Friday, July 17, 2020
Jukin Media Names Essner Co-CEO
Los Angeles-based Jukin Media, the viral- and user-generated content company, has promoted Lee Essner to the post of Co-CEO, the company said late Thursday. Essner--who has been President and Chief Operating Officer at the company since 2013, will share the CEO post with Jukin Media founder Jonathan Skogmo. Jukin said that Essner helped the company grow from a 20-person startup to more than 200 people with offices in LA, New York, London, and New Delhi. The company said Essner will continue to oversee Jukin's brands business, sales, corporate and business development, operations, legal, and finance, while Skogmo will continue to oversee Jukin's licensing business, original productions, marketing, creative, development, and culture. Essner joined Jukin Media in 2013 after serving as an entrepreneur at Idealab. Jukin Media finds viral videos, and then works with the content creators to license that content to traditional media and others for legal usage of that content.