Viral Jani
Chief Revenue Officer UMG India & South Asia | Ex-Twitter & Times Bridge | Tech & Media Executive and Investor | India Evangelist
- Role
- Chief Revenue Officer at Universal Music Group
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Viral Jani
Experienced leader at the intersection of media, technology, and venture capital industries with a proven track record of helping global companies enter into India. Currently, a member of the leadership team at Universal Music Group, the world\'s largest music entertainment group, in India and South Asia. My focus is on enabling high revenue and audience growth across digital platforms, driving strategic partnerships and fostering innovations in music tech, AI, content tech and creator ecosystems. I am actively seeking to build deep partnerships with tech, media, content and consumer companies in India to unlock new opportunities and build communities, fandoms, and commerce ecosystems in this high-growth market.Prior to this, I built and scaled Times Bridge as a founding member to one of the most prominent firms that helped global companies enter into India. Times Bridge’s portfolio includes Airbnb, Coursera, Headspace, Houzz, Luminary, Mubi, Stack Overflow, Smule, Uber and Wattpad, among others. Prior to that, as a member of Twitter\'s early leadership team in India, I led Partnerships & Strategy, playing a pivotal role in launching new initiatives and products that were critical to the company\'s success in the region. I helped drive the company\'s strategy and media partnerships, including videos and content monetization, which enabled Twitter to achieve high growth in India.As an investor in early-stage startups, I have deep connections within the industry and will continue to operate in the global to India space.
Experience
Chief Revenue Officer
May 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN
Part of the leadership team of UMG, the world\'s largest music entertainment group, in India and South Asia with a mandate to- Enable high revenue and audience growth across digital platforms- Drive strategic partnerships and foster innovations in collaboration with future-forward tech players in core spaces like music tech and AI, and adjacent spaces like content tech and creator ecosystems.Unlock new opportunities to build communities, fandoms, and commerce ecosystems in partnership with tech players- The music and entertainment segment is a high-growth, high-potential space as India/South Asia has reached the cusp of becoming a high-value creation market after experiencing recent years of high user growth.I am looking to build deep partnerships with tech/media/content/consumer companies in India/this region. This is a huge opportunity to build in India and potentially solve for a global community.
Education
St. Xavier's College
Bachelor of science, Maths, Physics
1999 — 2001
MICA | The School of Ideas
Post Graduate Diploma in Communications Management, Media, Brand Management
2001 — 2003
Skills
- Broadcast
- Marketing Communications
- Market Research
- Advertising
- Marketing
- Advertising Sales
- Integrated Marketing
- New Media
- Brand Management
- Content Strategy
- Marketing Strategy
- Competitive Analysis
- Team Management
- Strategy
- Media Planning
- Promo
- Audience Measurement
- Social Media
- Media Analysis
- Digital Media
- Youtube
- Entertainment
- Social Media Marketing
- Television
- Online Advertising
- Management
- Business Planning
- Digital Strategy
- Analytics
- Business Development
- Digital Marketing
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