PLAION
Sam Brown has extensive work experience in various roles, mainly focused on planning, strategy, and analytics.
Starting in 1999, Sam worked at the Department of Work & Pensions as a Deputy Team Leader, providing support in team performance monitoring and training. In 2002, they transitioned to Westminster City Council as a Project Manager, involved in trend analysis, policy initiatives, and negotiations.
In 2008, Sam joined Koch Media / Deep Silver, initially as an International Sales Analyst, responsible for risk analysis and sales forecasting. They later became a Senior Business Strategy Manager, coordinating sales and marketing strategies for internationally recognized franchises. From 2016 until recently, Sam held the position of Head of Commercial Strategy & Planning, overseeing the planning and implementation of sales and marketing strategies.
Most recently, in 2022, Sam joined PLAION as the Head of Planning, Insights & Analytics.
Sam Brown attended The University of Manchester from 1995 to 1998, where they earned a BA (Hons) degree in Philosophy/Sociology.
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PLAION
PLAION is a global entertainment powerhouse with three decades of history behind us. We specialize in the distribution, publishing and development of games, merchandise, and video entertainment - allowing us to offer a unique breadth of services and solutions to our partners. PLAION publishes games across all platforms, including physical and digital channels. As a global publishing partner, we have formed long-term multinational publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, CI Games, Koei Tecmo, Paradox, Sega, SNK, Square Enix, Techland, THQ Nordic, Warner Bros and many others. PLAION owns eight game development studios: Dambuster Studios, Fishlabs, Warhorse Studios, Milestone, Voxler, DigixArt, Flying Wild Hog, and Vertigo Games. Our studios are known for a wide breadth of successful titles and franchises such as Dead Island, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Hot Wheels Unleashed, Let's Sing, Road 96, and many more. Additionally, we collaborate with numerous independent development studios worldwide. Part of PLAION is PLAION PICTURES, a leading independent film distributor in Europe, that works closely with partners such as Paramount and Sony Pictures. We have a highly diverse portfolio of more than 3000 titles, including high-class arthouse titles such as the four-time Oscar® and Palm d'or winner Parasite. Further business operations include Sola Media, a sales agency and production company for family entertainment, Spotfilm Networx, a multi-channel streaming network, and the sub-label KSM Anime dedicated to Japanese animation. PLAION also owns the leading video game merchandise company DPI Merchandising (Denver, Roseburg, USA and Munich, DE) and a Quality Assurance Facility in Olomouc, CZ. PLAION is an Embracer Group company.