Neal Lynch

It’s gonna be weird talking about myself in third-person, but Rickey Henderson did it, so here goes:

Neal Lynch (pictured above, in the middle) is a husky Irish-Italian-American, born in Toms River, New Jersey in November 1980. Neal’s family moved a lot, living in 10 different locations before he graduated from college:

1. Long Beach Island, NJ (1980-?)
2. Smithville, NJ (?-1984)
3. Lawrence Township, NJ (1985-1987)
4. Sea Girt, NJ (1987)
5. Scituate, MA (1988)
6. Westwood, MA (1988-1990)
7. Lenoir, NC (1991)
8. Cranston, RI (1991-1994)
9. Hopewell, NJ (1994-2001)
10. Manasquan, NJ (2001-2003)

Neal also lived in…

1. Baltimore, MD (1998-2003)
2. Brielle, NJ (2003-2004)
3. Hoboken, NJ (2004-2014)
4. Weehawken, NJ (2015-2016)
5. Allendale, NJ (2017-2018)
6. Wayne, NJ (2018-2020)
7. Fairfield, NJ (2020-2021)
8. Princeton, NJ (2021 – Present)

After graduating from Notre Dame High School in Lawrence Township, NJ, Neal received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Film & Media Studies and his Master of Arts degree in Communication from Johns Hopkins University.

In September 2004, Neal started his career as a Marketing Assistant for New Video Group, home video distributor for A&E, The History Channel, Broadway Video, Scholastic, Docurama, and Major League Baseball.

After helping MLB Home Video release their best-selling DVD set The Boston Red Sox 2004 World Series Collector’s Edition, Neal joined D S Simon as a Sales & Marketing Assistant in August 2005. While there, Neal provided support for production services including video news releases (VNR), audio news releases (ANR), satellite media tours (SMT), radio media tours (RMT), and b-roll packages for news outlets and press relations.

In March 2006, Neal was hired as an Ad Sales Assistant at Heavy.com and supported the company’s top salesperson (VP of Ad Sales on West Coast) before becoming one of the first members of a newly formed Branded Entertainment division in 2007. He was responsible for generating ideas around sponsorship and brand integration opportunities, in addition to finding the right fit for advertisers looking to reach and connect with Heavy’s network of sites.

Following mass layoffs at Heavy in June 2008, Neal signed on as a Marketing Services Manager at Playboy Enterprises, Inc.

Neal’s work took him to…

• Austin, TX and Scottsdale / Tempe, AZ for Playboy’s Top Party Schools 2010 Tour where he worked with Ashton Verrengia, Valerie Mason and Crystal McCahill
• College Park, MD, Miami, FL and Tallahassee, FL for Playboy’s 2009 Girls of the ACC Tour with Mallory Adams, Stephanie Larimore, Kimberly Phillips, Hiromi Oshima, Alexandra Ford from the University of Miami, Connie Du from the University of Maryland, and Shayna Taylor from Florida State University
• Boston, MA for 2008 CollegeFest with Amanda Corey
• Boulder, CO for Playboy’s Campus Cutie Sweepstakes Halloween Party with Mallory Adams and Stephanie Christine
• Chicago, IL for Playboy’s Lollapalooza Rockstar Brunch
• Las Vegas, NV for Playboy’s 2010 Playmate of the Year Party with Shanna Marie Mclaughlin and Summer Altice
• Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, CA and Playboy’s JazzFest

In January 2010, Playboy’s Marketing Services department was outsourced to American Media, Inc., publisher of UFC, WWE, and Men’s Fitness magazines.

Neal became Managing Editor at COED Magazine in September 2010 and was later promoted to Editor-in-Chief less than a year later. Popular features included:

America’s Trashiest Spring Break Destinations

While at COED, Neal authored 1,100+ blog posts that generated millions of page views. His efforts increased daily page views by 300% and daily unique visitors by 100% year-over-year.

His time with COED took him to Las Vegas and St. Vincent island in the Caribbean. He met Kate Upton but didn’t get a picture. Also called New York Giants tight end Jake Ballard Bear Pascoe, which, as a Giants fan, is unforgivable.

When in between full-time salary roles, Neal has been a freelance writer / contributor to :

• BroBible – 300+ blog posts generated more than 3 million page views
• GMenHQ (New York Giants blog)
• NFL Spin Zone – 180 articles generated 1.4 million page views
• GuySpeed – 300+ blog posts that generated more than 3 million pageviews
• ProFootballNetwork

An aspiring screenwriter, Neal has written three feature-length screenplays with a fourth in the works.

From August 2012 – March 2016, Neal worked as a Senior Manager of Content Programming & Partners at Dailymotion (“The French YouTube”), recruiting, on-boarding, and guiding video creators and publishers. While with the video platform, Neal traveled to…

• Switzerland for the Montreux Comedy Festival
• Austin, TX for SXSW
• Santa Monica, CA for LA Podcast Festival
• Los Angeles, CA for Comedy Gives Back charity fundraiser live stream),
• Anaheim, CA for VidCon
• Louisville, KY for Louisville Comedy Festival)

From 2012-2017, Neal performed stand-up comedy at:

• Gotham Comedy Club
• Stand Up NY
• New York Comedy Club
• EastVille Comedy Club
• Greenwich Village Comedy Club
• WOW Comedy Night at The Shannon in Hoboken
• The Clayton Fletcher Show
• Bomb Shelter Comedy at the GAF West
• Hoboken Comedy Festival

Neal also produced stand-up comedy shows at EastVille and earned a development spot at Broadway Comedy Club.

From March 2017 – November 2018, Neal worked as a freelance contractor for the Video Content Operations department at Condé Nast Entertainment where he optimized, uploaded, scheduled, and published videos for Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, Condé Nast Traveler, Epicurious, Golf Digest, and W Magazine. Neal’s insights led to record growth in views, subscribers, engagement, retention, and ad revenue.

The New York Post hired Neal as a temporary freelance contractor in November 2018 to revamp their YouTube content strategy and manage their YouTube channels, including re-launching Page Six. His data-driven strategies resulted in record increases in views, subscribers, average view duration / audience retention, watch time, and ad revenue.

In November 2019, Neal became the first Senior Manager of YouTube Content Operations and Video Distribution for the Brand Services team at Fullscreen Media, overseeing the optimization and distribution of thousands of videos per month for 30+ clients including HBO, USA Network, NBC News, and A+E Networks. His work led to record-breaking KPIs.

After Fullscreen’s parent company, WarnerMedia, conducted mass layoffs in November 2020 and shut down Fullscreen in February 2021, Neal was hired to be the Website Manager at SportsNet New York (SNY) — broadcast home of the New York Mets. From November 2020 – March 2022, Neal helped with website and content optimization that resulted in weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual records in visitors, followers, subscribers, views, and revenue.

In June 2022, Recurrent Ventures hired Neal to be the Director of Social Media Video Programming for Donut Media‘s Facebook page with plans to expand his scope to Snapchat, Instagram, and other platforms. Recurrent conducted mass layoffs in September 2022.

Hearst Television hired Neal in November 2022 to be the Content Strategy & Programming Analyst for Very Local, their streaming app. Total minutes watched and average minutes watched per play nearly doubled because of his programming strategy and data insights. In August 2024, Very Local conducted mass layoffs.

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