Chris Blackburn's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

Chris Blackburn is currently a EVP, Sales and Business Development at DAX in Greater New York City Area. Acting as an essential point of exchange in the digital audio ecosystem, DAX (a Global company) connects brands, audio creators, and 100M listeners every month across its platform.http://www.thisisdax.comhttp://www.global.com.Director, Brand Partnerships (East) at SoundCloud from February 2015 to June 2017 (2 years 5 months) in Greater New York City Area.Sourced, trained, and managed the team responsible for 70% of the company’s overall ad revenue in 2016 and 2017.Co-Founder at Art&Revel from February 2015 to January 2017 (2 years) in Greater New York City Area. Founded by former Grooveshark employees, Chris Blackburn and Joey DiFrancesco, Art&Revel was a branding consultancy for new media companies specializing in tech, music, and live streaming. Lead, Partnerships & Revenue at Grooveshark from February 2009 to January 2015 (6 years) in Greater New York City Area. Employee #31 of what grew to a 170+ person organization, helping institute the company’s early monetization effortsEstablished the company’s New York headquarters, helping develop the office to a team of 20 within 18 months.Grew sales office from six-figure revenue in 2011 to $3m in 2012, $5m in 2013, and $7m in 2014Constructed and executed a multi-million dollar media partnership with a third-party sales force, securing guaranteed revenue across 90% of the company’s audio ad inventory.Helped onboard the company’s suite of digital best practices that spanned vetting and integrating the platform’s first ad server to developing the company’s first go-to-market sales strategy.Designed and executed new product launch conducting qualitative market research on music listeners, subsequently creating a new seven-figure revenue stream from online user research.Global Head of Sales and Strategic Partnerships at SoundCloud from June 2017 to September 2019 (2 years 4 months) in New York, New York. 'What's next in music is first on SoundCloud'Led SoundCloud's global advertising + brand partnerships strategy.

🎓 Education

Chris Blackburn has a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University in the City of New York from 2020-22. Blackburn also holds a BS in Marketing from University of Florida in 2018. Blackburn is currently a business intelligence major at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he is studying for his MBA in 2020.Prior to his education at the University of Florida, Blackburn was a marketing major at the University of Mississippi in Jackson, Mississippi from 2018-20. He also played football for the University of Mississippi Gulf Coast Ragin' Cajuns football team from 2018-20. Blackburn is very prepared for business because he has always been very active in his academic and extracurricular life. He has played in multiple sports and has been a mentor to many young people throughout his life.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Chris Blackburn has experience as an EVP, Sales and Business Development at DAX, Acting as an essential point of exchange in the digital audio ecosystem, and Director, Brand Partnerships (East) at SoundCloud from February 2015 to June 2017. Chris Blackburn was also a Co-Founder at Art&Revel from February 2015 to January 2017, where he founded Art&Revel with former Grooveshark employees, Joey DiFrancesco and Christopher Blackburn. Art&Revel was a branding consultancy for new media companies specializing in tech, music, and live streaming. In June 2017, Blackburn was elevated to Global Head of Sales and Strategic Partnerships at SoundCloud, where he led the global advertising and brand partnerships strategy. Blackburn has also been responsible for the growth of SoundCloud's sales office from six-figure revenue in 2011 to $3m in 2012, $5m in 2013, and $7m in 2014, constructed and executed a multi-million dollar media partnership with a third-party sales force, securing guaranteed revenue across 90% of the company's audio ad inventory, and helped onboard the company's suite of digital best practices that spanned vetting and integrating the platform’s first ad server to developing the company’s first go-to-market sales strategy. As Global Head of Sales and Strategic Partnerships at SoundCloud, Blackburn played a leading role in developing and executing a new product launch conducting qualitative market research on music listeners and subsequently creating a new seven-figure revenue stream from online user research.