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Highly skilled executive with 20 years music industry experience, leading and overseeing global campaigns for some of the biggest artists in the world. These include Sam Smith, Disclosure, Robbie Williams, Emeli Sande, Massive Attack, Andrea Bocelli, Max Richter, Tinie Tempah, Pet Shop Boys, Corinne Bailey Rae, among many others. With multi-genre experience working with major Pop, Classical, Jazz and Alternative artists, I launched Yes! Artists in 2020 – a bespoke artist management company – to apply all my experience and knowledge to help support, develop and accelerate artists and their careers worldwide. 
I am a 20+ year media & technology executive and seasoned manager who has led blue chip advertisers, across a spectrum of agencies, publishers and brands. My focus has always been connecting brands with consumers and being an expert in all facets of that journey. I am fortunate to have worked at niche start-ups to large multinational corporations, and have had the privilege to position myself into bleeding edge opportunities. My instinctive nature and core competency has always been to embrace that disruption and make sense of it to stakeholders in that ecosystem.
Technology, of course, is changing the consumer world rapidly but also in a seismic way driving deep disruptions into all business ecosystems, especially in marketing and partnerships.
My most recent position is serving as the global head of GSI partnerships at Google Cloud. I was able to bring my ad technology pedigree to a vast white space, where marketing and cloud technology is the battleground for all things data, privacy, and identity.
Recent past roles focused on new product commercialization at Google and building client operation/GTMs for SaaS solutions at Yahoo!/Verizon Media.
Before my technology stint, I was Senior Vice President Group Client Director at Publicis Groupe managing brands like the Sprint Corporation, American Honda & Acura and Walmart. In all instances, my job was to build and assemble best in class digital advertising technologies, drive innovation, and deliver thoughtful creative experiences via all media channels. Previous tours include additional agencies and client side roles, managing brands like American Express and General Mills.
Core Competencies:
- US & Global (AMER, EMEA, APAC)
- Expert in Branding & Performance/Acquisition marketing
- Global commercial/trading negotiations
- Vertical Industry expertise: FSI, Retail, Auto, Telco, CPG, Health Care, Entertainment
- Enterprise Partnerships Development: GSI/SI, ISV/Tech
- Cloud Solutions in Marketing & Data Analytics (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
- Media Channel/solution expertise: Display, Video, Mobile, Paid Social, Programmatic (SaaS) – RTB, TV, Print, Radio, OOH, Dynamic Creative Optimizations (DCO), Data Management Platforms (DMP), Customer Data Platforms (CDP), Database Marketing/CRM, Multi-touch Attribution (MTA), Marketing Mix Models (MMM) 
EP I ALIBI Music - Works with Netflix, Disney, MGM, Amazon, HBO, Masterclass, Paramount, Universal, A24, WarnerMedia, Fox, WWE, NBC, All major ad agencies, and more 
Joshua Hart is an accomplished Sales & Business Development leader with a demonstrated history of successfully growing project oriented teams within the AX, Finance, HR & Tech space. Skilled in Technical Recruiting, Enterprise Sales and Microsoft Dynamics all with an emphasis on securing top line partnerships.
*Focused on driving revenue and always looking to aid teams in explosive growth.
Specialties: C level selling, new business development, contract negotiation, sourcing, lead generation, new rep development, deal structuring, interviewing, sales methodology training. 
- Proven success record as a CFO across different company sizes (start-ups to major multinationals); various ownership structures (public, private, and PE); multiple industries/sectors; and based in numerous global locations (US, Europe, ME/Africa, Asia Pacific, and Latam).
- Direct experience across all dimensions and development stages of the Finance function (accounting, FP&A, treasury, strategy, corporate finance/M&A, and investor relations). Have also successfully led HR, Strategy, Business Development, Supply Chain, Procurement, and IT functions.
- Extensive global experience in private equity / venture capital as an investment partner, operating partner, and portfolio company Board Director, CFO, COO, and CEO.
- Quantified success record of raising significant equity and debt financing including IPOs, secondaries, financing rounds (seed to Series G) and debt packages. Well-developed personal network of international investors.
- Skilled in working with boards, advisors, investors, lenders, auditors, and national/state regulators.
- Substantial experience as an advisor/consultant with a proven ability to work with both internal and external teams to quickly diagnose corrective actions and opportunity areas for improvement and immediate value add.
- Demonstrated ability to expand and successfully operate internationally. Extensive global M&A experience including sourcing, due diligence, 100 day planning, post-merger integrations, and exits. 
Experienced producer and PM of: audience/fan activations, Ad Ops and Creator Ops, platform integrations, and digital transformation. Manager of in-house teams and agencies. Ex-EMI Music, and BBC. AgilePM® and PRINCE2.
JULY 2024 - PRESENT: Senior Manager, Global Marketing, Warner Music Group. Delivering Marketing Operations ('MOps'), with the Tech and Data teams, and externally with partners. Global transformation of Ops, workflows, and tooling - including multi-region co-ordination of Creator Marketing and Ad Ops. The Global Marketing team is at the heart of the business, working across top priority artists and tracks, driving digital innovation.
MARCH-JUNE 2024: Associate Business Development, Juego Studio. Project Management, New Business. London/Remote. Juego Studio (Bangalore) has delivered successful games in multiple markets for clients such as Disney, Sony, Puma, 20th Century Fox, Warner Music - and more. With strong competencies in Unreal and Unity, it has expanded from its core as a game design company into XR, and the utilisation of AI.
SEPTEMBER 2023-MARCH 2024:
Associate Lecturer, Commercial Music, Bath Spa University. Created and delivered a "digital marketing for the music industry" module for the Commercial Music MA.
MARCH-AUGUST 2023:
Senior PM, Web & Ecom, Warner Music. Based in London and reporting to NY, managing initiatives across ecommerce website and artist website marketing channels. The primary interfacer between platform vendors, internal development resources, and end users, to achieve OKRs.
2012-2023:
Head of Firepit Technology // Senior Director, Innovation, Warner Music. Reported to NY, head of a London-based Innovation studio with a global remit. I produced fan activations for Gorillaz, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Liam Gallagher, Rita Ora, Muse, David Bowie, Kylie, David Guetta, Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Blur and many others. I produced/delivered globally for artists/repertoire in the UK/US, and international markets and regions.
My role collaborated with commissioners in Warner Recorded Music's Labels: Atlantic, Warner Records, Parlophone, Rhino, et al. The team consisted of: a Lead UI/UX, a UI/UX Designer, x2 Full Stack Developers, and a regularly-used pool of freelancers and small boutique agencies who I procured. OKRs generally consisted of: first party data capture, streaming metrics, conversion to D2C ecom.
I am a judge for The Webbys and The Lovies. I am also engaged in a research project with the University of Huddersfield, in music in AR and spatial audio. 
