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McKinney, TX, USA

Joshua W.

🚀 Mastering YouTube Growth: Driving Revenue & Engagement with Expert Video Strategy 📹

With an illustrious 18-year journey in video production, evolving into a YouTube Marketing Strategist, I excel in transforming creative visions into impactful video content. My expertise spans optimizing YouTube channels for global brands, increasing engagement, and driving significant revenue through data-driven strategies. Specializing in B2B and B2C sectors, I've mastered live e-commerce shows, brand storytelling, and leading diverse teams to achieve multimillion-view success. Elevating channels, crafting compelling stories, and generating unparalleled ROI are where I shine. Ready to leverage YouTube's power for your brand? Let's make magic happen together. 🚀📩

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Work

Samsung Live — Weekly Shoppable Livestream

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Samsung Live — Weekly Shoppable Livestream

I produced Samsung Live, a weekly shoppable livestream on samsung.com that integrated influencer-led demos and product experts to blend entertainment with product education. I led production and content strategy to enable viewers to shop while they watched, reducing purchase friction by keeping discovery and checkout in the same environment. The program drove increasing product orders over time and scaled into an ongoing platform entering its second year.

Salesforce — "What is Salesforce?" (Salesforce Explained)

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Salesforce — "What is Salesforce?" (Salesforce Explained)
I helped produce an episode of Salesforce’s "Salesforce Explained" series titled "What is Salesforce?". I contributed to the episode’s production and messaging to educate prospective buyers about Salesforce’s AI CRM, Einstein 1, Data Cloud, metadata, and the Customer 360 concept. The 8:50 explainer has reached 478,465 views and 2,272 likes on Salesforce’s YouTube channel.

Spotify — "How ‘The Kid in the Orange’ Went Viral"

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Spotify — "How ‘The Kid in the Orange’ Went Viral"
I consulted on Spotify’s 5:20 'Most Viral Fan' video profiling Atticus, providing editing feedback, designing the thumbnail, and crafting the title. Those creative inputs were applied to optimize the asset for YouTube. The public video has earned 317,434 views and 17,931 likes.

This Is Why You Can’t Go To Antarctica

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This Is Why You Can’t Go To Antarctica
I worked with Joe Scott on content strategy to identify topics with broader appeal and increase his audience. In pre-production I created the hook, crafted the title, and designed the thumbnail. The resulting video has amassed 13,119,080 views.

Docking Station vs Hubs Explained (Anker)

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Docking Station vs Hubs Explained (Anker)

I produced a YouTube educational video for Anker.com titled “Docking Station vs Hubs Explained” to boost search/AEO visibility and spotlight Anker’s Prime docking stations and hub lineup. I shaped the content and oversaw production to clearly explain use cases and performance differences (Thunderbolt 4 speeds, power delivery, port counts) while featuring specific Anker products. The video has 500K views and 6,500 engagements for a channel that averages 10K views per video.

Experience

Dec 2016 — Present

Broken Peanut Media, LLC

YouTube Growth Strategist & Consultant

I help brands turn content into growth through social media strategy, video-led content development, audience growth, and performance-focused optimization. As a consultant and fractional leader, I build content systems that improve visibility, strengthen engagement, and generate qualified leads across YouTube and broader digital channels.

  • Develop social media strategies aligned to brand goals, audience behavior, and the buyer journey
  • Lead channel audits, competitive research, and audience insights to identify growth and strategic direction
  • Build channel programming, publishing workflows, and optimization frameworks to improve consistency, efficiency, and scale
  • Advise brands on reporting, conversion strategy, paid support, and content operations to improve ROI and marketing efficiency
Jul 2025 — Dec 2025
Spotify

Spotify

YouTube Strategist

Spotify is a leading global streaming service, offering music, podcasts, and audiobooks to millions of users worldwide.

  • Increased organic views by 97% in 3 months.
  • Increased search traffic by 78% from YouTube, Google, and AEO
  • Increased YouTube Shorts video views by 154%
  • Audited existing content and music trends to identify format, programming, and operational opportunities
  • Led a content license audit to remove out-of-license content to reduce brand and legal risk.
  • Developed a YouTube playbook outlining governance, localization, best practices, and show formats for scalable channel management
Aug 2023 — Mar 2025
Salesforce

Salesforce

YouTube Channel Manager

Salesforce is a global leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM), providing cloud-based software solutions for businesses worldwide.

  • Spearheaded content strategy development across multiple YouTube channels, enhancing overall brand visibility.
  • Utilized analytics to derive insights that informed content decisions and improved audience engagement.
  • Collaborated with marketing partners to integrate YouTube content efforts with broader corporate campaigns.
  • Managed $1M in ad spend optimizing event campaigns, editing ads, and running A/B test with multiple agencies.
  • Managed content calendars, thumbnail A/B testing, SEO strategy across multiple YouTube channels
Sep 2021 — Feb 2023
Cheil North America

Cheil North America

Senior Video Producer - Live Shopping & Social Commerce Expert

Cheil North America creates integrated marketing experiences that deepen engagement with brands across digital, retail, and social channels.

  • Produced over 135 live e-commerce shows, boosting Samsung product sales and customer interaction significantly.
  • Managed a $2M budget, resulting in seamless execution of virtual and live shopping events.
  • Developed influencer partnerships to enhance live shows, increasing audience reach by 40%.
  • Innovated casting processes, securing high-impact on-air talent for key marketing events.
  • Sold $36M of mobile devices through live shopping shows on samsung.com
Jul 2020 — Oct 2021
Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll

Senior YouTube Strategist - Audience Growth

Crunchyroll is a leading streaming platform for anime, manga, and Asian content, offering a vast library of licensed and original productions.

  • Engineered an earned media value (EMV) of $40M+ through strategic content initiatives.
  • Increased channel subscribers by 32%, bringing Funimation to over 3.5 million subscribers.
  • Optimized content to raise organic views by 22%, reinforcing Crunchyroll’s digital presence.
  • Remote produced and coordinated interviews with Japanese industry figures, enhancing cultural authenticity.
Apr 2019 — Jul 2020
TubeBuddy

TubeBuddy

Content Producer & YouTube Consultant

TubeBuddy is a software company providing browser extensions and tools for YouTube creators to optimize their channels and drive growth.

  • Produced educational video content that simplified YouTube optimization techniques for content creators.
  • Enhanced channel review processes by developing comprehensive auditing tools for performance analysis.
  • Reduced client inquiries by 35% through the creation of self-help instructional video resources.
Jul 2017 — Feb 2019
Video Creators

Video Creators

YouTube Consultant

Video Creators is dedicated to empowering brands and creators to successfully spread their messages through informed video strategies on YouTube.

  • Audited over 150 YouTube channels, providing actionable insights for growth in audience engagement.
  • Developed personalized training plans focusing on search optimization and content strategy improvement.
  • Led workshops that resulted in a 28% average increase in video view rates for clients.
Jun 2014 — Dec 2016
Vidpow LLC

Vidpow LLC

Director of Video Marketing

Vidpow LLC is a professional training company focused on strategic video marketing and YouTube SEO education.

  • Developed content strategies that increased client sales by 25% for brands like Kingston Technology.
  • Achieved a 475% boost in engagement for American Home Shield through a targeted video series.
  • Expanded client YouTube views by 70% for Hewlett Packard within nine months.
May 2009 — Jun 2014
Broken Peanut Media, LLC

Broken Peanut Media, LLC

Freelance Video Producer

May 2007 — Apr 2009
Splash Media

Splash Media

Video Editor

Splash Media offers comprehensive out-of-home advertising solutions, focusing on impactful brand experiences for luxury and lifestyle brands.

  • Consistently met production deadlines while maintaining high standards of video quality and clarity.
  • Improved training video engagement by collaborating with instructional designers and producers.
  • Contributed to efficient video content production, enhancing learning outcomes and overall stakeholder satisfaction.