Sean Junkins Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Fishers, Indiana, Us

-Manage production pipeline for all Consumer & B2B Sales, ensuring accuracy and quality standards are met and all projects are delivered within schedule. - Review and approve all printed and digital materials prior to production and release.- Interface with clients on all custom integrations. Collect the clients' objectives, KPIs, and timelines and manage the production process from start to finish to ensure all deliverables are met, produced, and delivered on-time and on-budget.- Build processes and tools to improve project flow and ensure visibility of all projects and status updates to internal Spokenote team.

I work with retail, consumer product, and entertainment companies to build and execute bespoke marketing strategies and plans to increase partners' reach and visibility to customers and drive increased sales through retail programs, social media management, email marketing, and special events.

• Drove +160% increase in Gross Sales YOY at Moonshot Games, leading to over $2M in growth• Led the creation of event calendars for multiple store locations, and coordinated over 20 Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and Pokémon events weekly• Executed a multi-level campaign at Gen Con 2021 that include a sales booth on-site at the convention, 24 hour availability at Moonshot Mass Ave, and a shuttle bus between the locations that drove over $80K in sales for the week.• Developed Marketing signage for all Moonshot Games locations, including a branded wrap for the company cargo van utilizing QR codes to drive over 1,300 new users to the Moonshot website• Managed partnerships with Wizards of the Coast and Critical Role and maintained exemplary store standards to become one of the only certified Wizards Play Network Premium and Darrington Press Guild stores in Indiana

Santa Monica, California, Us

• Drove strategic development and execution of multi-million dollar annual marketing budgets for all North American retailers including Walmart, Target, Amazon for $1B video game franchises--Overwatch, World of Warcraft, and Diablo• Executed commercial marketing of Overwatch North American efforts, resulting in over 100% YOY growth in game activations, 7M+ life-to-date players, and hundreds of Millions of dollars in life-to-date revenue• Led and managed marketing efforts for Overwatch’s launch, breaking company records for brand new IP launch and resulting in 2016 Game of the Year Award accolades by over 100+ industry and media outlets • Marketed Overwatch’s Open Beta, Blizzard’s largest Open Beta to date, at all major retailers with 9.7M participants, over 4.9B minutes and 37M matches played • Build out partnerships with Red Bull and Vans; oversaw messaging and creative for websites with 2M unique visitors/month • Managed digital card sales working cross-functionally with creative, brand management, finance, and external vendors, driving Millions of dollars in revenue in 2019

Santa Monica, California, Us

• Collaborated with brand marketing and sales teams to deliver 35+ marketing plans for pre-sell, launch and momentum phases throughout entire product life cycle, gaining buy-in from VP of Commercial Marketing• Partnered with Kellogg’s to unlock content at Target and Walmart with a customer co-marketing program, featuring 32M plus branded packs across retailers with over 8K branded retail displays, driving over $500K in Media support for the program• Designed award-winning branded retail placement, including corrugated displays, interactive dioramas, product shippers & AAA customer experience programs• Owned annual trade plan & budget for each title, balancing account spend objectives and goals; analyzed financial impact of marketing programs to make tactical decisions and recommendations.

• Launched 3 product lines with DC Shoe Co.; identified project milestones and ensured all deadlines were met; communicated status updates and weekly task lists to CEO, legal counsel and founder.• Developed and launched strategic marketing campaigns, including with Kraft Lunchables; teamed with production company, Kraft and internal staff for filming of commercials with national distribution.• Developed and implemented internal processes to increase productivity and identified areas in the corporate structure to be standardized and streamlined, driving a 20% efficiency gain• Assisted in development and publication of social media calendar covering multiple Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts for all Dyrdek Enterprises properties.

Developed and managed Brand Identity filter for Hot Topic Brand • Ensured all marketing materials in-store and on-line are compliant with company vision • Produced and maintained master promotions calendar for all in-store and on-line channels Planned, organized, and executed major campaigns across the entire Hot Topic chain for all major holidays and product launches. • Launched Hot Topic’s core denim brands, Rude and LOVEsick, with a multi-channel marketing program entitled “Get In Our Pants” featuring recording artists as the spokespersons for the brands which drove over $2MM in sales in its first week. Managed design and production for all in-store marketing materials, including store signage, window clings, and POS elements • Coordinated with Creative Services team to track and ensure on-time delivery of all promotional materials • Managed monthly, quarterly, and yearly budgets to ensure all materials are accounted for and within spending limits Negotiated and executed nationwide marketing plans with major and independent music labels, film studios, and television properties for releases from recording artists, film, and television properties • Negotiated and executed store-front presentation displays in all 650 Hot Topic locations for releases like Slipknot, Justin Bieber, Harry Potter, Green Lantern, Gears of War and more • Presented with a Platinum Record by Warner Bros. Records for marketing efforts behind the Reprise Records release of Disturbed – Indestructible Negotiated and acquired exclusive content for Hottopic.com and Hot Topic’s social media pages • Partnered with major record labels, movie studios, and licensing companies to acquire exclusive interviews, premieres, movie trailers, and other content • Executed on-site and location video and photo shoots with national talent acts

Plan and execute in-store Meet & Greets with major national recording acts and pop culture celebrities• Execute events for film and television properties including multiple elements such as live music, autograph sessions, and Q&A panels for over 3,000 participants• Stores that participated in one of the 144 Meet & Greets in 2010 saw an average of 74% increase in their daily sales numbersNegotiate and execute tour sponsorship agreements with national recording artists• Draft and execute sponsorship agreements for over 15 music tours from 2008 to 2010, negotiating the exclusive “presenting sponsorship” for the majority of those tours• Manage the inventory of sales product on the tour, work with Tour Manager to ensure smooth execution of band signings, and act as a liaison with tour organizersSet up and execute national online and in-store contests and sweepstakes• Negotiate prizes and visibility of both online and in-store contests and execute them fully from beginning to end, selecting and contacting winners, and fulfilling prizes

• Coordinated with photo editors and copywriters to create new homepage content and online features.• Created, tested and published e-commerce sales promotions requested by the business• Created and sent customer marketing emails • Assisted in shooting, editing, and publishing video interviews with national music acts• Assisted IT development and project management in migrating the Hot Topic e-commerce site to a new platform