James Cole
Founder of Bee Brain
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Founder
2016 - Current
H is a community for creators – photographers, models, stylists, make up artists etc. Our platform, The Hub (www.thehhub.com) is a tool to hire the best photographers in the country in seconds. We work with massive brands like Kellogg's, Campbell's and Del Monte but also with vibrant start ups like Aura Bora, Recess and RISE Brewing Co.
The H Hub is a community of 40,000 photographers and videographers. They make content for growing Food & Beverage brands.
Raised $1,700,000.00.
Founder
2022
A social club of curated people – dinner parties, Jiu Jitsu, mental health work and more.
Founder
2020
https://www.balancedbreakfast.co/ We are Balanced Breakfast. A clever, CPG-obsessed, crew. We help young brands start their day off right.
Balanced Breakfast is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage companies.
CMO (Advisor)
2020 - 2021
Improving site efficiency by 3x. Improve bottom of funnel (bookings) by 5x.
Head Of Brand and Content
2015 - 2016
We Heart It is a community of 40MM (8MM WAU) users worldwide. Users upload images and sort existing images on the platform into "collections" that appeal to them (i.e "Justin Bieber or Jewelry". As nearly all of the content on We Heart It is UGC, I was recruited by We Heart It to conceive of and manage all their original & editorial content. During my year there, I built a community of creators (40+) to generate content (this later became the model and foundation for The Hub (www.thehhub.com), improved their social presence (including building their YouTube following from 0 to 800k) and launched their most successful marketing campaign of all time: "Love Yourself". View the video below.
Brand Planner
2012 - 2015
Young & Rubicam Group is a business that works with big corporations and nonprofits in order for them both to benefit one another.
Education
AB
2008 - 2012