Executive Vice President, Head Of Marketing, Abc Entertainment And Abc Studios
Leading all strategic and creative marketing efforts for the ABC Television Network, including nearly 120 shows across primetime, late-night and daytime, I transformed a siloed 200-person marketing organization into a unified marketing powerhouse that delivered breakthrough campaigns and innovative creative, from Roseanne’s iconic living room in New York City subway to thousands of strategically-placed billboards that garnered nearly 1B impressions for the launch of A Million Little Things.Leveraging advanced data and analytics to modernize our marketing strategy and combat disruption in consumer viewing patterns, I implemented a cutting-edge marketing mix, prioritized precision marketing and applied predictive analytics to optimize creative, placement and synergy. Results include:► Positioning ABC as the #1 entertainment network in 2019 and delivering its first #1 Summer season in 24 years.► Launching the #1 New Drama (The Good Doctor) and #1 TV Show & Comedy (Roseanne), as well as re-launching American Idol.► Delivering a social strategy that drove ABC to the #1 most social primetime network entertainment season to-date.► Prioritizing a LIVE strategy to garner great success for specials, including reaching 40M viewers and top-10 highest season broadcast special for all four nights of Jeopardy – The Greatest of All Time.My leadership spanned all aspects of marketing, from brand management and creative production to media planning, digital and social strategy and content. I managed synergy efforts with Walt Disney Television and Studio Partners, including the new Disney+ streaming service, as well as relationships with The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Television Academy, SVOD and linear platforms and major production studios.