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Travon Epps

@travonepps

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Strategic creative leader aligning product, brand, and audience-driven growth.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles where I can lead cross-functional teams to align product, creative, and ops, drive measurable audience growth, and build systems for scalable content and product innovation.

I am a strategic leader who bridges creative vision, product thinking, and operational rigor to help organizations clarify voice and scale content-driven platforms.

I have led cross-functional teams at companies including Yelp, Moonbeam, IAC, AOL/Huffington Post, and Avenues, driving improvements in campaign delivery, platform retention, and MVP launches through experimentation, product-aligned creative, and systems design.

I combine hands-on production and creative strategy with tools-driven operations—building dashboards, feedback systems, and UX-informed journeys—to increase efficiency, engagement, and go-to-market impact.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Creative Program Manager

Current

Yelp

Jan 2021 - Present (4 years 8 months)

Partnered with product and UX to improve content systems and delivery pipelines, increasing campaign delivery efficiency by 25% through cross-functional alignment and strategic dashboards to inform iteration.

Content Strategy UX Dashboarding Cross Functional Communication Roadmapping

Current

Strategy & Product Consultant

Current

Independent Consultant

Strategic partner for startups in creative tooling, edtech, and narrative platforms, delivering messaging frameworks, product ideation, growth strategy, and systems design for MVPs and GTM plans.

GTM Strategy Messaging Frameworks Systems Design Growth Strategy Experimentation Startup Advising

Creative Director

IAC

Jan 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 11 months)

Spearheaded branded video series and digital content productions, creating treatments, lookbooks, and directing production teams and vendors to execute across channels.

Creative Direction Video Production Brand Content Vendor Management

Curation Director

Moonbeam

Jan 2019 - Dec 2022 (3 years 11 months)

Led feedback system development and audience strategy that improved platform retention and grew engagement by 30% while defining product positioning and user journeys for an early-stage creator platform.

Audience Development Retention Strategy Product Positioning User Journeys GTM Planning

Producer & Project Manager

Avenues: The World School

Jan 2017 - Dec 2019 (2 years 11 months)

Built project systems to support cross-border creative collaboration and aligned curriculum, media, and product rollout across multiple regions to streamline delivery.

Project Management Systems Design Production Coordination Stakeholder Management Scheduling

Associate Creative Director

AOL / Huffington Post

Jan 2015 - Dec 2017 (2 years 11 months)

Led creative strategy and execution for original digital video formats, managing end-to-end production across docuseries, lifestyle content, and branded projects.

Creative Strategy Video Production Team Leadership Storytelling