NEW YORK, USA // Varoon Bose is the director of Social Content at Bleacher Report where he oversees the digital content creative process for all of B/R’s major social platforms including but not limited to graphics, video projects, illustrations, animations and more. He’s spent his entire 10-year professional media career at Bleacher Report with roles in social media marketing and programming.
Prior to his career in media, Varoon had a… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Kristin Connelly is the head of global brand marketing for Activision Blizzard Esports (ABE), including its two professional esports leagues, Overwatch League and Call of Duty League, as well as World Series of Warzone. She leads the fan-facing initiatives including brand strategy, advertising and promotions, digital platforms, content, and social media. Kristin focuses on the overall fan engagement strategy, helping its… Read More
LONDON, UK // Sul is a strategy consultant and leader with a career primarily grounded in sports marketing and media, and a track record of scaling market-leading start-ups and driving innovation within larger networks, whether on staff or as a consultant, and occasionally as a client. Agency work has spanned rightsholders (FIFA, NBA, NFL), brands (BMW, Barclays, Just Eat, Mastercard), broadcasters (DIRECTV), charities (Cancer Research UK and… Read More
CHICAGO, USA // Kay Bradley is the Vice President of Marketing for the U.S. Soccer Federation. She is responsible for leading integrated marketing, fan engagement, digital strategy and content development for the Women’s and Men’s National Soccer teams. Focused on storytelling and fan engagement efforts with U.S. Soccer and its strategic brand and media partners, Kay champions innovative initiatives to elevate athletes, grow the game, and… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Ariel’s advertising career started 18 years ago, when he and his colleague Bruno Acanfora received their first advertising brief ever, which was for the World Cup. After impressing with their first ad, they continued to work hard day and night, producing memorable campaigns for leading brands such as Coca-Cola, Apple, Nike, Gatorade, Disney+, NBA, DIRECTV and more. Their work has been viewed by millions, with the Gatorade… Read More
CHARLOTTE, USA // As the role of Managing Director, Head of Content Strategy, she is tasked with leading a team of content creators and programmers and building content strategy for NASCAR Studios. This strategy will help support internal and external partners with an expansion of content offerings, league-wide initiatives and revenue opportunities while continuing to help engage existing fans and attract new fans across all of NASCAR’s… Read More
DALLAS, USA // Chris Bellinger is the Vice President of Creative and Digital within Frito-Lay and Quaker North America. In this dual role, Chris oversees the in-house creative agency for PepsiCo Foods North America named D3 and helps to lead creative and digital development with the brand leads.
Chris joined PepsiCo 5 years ago to build the in-house creative capability from scratch. He now oversees a full 360 internal agency capability… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Alice Blastorah is Creative Director at Special Group LA/NY shaping stylistically breakthrough work with her deep love for craft and art direction.
With a career spanning Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles, Alice has consistently created award-winning work from grassroots charitable initiatives to the world’s largest automakers and everything in between. Her campaigns have been recognized in every major award show… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Born in Barbados, raised in New York, living in LA, Zack Browne is an award-winning creative with an insatiable infatuation with sport and culture. He currently serves as Creative Director on adidas Basketball and adidas Originals at Johannes Leonardo.
Zack honed his craft at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, after gaining a degree in communications and business at St. John’s University in Queens,… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Suzana is Head of Creative and Innovation at Google Media Lab in New York, where she leads a team dedicated to innovation projects, digital campaigns and content for media partnerships for Google Marketing’s main brands.
Over the last 20 years, Suzana has received more than 20 international awards and has worked with global brands such as Converse, Coca-Cola, Fiat, Barbie and P&G, among others. She started her career in… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Meredith Batcheller is the Head of Global Sports Marketing at Adobe. In her role she oversees the global strategy and activation of Adobe’s sponsorship portfolio, including MLB, NWSL, PGA TOUR, Real Madrid, FC Bayern Munich, Golden State Warriors, San Francisco Giants and San Francisco 49ers. She joined Adobe in March 2022.
Prior to Adobe, Meredith worked in sponsorship at AIG, most notably managing the first-ever… Read More
LIVERPOOL, UK // David Evans is Partnerships Manager at Liverpool Football Club and with more than 12 years of experience working within commercial and sporting organizations.
His career to date has led him to work in marketing, commercial partnerships and operations of sports such as running, football, winter sports and tennis – including activity at both grass roots and elite levels. His experience includes working for brands such as… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Tammy Henault joined the NBA as Chief Marketing Officer in November of 2022. As Chief Marketing Officer, Henault leads all global marketing efforts for the NBA and its affiliate leagues to engage fans and further the organization’s mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball. In her first season, Henault led the Playoffs and Finals marketing campaign resulting in the highest playoffs… Read More
ATLANTA, USA // Ashley Andrews is a Group Creative Director at R/GA pioneering the creative vision for the agency’s collaboration with Nike on the Jordan business. In her 13+ years in the industry, Ashley’s passion for great design and creativity has led her to work on some of the world’s best brands. including Sprite, Amazon, Vaseline, Verizon, Audi, Delta Airlines, QVC, HSN, Gold Peak, Shell, AT&T and The Home Depot.
She enjoys:… Read More
TAMPA, USA // Troy dated his wife for 30 days before kissing her, and on that same day, he proposed. She said yes, and they’re now celebrating 27 years of marriage. Sometimes you just know, and you need to go for it.
Professionally, he is owner and CCO of Dunn&Co, a branding, advertising and production agency located in Tampa and London. He opened the agency in 2003 following consultantcy stints with ABC-TV and TV6, which found him… Read More