S4E30 : Don’t Wait for the Role, Create It! : Jen Brown : SVP of Programming and Content Strategy, Global Digital News & Streaming : BBC Studios

Lead With Your Brand!™

If you ever ask Jayzen for his best career advice, he’ll say “find a hole and fill it.” That is, find where the need is in your organization or industry that matches your skills and talent and be the solution that everyone is looking for. Jen Brown has built an incredible career doing just that. She is a 16-year veteran of NBCUniversal, where she most recently helped launch its streaming service, Peacock. While at NBCUniversal, she never held a role that existed before she did it. Tune in to hear her amazing career and personal brand story and career advice we can all learn from.

Plus, Jayzen talks about the importance of your core belief or mission statement that drives you and your brand forward regardless of the job you hold or the work you do. He shares his inspiration as the new Chair of the American Red Cross’ National Diversity Council and what you can learn about mission-delivery from America’s most-trusted non-profit brand. Plus, he shares the sage advice he received from a recent meeting with Dr. Bernice A. King, the CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Non-Violence.

Guest Bio

Jen Brown

SVP of Programming and Content Strategy, Global Digital News & Streaming

BBC Studios

In her role, Jen is responsible for the content strategy for BBC Studios’ digital news and factual platforms outside of the UK as the company doubles down to meet the increasing demand for its content in North America and around the world.

Jen Brown is a 16-year veteran of NBCUniversal, where she most recently helped launch its streaming service, Peacock. As Senior Vice President of Program Planning and Content Partnerships, she led planning across news, sports, TV, film and FAST channels. While at Peacock, she won an Emmy for Peacock’s coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Previously, Jen Brown served as SVP, Strategic Initiatives, at NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises, a team tasked with accelerating digital growth across the company and overseeing NBCU’s digital investments. Jen Brown started her NBCUniversal career at NBC News where she led the digital transformation of the TODAY show as its General Manager and developed the role of SVP, Strategic content, which brought together brand, content and commercial programming for the NBC News Group.

Fun fact: While at NBCUniversal, Jen Brown is proud to have never held a role that existed before she did it.

Jen Brown is a graduate of Emory University, where she majored in International Studies and Journalism. She was a member of the Emory University Swimming and Diving Team as well as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Jen Brown received a master’s degree in digital journalism from Columbia University. She started her professional career as a sports writer at the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey and worked at ABC News.

To bury the lead: Jen Brown is the mother of two daughters and married to Gust Hookanson. They live in Montclair, NJ, and spend as much of the summer as possible on her native Jersey Shore.

Links

To learn more about Lead With Your Brand system, please visit: LeadWithyYourBrand.com

To book Jayzen for a speaking engagement or workshop at your company, visit: JayzenPatria.com