Josh Brooks
SVP, Brand Strategy & Marketing,
Jam City
SVP, Brand Strategy & Marketing,
Jam City
Start-up founder, social media pioneer, music manager, and executive operator, Josh Brooks has a proven track record in the media and tech space. Brooks currently oversees corporate marketing and brand strategy for Jam City. Within his role at Jam City, Josh rebranded the company (formally SGN) in 2016, helped launch 10 global game titles, established the central product marketing team and leads the talent & recruiting team.
Before joining Jam City, he raised a series A venture round to launch On The Run Tech and partnered with Selena Gomez to launch the popular app, Postcard on the Run. Earlier in his career, Brooks created the first integrated marketing team at MySpace, responsible for $22mm+ in branded advertising revenue in his first year. He also produced the first and largest live streaming event for MySpace, in cooperation with the U.S. Dept. of Defense, which resulted in 3.5M live streams from Camp Behring, Kuwait (a.k.a. Operation MySpace). From 2001-2005, he managed the critically acclaimed and Grammy nominated band, Queens of the Stone Age. Prior to managing the band, he was a founding member of Fanscape.com, which was acquired by Omnicom in 2010.
Brooks was a Socal Tech Top 50 Winner in 2013 and received the Silicon Beach Wavemaker Award in 2011. He received a BFA from University of Arizona, and currently resides in Los Angeles with his family.
Before joining Jam City, he raised a series A venture round to launch On The Run Tech and partnered with Selena Gomez to launch the popular app, Postcard on the Run. Earlier in his career, Brooks created the first integrated marketing team at MySpace, responsible for $22mm+ in branded advertising revenue in his first year. He also produced the first and largest live streaming event for MySpace, in cooperation with the U.S. Dept. of Defense, which resulted in 3.5M live streams from Camp Behring, Kuwait (a.k.a. Operation MySpace). From 2001-2005, he managed the critically acclaimed and Grammy nominated band, Queens of the Stone Age. Prior to managing the band, he was a founding member of Fanscape.com, which was acquired by Omnicom in 2010.
Brooks was a Socal Tech Top 50 Winner in 2013 and received the Silicon Beach Wavemaker Award in 2011. He received a BFA from University of Arizona, and currently resides in Los Angeles with his family.
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February 6, 2020 | 3:30pm - 4:00pm PT
February 4, 2019 | 3:30pm - 4:00pm PT
2017 | 12:15pm - 12:45pm PT