Christian Parkes

Christian Parkes has extensive experience in marketing and brand management. Christian began their career at Puma as the US Music Marketing Manager, where they developed brand marketing initiatives and strategic partnerships with music labels and retailers. Christian then moved on to Nike, where they served as the US Brand Manager for Nike Sportswear and later as the West Brand Manager for Sport Culture. In these roles, they managed national brand campaigns, executed product launches, and developed peer-to-peer marketing venues. After Nike, Parkes worked as a Marketing Consultant for Gatorade, providing support and direction for non-traditional marketing efforts. Christian then joined Levi Strauss & Co. as the Marketing Director for Men's apparel in the Americas region before being promoted to Senior Director of Global Marketing. At Levi Strauss, they led strategic initiatives and managed cross-functional teams and budgets. Parkes held the position of Vice President of Brand Marketing at both Myspace and Nasty Gal before becoming the Chief Marketing Officer at Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas + Drafthouse Films and later at NEON, leading marketing and creative efforts for feature films and documentaries.

Christian Parkes attended Staffordshire University from 1994 to 1997, where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media, Communications, Film, and Television. However, no specific start and end years were provided for this degree program. Additionally, it is worth mentioning that Christian Parkes attended the same university, but it is unclear whether they pursued another Bachelor of Arts degree in Media Communications, Film, and Television at a later time, as no specific start and end years were provided for this program either. Overall, their education history involves studying at Staffordshire University for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Media, Communications, Film, and Television.