John Young

About John Young

I love building brands. And I work with some of the greatest brands in the world. I help them become even more popular and successful. Some even skyrocket from early-stage grassroots into flourishing multi-billion dollar juggernauts.Disney, Riot Games, Zipcar, Sony, IBM, Comcast, Microsoft, American Idol, Pepsi, Hasbro, J&J, General Mills, Priceline, Unilever, McDonalds, Netscape, Universal Pictures, Sephora, P&G, Calvin Klein, Citibank, Volkswagen, Best Buy, Warner Brothers, Atari, Coca-Cola and many others.I enjoy helping these innovative, fast-moving companies craft luminous brands, incite their teams with confidence, develop killer products, and nurture thriving cultures… so they can connect and interact with the world in remarkable and meaningful ways-• Digital trailblazer. Web1. Web2. Web3. Metaverse, AI and beyond.• Entrepreneur, operator and investor. A vigorous builder.• Award-winning creative director, strategist and designer. • Founder of some of the most creative and successful marketing, advertising and digital media networks in the world.• Board advisor to innovative media, entertainment and technology companies; providing hands-on brand, business and marketing expertise and assistance.• Passionate mentor and champion of aspiring creative talent.

Experience

1. Mentor

   Techstars

   Oct 2023 — Present

   I’m a mentor with the Anjal Z Techstars Founder Catalyst Program, a partnership between the Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority, the Abu Dhabi Investment Office and Techstars. With a portfolio of over 1,700 companies in startup ecosystems around the world, Techstars brings opportunities to startups in communities all over the world so that they can grow and thrive. I’m advising growing ventures in the early child development space who are dedicated to helping kids and their families along four key pillars of Health & Nutrition, Early Care & Education, Child Protection, and Family Support. I bring a ton of kid and mom experience, from games to consumer goods and media, and have worked with stellar brands such as Disney, Hasbro, School of Rock, The Girl Scouts, J&J, Stride Rite, Riot Games, General Mills and many startups like Mightier. I’m also mentor in MIT’s Morningside Academy DesignX Program, where I help new ventures like Romps, an innovative children’s brand that creates shoes that grow with you. I’m so excited to be part of the Anjal Z Techstars Founder Catalyst Program to help our cohort founder’s launch and scale their brands for the children and families of Abu Dhabi and the world.

Education

• University of the Arts

  BFA, Design

Skills

• Marketing
• Design Thinking
• Campaigns
• Mobile Marketing
• Television
• Entreprenuer
• Entrepreneurship
• Corporate Branding
• Viral Marketing
• Media Strategy
• Strategy
• Art Direction
• Email Marketing
• Visual Storytelling
• Web Design
• Brand Development
• Executive Level Relationship Building
• Interactive Marketing
• Advertising Agency
• Integrated Marketing
• New Media
• Social Media Strategist
• Guerrilla Marketing
• Brand Architecture
• Team Leadership
• Digital Marketing
• Customer Insight
• Brand Management
• Consumer Behaviour
• Social Media Marketing
• Marketing Strategy
• Creative Leader
• Mentoring
• Start-Ups
• Creative Direction
• Online Advertising
• Creative Problem Solving
• Brand Innovator
• Interactive Advertising
• Digital Strategy