Brian Van Saders

Brian Van Saders has over 18 years of experience in sales and business development. Brian is currently serving as the Vice President of Sales at Playmaker since March 2023. Prior to this, they worked as the Head of Sales and Business Development at MALKA from August 2021 to March 2023. From May 2018 to August 2021, Brian served as the Director of Digital Sales | Player-Coach at NBCUniversal Media, LLC, where they managed the NY Digital Sales platforms and oversaw all digital sales initiatives for a team. Before that, they worked as the Midwest and Northeast Accounts Director at Evolve Media, LLC from July 2016 to May 2018, building and qualifying a sales pipeline and managing projects. Brian also held the position of Director of East Coast Accounts at Resignation Media- theChive and theBerry from October 2015 to June 2016, where they played a lead role on pitches and successfully partnered with various clients. Brian gained experience as a Sr. Account Director at WWE from March 2014 to October 2015, driving multimillion-dollar revenue growth and supervising multi-market business for national accounts and agencies. Prior to that, Brian worked as a Sales Manager/Sr. Account Executive at Tribune Company from June 2010 to March 2014, managing a team and conceptualizing revenue reports. Brian started their career as an Account Executive at HRP from March 2005 to May 2010, responsible for selling major market television stations. Before that, Brian served as a National Sales Coordinator at National Cable Communications from August 2003 to March 2005, gaining industry knowledge.

Brian Van Saders attended St. John's University from 1996 to 2001, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree. Their degree focused on the fields of Communications and Business.