James Devlin

James Devlin serves as the Director of Global Growth for Call of Duty at Activision since June 2020. Previously, James held various roles at Essence, including Data Strategy Lead, where responsibilities included leading planning cycles with a focus on audience dynamics affecting significant media investments, enhancing communication between research and planning teams, and creating audience categorization processes. James also worked as a Planning Director at Universal Pictures, and as Associate Media Director at Neo@Ogilvy and OgilvyOne Worldwide, managing global campaigns and cross-regional teams. Early career experience as a Hedge Fund Trader at T3 Alpha Fund informs a strong analytical background. James earned a B.S. in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.