Jason Ellis

Continuing to identify and share business opportunities with Gas Monkey Garage and their partners.

Creative strategist and business development bloodhound. Listening to the needs of others and identifying appropriate, effective and creative solutions is my passion. Roles and responsibilities include: - Proactively building and managing effective relationships across all functional business units within the organization. This requires maintaining knowledge and understanding of all aspects of our complicated healthcare improvement and supply chain efficiency business processes. - Identifying effective communications strategy with an emphasis on translating complicated concepts in to easy to understand developmental opportunities. - Implemented a new communications plan for a legacy educational offering utilizing traditional delivery methods and integrating YouTube and Twitter for broader audience. Identifying and capturing networking opportunities for our membership. - Managing a diverse and evolving team of freelance creative video and marketing professionals - Coaching subject matter experts to deliver compelling concise communications. - Mentoring team mates on innovative approaches to daily problem solving and content delivery - Maximizing social media metrics and analytics to develop new audiences and improve our offerings - Full working knowledge of all areas of project management, conceptualization, production planning, execution and delivery. - Volunteering in areas outside my department such as community service, new employee onboarding, creative sub committees and team building to assist with overall corporate objectives and to contribute to the improvement of our organization as a whole

Director of business operations, vendor partnerships and global brand management for Gas Monkey Garage, as featured on Discovery Channel's top rated program, Fast N' Loud. Product Development and Planning: Foster relationships with strategic brand partners to create and implement new products under the Gas Monkey brand. Track inventory trends and Value Analysis Reports to prioritize product roll outs. Reporting & Business acumen: Track daily, weekly, monthly metrics related to merchandise sales and movement. Metrics include sales, traffic, conversion, projection, and market performance as the Gas Monkey brand emerges into Global Markets. Vendor & Market Relationships: Identify and collaborate with both internal and external product partners in a fashion that builds and leverages the Gas Monkey brand. This involves negotiating deals and promotions, contract development and implementation of organic product integration in and around the shop with a focus on monetizing broadcast content or in person brand activation. Multi-channel marketing of Gas Monkey Brand from point of sale, website, third party marketplaces such as eBay, and social networking. (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, etc.) Public Relations Management: Promote enthusiastic brand advocates to interact with our international fan base. Gas Monkey Garage is a Dallas destination with aprox 500 guests visiting from over 130 countries daily. Guests usually arrive while filming or work is taking place which means a little distance from the crew must be kept. Building and educating our swag team about current and up-coming projects to keep our fans engaged during their visit and to come away feeling they have been a part of what Gas Monkey is all about is key. Gas Monkey Garage is the fastest growing, loudest, hardest working, hot rod automotive brand on the planet. Stop by, say hello and catch a glimpse of the taping of Discovery’s hit show, Fast N’ Loud!

Member of the Oilers Car Club, founded in 1947 in Carlsbad California. Emphasis on traditional hot rodding, with a focus on racing. Founders of The Race of Gentlemen, a post war automobile and motorcycle beach race taking place in Wildwood, NJ. A Brief History... It all started one night in November 1947 when 8 young men from Carlsbad, CA came together over coffee at the APEX cafe and transformed their dreams of forming a roadster and custom car club into a reality. That evening the Oilers were born, and their first president, Jim Nelson lead the charge, bringing the Oilers members and the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA) together. Fast forward to 2008, when a group of young traditional hot rod enthusiasts found a copy of Robert Genat’s book, "The Birth of Hot Rodding, The Story of the Dry Lakes Era," Rich with stories and color Kodachrome photographs taken by WWII photographer and founding Oilers member Don Cox, a new infatuation of automotive history and car club culture was rekindled. Tired of boring jacket clubs and parking lot car shows, this new generation of men set out to create a car club/motorcycle club with meaning. After reaching out to Robert Genat, the soon-to-be Oilers were put in touch with the one and only Oilers founder, Jim Nelson. An instant bond was formed and Nelson, with no hesitation, passed the torch on, opening a new chapter in the Oilers history. A new brotherhood was formed between 10 hand picked members spanning from coast to coast with a promise to carry on the legacy that began that early November 1947 night. Their collection of automobiles is impressive, to say the least, and their determination to bring back racing as it once was is unwavering. The Oilers have always shared a common ground; to build machines for speed, endurance and beauty, keeping a time honored sport of competition alive! Living up to the promise made to Jim Nelson, the Oilers legacy has continued with true authenticity and pride.

Television Producer and Training Coordinator producing educational healthcare-centric live satellite broadcasts, online streaming interactive productions and internal and external communication initiatives to more than 1,350 not-for-profit hospitals and 24,000+ non-acute care facilities in 47 states and the District of Columbia. My role specifically involved the management of live accredited educational content and workshops primarily focused on improving and streamlining large hospital supply chain networks across the country. Contract negotiation, building better leaders and process improvement and waste reduction skills such as LEAN and Six Sigma are just a few areas of focus. I managed cross functional teams to develop training courses to improve the delivery of healthcare across all disciplines. Educating and coaching internal and external senior leaders in an engaging manor to invoke process change and improvement in the healthcare field was my top priority. This involved traveling to healthcare organizations, filming procedures, conducting interviews with the medical staff and the leaders of the organization, from the CEO to the facilities staff. I assisted the marketing department with brand roll outs and trade show presentations, and often served as presentation coach for speakers within our company as well as those who are guests on our programs. I also assisted our three sister companies, Novation, Provista and aptitude with marketing messages, video packages for annual conferences and online training courses that educate potential and new customers on their products and services.

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Graphic Artist and On-air Operator, Web Designer, Streaming Media Producer for Healthcare, Long Term Care, Police, Fire and Auto Sales Training. Camera Operator, Lighting Specialist, Teleprompter, Studio Grip

Print/Television/Film/Voice - SAG/AFTRA eligible from national television commercials, print modeling, film and voice talent