Brad Sharkey Email & Phone Number

Brad Sharkey is a Sr Director, Product Management - Growth & Retention at Pluto TV. He possess expertise in user experience, strategy, creative direction, digital strategy, web design and 13 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Developing and launching Open Me with Brad was one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. Not only did Brad create a stellar product and platform, but he also knew how to work with marketing in a very synergistic way and totally took the initative – which has been really rare in my field. For marketing people, you know exactly what I'm talking about. If we didn't speak the same language, he took the time to teach me. From Brad, I learned about how useful the agile methodology would be to our process and collaborated with him to create measurable results in not only continuing to improve the product but also to acquire users and drive incremental revenue. He was a inspiring teacher and colleague with the patience of saint and a great sense of humor. Even in the early days when we were scrambling to launch the site, he cared about creating a unique company culture and had such a passion for his vision to inspire and teach our growing team. His enthusiasm and drive were contagious and I have no doubt that was the secret sauce to our success. Brad always had a positive attitude and fulfilled the dream of making a product that helped people be a little more thoughtful in the digital age. He created something from nothing – and that's a beautiful thing he should always be proud of. I'd be lucky to work with Brad again and can't wait to see what's next. Whoever gets him next is a lucky duck.", "What can I say about Brad? There isn’t much I can say that would do him justice. Brad is the smartest person I know (and I somehow know a lot of smart people). I don’t think there is a single task that he couldn’t do…and kick butt at. Working at a startup, we all wore multiple hats but Brad wore them all and taught us how to make ours fit. He took our team under his wing and no matter how much work he had on his plate there was always time to teach us. He is the epitome of a leader and every day I was amazed at his skill-level, breadth of knowledge and how he could translate the most complicated ideas into plain English. Working under Brad has been one of the best experiences of my life, professionally and personally. In-between hours of focused, hard work he never failed to lift our spirits with some silly story or sarcastic remark. Just watching Brad do his thing was a pleasure. He puts his heart into everything he does and makes it look easy while doing it. “No” isn’t a word built into Brad’s vocabulary; this man dreams in ideas and thinks in optimization. Working with brad has been fun, character building and a once in a lifetime experience; you just don’t get guidance like that in most places.", and "Brad is the best manager / boss / mentor I could have ever asked for. Coming right out of school and into a "real world" job seemed scary, but Brad pushed me to work hard and continuously taught me ways to do better. I've learned more about what it takes to be a hard worker and successful graphic designer just from watching Brad do his job. Just seeing how hard he has worked since he was so young and how much he has accomplished has influenced me to want to do more. More importantly, it has influenced me to want to learn more. The amount of thought Brad puts into company culture and providing as a mentor for me and other employees is what makes Brad stand out as a manager. Not only is he a ridiculously talented designer but he's a humble, funny, great guy."

Listed skills include User Experience, Strategy, Creative Direction, Digital Strategy, and 14 others.

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