ABOUT

Sean Black

Sean Black is an accomplished executive sales and business transformation leader with over 20 years of digital marketing experience and a combined 20 years of overall brand and marketing strategy. He has led global agency and enterprise growth for several sell-side organizations and currently serves as the SVP/General Manager at Dailymotion in New York, NY, where he leads the North America demand sales team.

Sean is skilled in creating proactive, accomplished sales cultures, working with, influencing and collaborating with cross-functional leadership, understanding the use of data for decision making, forecasting, and informing strategy, coaching and mentoring, P&L management and budgetary insight, infrastructure, team structure, processes and systems to support the success of the sales team, with a mind to continuous improvement, and navigating and developing larger commercial and revenue frameworks.

He has multi-platform experience (Programmatic/Video/OTT/Mobile), is experienced in process & risk management, and has a unique and rare view of the marketplace, taking brand strategies and business objectives beyond paper and delivering first of its kind creative thinking married with holistic, insight-driven approaches. Sean manages from inside a team, being a true coach in developing group vision while driven to build new opportunities encouraging thinking ahead of the marketplace to increase revenue.

Some of Sean's significant achievements include leading all Global Agency frameworks and MSA development as the Head of Enterprise Partnerships & Agency Growth Revenue Team at FreeWheel, creating the first Global Media deal for FreeWheel Media and Nestlé & Adidas, building the 2020 FreeWheel Media and Supply Strategies, and delivering overall $20M in total revenue. As the Global Head, Agency Development & Partnerships at Dotdash, he managed all C-Suite relationships across all agency Hold-Co’s and developed Dotdash’s first agency and brand frameworks to drive revenue and increase new business, delivering over $2MM within first 6 months.

Previously, Sean has held positions such as the EVP Head of Digital Investment U.S. at Amplifi/Dentsu Aegis Network, North America Media Services Lead at SapientNitro, Managing Partner, Group Digital Director at MediaCom, and SVP Managing Director, Digital Integration/ACTIVE International at Pearl River, NY. He is an excellent coach, mentor and has the ability to quickly assess top talent to build a winning team. Sean has a bachelor's degree from University Of Rhode Island and has attended several professional development courses.

RECOMMENDATIONS

"I've had the pleasure of partnering with Sean at MediaCom and found him to be not only a strategic thinker but a true leader who can not only rally the troops but also manage the client to foster win-win scenarios. Sean's leadership shows in every aspect of his Team and his relationships. He's easy to talk to, responsive and has everyone's best interest at heart. I'm looking forward to partnering with him again!"

- Stephen Crowell: Client Partner, RevTrax

"Sean is a true pioneer and leader in his field. He is a smart, results-driven, supremely creative online media planner. He (and everyone on his team) are an absolutely pleasure to work with. If you're looking for a real partner, not just someone who can execute, Sean is your guy."

- Leslie Barrett: VP Business Engagement, Serino Coyne

"I have known Sean for a long time and he is one of the best digital marketing veterans! Super creative and smart, great to work with and a true partner. I was his client (at WB Pictures) for several years and we worked hand in hand on some groundbreaking projects together. He was always available, always thinking of ways to improve my business, truly cared about our success and always looking out for our best interests. I would be thrilled to work with Sean again anytime."

- Amy Sherman: Senior Director, Global Marketing JW Marriott

"Sean knows the digital space like no one else -- he's cutting edge and a great presenter. I always valued having him on my team for any given pitch. He's a winner!"

- Bethany Harris: EVP Revenue/Strategy and Analytics, Active International

"Sean is just the best. An aggressive advocate and creative thinker."

- Don Buckley: EVP/CMO Showtime Networks

"I can't say enough about Sean Black. His enthusiasm, energy, intelligence, and creativity is contagious. He's a pleasure to do business with, because he's thorough, open minded, and attentive. Always on the cutting edge of what's new and exciting in the new media advertising industry, he's built a very successful online agency to expand an already exisiting traditional media buying service. There are many members in the online advertising community today who owe their success to working under Sean's tutelage. Sean is certainly a titan in the industry!"

- Andy Slater: VP Partnerships, MidRoll