Rob Temple

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Chief Executive Officer at FishBait Solutions, LLC @ FishBait Solutions, LLC
Rob Temple's Location
Travelers Rest, South Carolina, United States, United States
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About Rob Temple

After serving as a longtime senior executive at ESPN, it's been such a pleasure to work with so many longtime and new friends - from my partners to our employees and certainly our clients - through my work as CEO of FishBait Solutions, LLC. I'm really proud of the legacy of work and friends over the years through my time at ESPN, on the Olympics, the NCAA Championships, the CFP, consulting and deal making, and so much more. I've been fortunate in my 30+ year career as a marketing, consulting and media executive to have impacted various industry-defining deals that drive revenue, create value, and reduce risk. I have a unique depth of experience in designing innovative marketing and media strategies and rights-driven deal structures, many of which leverage Intellectual Property (IP) Rights through media and marketing-based solutions. Increasingly, our agency is helping to advise, solve problems, connect brands with fans and design solutions-focused strategies for clients to ensure their future success, within a business-disciplined lens.I'm a passionate family man, proud Tar Heel and recently served a four-year term on the UNC-CH Board of Visitors. For our agency, the work that we do for our clients matters, and we love hearing from current, or possibly new, clients. Check us out, drop me a note, or better yet stop by for a visit at the farm in lovely Travelers Rest, SC!

Rob Temple's Current Company Details
FishBait Solutions, LLC

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Chief Executive Officer at FishBait Solutions, LLC
Rob Temple Work Experience Details
  • Fishbait Solutions, Llc
    Chief Executive Officer
    Fishbait Solutions, Llc Jan 2021 - Present
    Charleston, South Carolina, Us
    FishBait Solutions, LLC is a marketing, media, lifestyle and consulting agency that delivers creative, strategic solutions within a business disciplined lens. Our clients include various brands (ie Werner, Capital One, Honey Baked Ham, etc), properties (ie Bowl Season, CFP, ACC, NACDA, NFF, ESPN Events, Riverfront Revival, Charleston Wine + Food, etc) and media/technology companies (ie The E. W. Scripps Company).
  • Espn
    Senior Vice President, Programming & Acquisitions
    Espn 2018 - Jan 2021
    Bristol, Ct, Us
    With this promotion, I was tasked with managing a global portfolio of properties and 35 executives. This portfolio manages the scheduling, relationships and renewal/rights related negotiations with Major League Baseball (MLB), Little League World Series (LLWS), X Games, Poker and ESPN's Commercial Formatting operations that span 19 domestic and global linear media networks.Selected Wins: • Solidified media partnerships - architect of successful renewal of The Walt Disney Company's LLWS rights through 2030. • Spearheaded strategic review to re-imagine X Games business model.• Directed rescheduling of MLB’s shortened 2020 season, driving value-recovery negotiations highlighted by launch of 1st-ever expanded Wild Card Series Round, branded by ESPN's Marketing team as 'The Fall Frenzy'.• Led innovative negotiation to secure Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) rights to air six weekly games May-November 2020, landing one of the first professional live sports leagues to return to air on ESPN during COVID-19.
  • Espn
    Senior Vice President, Espn Sports Marketing
    Espn 2014 - 2018
    Bristol, Ct, Us
    Prior to my transition over to the Programming & Acquisitions division of ESPN, I led a team of 75+ brand/creative marketing and sales professionals. My team was responsible for a portfolio of more than 30 sports. I truly enjoyed my time in this role and the opportunity it gave me to devise and execute various revenue driving, multimedia-based marketing solutions. During this time I also led our brand and creative marketing/promotion teams over strategy and creative to deliver best-in-class brand creative and promotional tune-in. This included management of in-house and external creative agencies, resources and budgets and delivering innovative, research led solutions for driving consumption of ESPN's cross-platform sports content.Selected Wins:• Achieved sustained growth for ESPN’s expansive college sports portfolio, developing and nurturing the original architecture for our Emmy Award-winning show College Gameday to become Built by The Home Depot (2003 to present).• Designed commercial rights architecture for renewed Bowl Championship Series (BCS) / College Football Playoff (CFP) franchise (oversaw Sales and Marketing launch of the CFP), reduced risks by negotiating 3 to 6-year agreements with 15 CFP officials.• Designed Southeastern Conference’s Official Corporate Sponsorship program, incorporating newly launched SEC Network media assets.• Devised and led nascent ACC Network’s official sponsorship sales, increasing premium and multi-year ad revenue.
  • Espn
    Vice President
    Espn 2006 - 2014
    Bristol, Ct, Us
    Senior leadership noticed my skills as a leader and invited me to expand my role to manage a team of 40 talented multimedia-focused executives. This team was organized around a portfolio of 20+ sports. I immediately set out to collaborate with internal Sales, Content Partners, Technology, R&D, Legal, Affiliate, Programming groups and outside stakeholders, to re-imagine media assets into long-term, IP-driven franchise assets. This collaboration was the key to my and my teams’ success.Selected Wins:• Maximized revenue results against aggressive multimedia goals, working cross-functionally to create value and develop packaging strategies while strengthening relationships with third-party rights holders. • Introduced Drive to the National Championship and successful World Cup ’10 sales strategies, consistently exceeding revenue results in digital and non-television revenues across leading platforms.• Originated enduring strategies, including BCS Coaches Trophy with ADT/Dr Pepper (2003-08 ADT and 2009 to present for KDP, as CFP Trophy sponsor 2014 forward in a now 12 year CFP partnership), Nationwide NASCAR Series (7-year deal), Wendy’s Wooden Award (6+ years), and The Next Round Served Up by Jim Beam (5 years).
  • Espn
    Senior Director, Espn Sports Management Group
    Espn 2002 - 2006
    Bristol, Ct, Us
    Within three months of joining ESPN in December 2002, re-imagined the Emmy Award Winning show College Gameday to be 'Built by The Home Depot' - a deal now entering it's 18th year, within a 20 year partnership that's become iconic in the industry. Also repackaged the BCS to connect 7 major advertisers with season-long IP-driven media and marketing based assets throughout the regular CFB season, culminating in the BCS. Also oversaw ESPN25 and transformed it from a net-loss media property into the largest off-channel marketing initiative of ESPN's first 25 years - delivering 1B+ ESPN25 branded Gatorade bottles to retail, 400M+ Bud Light cans branded ESPN25 and 50M McDonald's Happy Meal packages (with ESPN25 branded toys), among others. Also worked on College Basketball, helped launch ESPNU in March 2005 and helped launch ESPN's return to NASCAR in 2006.
  • Learfield Img College
    Consultant
    Learfield Img College 2001 - 2002
    Plano, Tx, Us
    Worked as a consultant for Jim Host and Host Communications, Inc, since acquired by IMG in 2007. I designed the media-marketing architecture for the NCAA Championships (including March Madness and 80+ other NCAA Championship sports) official sponsorship program, creating the NCAA Corporate Champion and Partner Official sponsorship architecture to drive increased revenues by leveraging IP rights, category exclusivity and negotiated media benefits on behalf of the NCAA, CBS and ESPN.
  • Seven Network
    General Manager Olympic Sales And Marketing
    Seven Network 1998 - 2001
    Sydney, New South Wales, Au
    Developed the ad sales packages for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, securing AUD$56 million from our first four major advertisers (two years prior, Seven Network secured AUD$54 million from 225 advertisers). Went on to secure record revenues for the Sydney Olympic Games for Seven Network and additionally oversaw the broader portfolio of sports including Aussie Rules Football, Rugby Union World Cup, motor sports, sports studio shows and more.

Rob Temple Skills

Sports Marketing Social Media Marketing Sports Digital Media Integrated Marketing Advertising Marketing Strategy Marketing Negotiation Content Strategy Broadcast Television

Rob Temple Education Details

  • University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
    University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
    Political Science And Government

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