advisor
    Manateez Design Jul 2020 - Present
    New York, United States
    Member of the Leadership Board for custom apparel and design firm.
  • Mass Appeal
    Vp Of Content
    Mass Appeal Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
    Greater New York City Area
    Promoted to oversee 10+ member original content practice across ALL verticals including television, film, digital, social, and podcasts.• Executive Producer, "Origins: Hip Hop" (wt), an original documentary series for A&E (in-dev)• Executive Producer, "Parker's Pictures" an original series inspired by the New York Times bestseller "Parker Looks Up" (in-dev)• Producer, "Represent: The History of Hip-Hop Podcast", featuring Nas and Malcolm Gladwell (in-dev)
  • Mass Appeal
    Vice President, Community & Ventures
    Mass Appeal Apr 2019 - Jan 2020
    Greater New York City Area
    Lead digital, social, podcasts, and new ventures for the premier urban media company co-founded by rap icon Nas.-Led the development, production, and marketing of Mass Appeal’s first slate of original podcasts including "Juan Ep", "Drink Champs", and "Freaknik: A Discourse On A Paradise Lost", one of The Atlantic’s Best Podcasts of 2019-Led the creation and launch of Mass Appeal’s children’s business MAJR resulting in 5 new apparel skus, the company’s first original toys, the Boomblox and Fresh Dressed, and its first kid’s book written by Nas, "I Know I Can" -Identified, closed, and executed revenue-generating deals with A&E, WEtv, and Guitar Center -Created and implemented new company systems to make the team more efficient and accountable
  • Sony Music Entertainment
    Senior Director, Originals, Rumble Yard
    Sony Music Entertainment May 2016 - Apr 2019
    Greater New York City Area
    Help lead the original programming and production unit across Sony Music 12+ labels and 1600+ artists globally. Credits include: -Producer, "The Chainsmokers Memories" (Apple Music)-Producer, "Lost Art of Liner Notes" podcast (iTunes, Spotify, and wherever podcasts are heard)-Executive Producer, "Hype Up" (Complex Networks) -Producer, "Car Star" (go90)-Producer, "Crashed" (go90)-Executive Producer, "To The Beat w/ Kurt Hugo Schneider" (go90)
  • The Players' Tribune
    Vice President, Content & Partnerships
    The Players' Tribune Sep 2014 - May 2016
    Greater New York City Area
    As employee #6, designed the original programming and partnership strategy for a revolutionary media platform founded by Derek Jeter, Thomas Tull and Excel Sports Management. -Drove 7 figure revenue growth in the first fiscal year-Created and Executive Produced "From Somewhere", TPT’s FIRST original film series with Powerade, Diana Taurasi, Earl Thomas, David Ortiz and David Villa generating over 90MM social impressions-Identified, developed, and negotiated a multi-series production and distribution deal with AOL Studios including Co-Creating and Executive Producing "Real Fan Life w/ Ben Lyons" an original video series featuring Michael Strahan, Dwight Howard, Jalen Rose, and Evan Longoria -Developed, negotiated, and executed TPT’s FIRST corporate partnership with American Family Insurance constructing a multi-million dollar content engine featuring articles, photo galleries, events and two original video series-Built from the ground up TPT's Digital Studio, a physical production space used to capture audio and video content and partnered with Budweiser to finance the initiative and create short form original video series
  • Mec
    Senior Director, Content
    Mec Feb 2013 - Sep 2014
    New York, Ny
    Promoted from Mediacom. Help lead the original and integrated programming/production practice for top-ten global media agency. -Identified, sold, and currently producing a ground-breaking entertainment partnership with Microsoft, XBox, and AT&T around Xbox's FIRST long-form original series EVERY STREET UNITED-Developed and Executive Produced CULINARY BEATS, a first-of-its-kind docu-series with Citi, Back Roads Entertainment, and Columbia Records featuring top chefs and musical acts including Anita Lo ("Iron Chef"), The Fray, and Gavin DeGraw...now in production on Season 2!-Identified and executed a break-out digital platform with Kaplan University Online, Ryan Seacrest Productions and AOL called THE RESTART PROJECT starring Gwyneth Paltrow ("Iron Man") and Tracey Anderson -Identified and executed a buzz-worthy new content partnership with Energizer and Yahoo’s new series TINY COMMANDO starring Ed Helms ("The Office") and Zachary Levi ("Chuck") -Created and Executive Produced Dave & Buster’s NEXT BIG GAME SEARCH, a UGC platform with Comedy Central, VH1, and MTV to find the next great game for D&B
  • Mediacom Beyond Advertising
    Director Of Programming And Integrations
    Mediacom Beyond Advertising Apr 2010 - Feb 2013
    Identify, develop, produce, and distribute outstanding television programming, online series and multi-platform content for one of the world’s leading media agencies. -Co-created and managed a first of its kind, year long content platform for VW and E!'s LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET around the season's biggest award shows: Golden Globes, SAG Awards, GRAMMYs, Oscars and Emmys -Instigated and led the revolutionary OCCUPY CONAN, the first ever user generated episode of Conan for TBS and Volkswagen-Led TOP CHEF HEALTHY SHOWDOWN, the largest integrated marketing partnership in the history of Bravo and Healthy Choice featuring an original "Top Chef" video series, "Top Chef" Season 9 integration, and a new line of "Top Chef" inspired Healthy Choice entrees -Developed and sold UNTITLED JERSEY CITY PROJECT, the award-winning dramatic series for Audi and FX-Created and Executive Produced BACKYARD GAMES, a buzz-worthy reality competition for Husqvarna -Created and Executive Produced THE TRUTH, an original comedy series with Alan Thicke, Coldwell Banker and Funny or Die -Developed and executed original television integrations for ConAgra such as, Orville/AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, Slim Jim/JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE and Marie Callender/THE VIEW
  • Little Grande, Inc
    President
    Little Grande, Inc Sep 2009 - Mar 2010
    Acquired, developed, produced and promoted exceptional original programming for innovative, multi-platform start-up. -Executive Produced documentary film JEDI JUNKIES, including negotiating and securing distribution across digital platforms like iTunes, Amazon Unbox and PlayStation Marketplace-Created and produced The Sundance Channel's DIGITAL TALENT LAB, a multi-stage online talent incubator featuring original series, interviews and editorial content to help inform programming at the network. -Identified, developed and sold original film THE TUNNEL to National Geographic Channel.
  • Hungry Man
    Executive Producer / Head Of Entertainment
    Hungry Man Jan 2007 - Aug 2009
    Built from the ground up a multimillion dollar entertainment portal to support new media, TV, and film franchises for a top-five commercial production company. -Created Hungry Man TV (www.hungrymantv.com), a revolutionary web channel of original programming which won W3, Creativity and Davey Awards for Best Website Entertainment and two Honorable Mentions at the 2008 Webby Awards-Executive Produced and marketed six (6) original series including, Emmy Award-winning director Bryan Buckley’s UNDERCOVER CHEERLEADERS, Emmy-Nominated director Marcos Siega's THE BIGGS and Cannes Lion winning director Hank Perlman's PHISTOPHICLES-Developed and distributed branded entertainment properties including JCPenney’s viral sensation, THE DOGHOUSE which was seen by over 11M people
  • The Howard Stern Production Company
    Director Of Development
    The Howard Stern Production Company Aug 2002 - Dec 2006
    Operating outside of Mr. Stern’s legendary radio show, the production company specialized in creating and producing provocative, yet commercially appealing projects in both the film and television industries. Feature projects included: an Untitled Howard Stern Movie, Howard Stern Presents: ROCK & ROLL HIGH SCHOOL and Howard Stern Presents: PORKY'S for Dimension Films. Television projects included: ETIQUETTE FOR OUTLAWS for Showtime, SCHIMMEL & SCHIMMEL for The WB, and the animated series, HOWARD STERN, THE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS for Spike TV. In addition to running the day to day operations of the production company, Mark also managed content and handled editorial duties for The Howard Stern Show website (www.howardstern.com), and provided consultation and support to Don Buchwald – Mr. Stern’s agent and President of Don Buchwald & Associates.
  • David Eick Productions
    Creative Executive/Ea
    David Eick Productions Jun 2000 - Jun 2002
    Actively consulted on projects in development, production and post-production, including script and edit notes, casting, story ideas and research. Provided additional consultation and support to David’s unofficial producing partner, Shaun Cassidy. Developed and evaluated ideas, writers and directors for potential projects and staffing. Setup and maintained company infrastructure and organizational systems. Series included: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (SyFy), THE AGENCY (CBS), COVER ME (USA), WILDER (WB).
  • Visual Sound
    Production Manager/Producer
    Visual Sound Jul 1998 - Mar 2000
    Produced, coordinated and developed corporate/industrial videos utilizing both BetaSP and 16mm formats. Created, managed and facilitated various-sized events from pre-production through tear down at the Pennsylvania Convention Center and surrounding areas. Worked closely with several union organizations in the PACC as the in-house Labor Broker for the center. Clients included Temple University, The Philadelphia Horticultural Society, and The White House Communications Agency.

Mark Grande Skills

New Media Television Entertainment Digital Media Video Integrated Marketing Social Media Radio Film Post Production Broadcast Marketing Producing Content Strategy Film Production Documentaries Video Production Social Media Marketing Digital Strategy Advertising Editing Contract Negotiation Online Advertising Commercials Press Releases Video Post Production

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