Brandon Wainerdi Résumé (2025)

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EXPERIENCE

2022 - 2025

FUNKO // DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED MARKETING (CLOSE-TO-MARKET)

FUNKO // DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL INSIGHTS

Launched two high-end product lines, with Funko’s highest ever price points, on a new platform (EQL) and with multiple sell-throughs. Collaborated with multiple partners (including DreamWorks, Hasbro, and Marvel) for all promotion of these campaigns.

Drove the cross-discipline “Speed-to-Market” team to ideate and create quick-turn products with high profile partners, with final results including items for Doja Cat, Ice Spice, Sabrina Carpenter, WICKED, Sony, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE 50th, and Disney.

Directed the marketing campaigns for the Funko / eBay vault partnership, the robust Digital Collectibles NFT program, Octane5 integration, as well as currently-NDA’d feature launches.

FUNKO // DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNITY (MONDO)

Led the MONDO brand across all platforms, while directly supervising a robust team of social strategists, email marketers, copywriters, and e-commerce managers. Under that leadership, MONDO’s sales increased 28%, and social following grew by 50k.

2021 - 2022

ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE // MARKETING CAMPAIGN MANAGER (MONDO)

Coordinated all product releases, creating and posting all marketing communication copy and handling e-Commerce aspects of mondoshop.com (Shopify)

Defined and held the tone and voice of the brand, across all platforms, while also serving as email marketer, social strategist and community manager for @MondoNews handles (a total of +500K followers)

2020 - 2021

RECREATION AGENCY // DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY

Spearheaded campaign strategy across agency clients (including 7-Eleven), while working with all existing accounts to think more creatively and socially.

Created a content studio and podcast network to service future clients, including the formation of a physical recording space.

2019 - 2020

CINESTATE / FANGORIA // DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

Supervised all digital channels and content creation, including campaign orchestration, leading to doubling followers across brands and a 40% growth in engagement, year over year.

Produced 2 separate podcast networks, which boasted 20 shows and 2 million listens in total.

2017 - 2019

RICHARDS/LERMA // SENIOR SOCIAL STRATEGIST

Managed digital strategy team, developing cross-platform strategies for the rebranding of Metro by T-Mobile, and creating content for agency-first platforms for their UFC partnership.

2015 - 2017

SPLASH MEDIA // SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIALIST / CONTENT WRITER

WRITING

2021 - PRESENT

STAR WARS ENCYCLOPEDIA, PUBLISHED BY DK IN FALL 2024 (CO-AUTHOR)

STAR WARS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF STARFIGHTERS AND OTHER VEHICLES, TO BE PUBLISHED BY DK IN FALL 2025 (AUTHOR)

TITAN COMICS (STAR WARS INSIDER)

DISNEY (STARWARS.COM)

FANGORIA

Excerpts and examples can be found on linked portfolio website.

ACTIVITIES

2023 - PRESENT

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (MS MARKETING PROGRAM)ADVISORY BOARD // BOARD MEMBER AND MENTOR

2018 - PRESENT

TALKING BAY 94 // CREATOR AND PODCAST HOST EDUCATION

2014 - 2015

MASTER OF SCIENCE, MARKETING // TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

2010 - 2014

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MARKETING, MINOR, HISTORY // TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

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