Jeff Zie

Entrepreneur

Marketer, strategist and leader with over 25 years of experience in marketing and digital media - in startup and corporate environments; holding senior strategy and management positions at Electronic Arts, BSkyB, Microsoft and Emap.

Jeff has successfully built and run multi-million dollar P&Ls, built and managed teams across multiple territories within large corporates and start-up environments, bridging between client-side and service-side industries. Moreover, Jeff's hands-on approach ensures that strategic and tactical activities are always coordinated. Career highlights include:

• Launching EA’s online casual games business, Pogo, in the UK, France and Germany.
• Heading and launching PlayJam, the world’s most successful interactive TV games channel
• Building/consolidating BSkyB’s combined interactive service division
• First Creative Directorship of MSN UK, establishing the first iteration of MSN
• Establishing and building EMAP’s consumer online business

Panellist/Speaker at various industry events, including BAFTA, GETIF, MIP, Milia, Museum of Television & Radio (LA), AFI, British Consulate.

Prior to the world going digital, Jeff was a Designer, Design Consultant and Art Director at some of the world's leading consultancies and agencies.