Jessica Carroll

About Jessica Carroll

LEADER IN CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND BUSINESS GROWTH Strategically innovative and transformative design thinker with vast experience navigating complex challenges across matrixed organizations. A thought leader and change driver who is highly skilled in building impactful relationships, creating unique solutions and leveraging internal and external resources to deliver on business goals while affecting change. Track record of developing clear messaging across multiple platforms to enhance an experience, drive synergies and add value. Does not shy away from a challenge and thrives in ambiguity. Passionate about DEI, the environment, community and the integration of CSR into daily corporate operations.Passionate about diversifying the industry, Jessica actively mentors women looking for a career in sports. She has worked closely with teammates and partners to amplify the organization\'s DE & I efforts through strategic partnerships and initiatives at MLB\'s events including the HBCU mentorship program she developed with partner Getty Images. Jessica is an active member of WISE and an advisory board member with the Doug Pensinger Photography Fund.

Experience

1. Senior Director

   Major League Baseball (MLB)

   Jan 2020 — Present

   Leading growth, operations, and development of one of MLB’s core product lines. A key component to this role is designing and leading experiences globally and creating, producing and executing activations that could be scaled and executed across multiple continents, simultaneously delivering consistent experiences to all attendees.• Designed and executed a mentorship experience providing HBCU students and recent graduates with a unique on-the-job opportunity working in a fast-paced environment alongside professionals. Deepened an existing business relationship with Getty Images by broadening it into a meaningful partnership that honored the values and goals of both organizations.• Revolutionized the digital asset licensing business driving millions of dollars of revenue while enhancing services provided and eliminating pain points for internal and external stakeholders.• Built a custom strategy for content management and distribution working with off-the-shelf and bolt-on products transforming the experience by leveraging various technology solutions and creating a new end-to-end experience.• Partnered with internal and external colleagues to create new avenues for outreach and recruitment to broaden our network.

Education

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor's degree, Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

  1999 — 2003

Skills

• Photojournalism
• Journalism
• Image Manipulation
• Video
• Commercial Photography
• Storytelling
• Image Editing
• Photography
• Social Media
• Digital Photography
• Photos
• Video Production
• Photo Mechanic
• Ap Style
• Photo Editing
• Videography
• Final Cut Pro
• Editorial Photography
• Copy Editing
• Sports Photography
• Digital Asset Management
• Photoshop
• Editorial
• Photo Editor
• Digital Media
• Blogging
• Lightroom
• Magazines
• Editing
• Event Photography
• Newspapers
• Multimedia
• Social Media Marketing
• Travel Photography
• Portrait Photography
• Sports