James Brandt from Fairfield, CT is a digital sales expert holding two decades of extensive experience in the field of Digital Media and Technology. He is based in New York, United States and is working with one of the most reputed companies – Sprinkle Content. It is widely recognized for providing a reliable platform for recommendations & syndication of articles and videos for digital publishers. His role in the company is that of the Senior Vice President of Publisher Sales.
In the past, James Brandt from Fairfield, CT has worked with many well-known companies in the industry. Prior to joining Sprinkle Content, he served as the Senior Vice President of Publisher Sales in Ntent, which is a New York based company recognized as a semantic search technologies pioneer. They use the science of semantics to create more meaningful experience for consumers, publishers and premium advertisers. The technology they implement “THINKS” like a human being and thereby understands the user intent better than traditional keyword-based search.
While working with Ntent, James Brandt from Fairfield, CT had Full P&L responsibility for Publisher sales, and had a team of twenty people working under him. With his in-depth knowledge and experience, he played a significant role in the growth and development of Ntent. In fact, he was the key driver in building corporate partnerships with numerous technology & media companies, like Fox, Meredith, Bonnier, Conde Nast, Viacom, NBC, ABC, Time Inc, Taunton Press, Hearst etc. He also acted as the advisor to the CEO and remained active in board meetings as well as fund raising till the time he worked there. Over the last eighteen months of his employment in the company, he increased the top line revenue from $50MM to over $120MM, while improving net margin by 15%.
James Brandt from Fairfield, CT have also worked with established companies, like Interep Interactive (1998-2000), MP3.com acquired by Vivendi Universal (2000-2002),Vivendi Universal (2002-2003), Xfire Inc acquired by Viacom (2005-2006), Viacom (2006-2011), and Ntent (2011-2015). While working with all these companies, he gained diversified experience in sales leadership, operations, and revenue growth strategies. He also emerged as a strong leader, manager, as well as a communicator. In his nineteen years of career, he has gained national, regional, and local business exposure; and has built a broad network of contacts.