Colin Jones

Colin Jones is the current Director of Audience & Growth at Grid News. Prior to this, they were the Director of Social at The Daily Beast, and before that, the Director of Audience Development at VICE Media.

Colin has extensive experience in managing social media platforms and promoting content. At The Daily Beast, they successfully strategized a social plan for coverage of the DNC, the RNC and the 2016 campaign using Instagram, Facebook Live and Snapchat. At VICE Media, they grew off-platform video views nearly 20% YoY from 2017-2018 to nearly 1 billion views.

As the Director of Audience & Growth at Grid News, Colin is responsible for market and delivering content on all social platforms. Colin also analyzes and creates strategy based on performance on content, and develops content and marketing strategy for large-scale projects.

Colin Jones received their Master of Arts in Digital Media from New York University and their Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of South Carolina.

Colin Jones reports to Brad Bosserman, CRO.