Benjamin Pearson

Experience

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  Anixter

  Sept 2017 - Mar 2018

  Gap Year

  After my A-Levels, I travelled to Australia and worked within the warehouse picking, packaging and processing of large orders, alongside checking stock availability at Anixter Australia as a process worker. A leading global distributor of Network & Security Solutions, Electrical & Electronic Solutions and Utility Power Solutions.I combined this with playing cricket for Fremantle District Cricket Club in the WACA Premier Grade Competition.

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  Marylebone Cricket Club

  Oct 2018 - Oct 2021

  Leeds/Bradford MCCU Cricketer

  Opportunity to pursue a career in professional cricket being part of a full-time winter and summer elite high performance programme, whilst continuing to further education. Overall BUCS Champions in 2018. Tours included NWU Sports Village in Potchefstroom, South Africa and the ICC Academy in Dubai.

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  TAGG MEDIA LIMITED

  Dec 2021 - Oct 2022

  OTT Football Streaming Researcher

  A voluntary internship researching the growing use of OTT streaming within football, mentored by vastly experienced freelance football broadcaster Bryn Law, previously of Sky Sports. Investigation into the implementation of streaming in the Vanarama National League (which did happen) considering impacts on fan engagement levels, monetisation of content and integration of a new digital strategy for clubs.

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  Yorkshire County Cricket Club

  May 2022 - Nov 2022

  Customer Operations Executive

  Customer facing sales role in the Headingley Ticket Office. Selling of tickets for some of cricket's biggest events, using the Audience Viewer & Secutix ticketing platforms.

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  StreamAMG

  Nov 2022 - now

  - Onboarded 75%+ of existing clients onto a new playback service in Q3/Q4 2024, away from legacy video platforms to a higher performant, cost saving technology stack.- Leading the core back-end engineering team of 10+ resources for payments and content, driving development of key platform features alongside customer success teams.- Regular client visits presenting the roadmap to existing clients and attending external conferences/events on behalf of the product function to keep informed with market trends.-Seeking out user feedback for data driven decision making on how we can further monetise content for our clients. Show less

  • Product Manager - Monetisation

    Feb 2025 - now

  • Associate Product Manager

    May 2024 - Feb 2025

  • Junior Product Owner

    Jun 2023 - May 2024

  • Technical Operator - Live Sport, OTT & VOD

    Nov 2022 - Jun 2023