Jonalyn Morris

Marketing Communications Strategy & Consulting

2008 - Current

For more than 15+ years, Jonalyn Morris has been a sought after consultant for creating go-to-market strategies, strategic partnerships, and thought leadership programs for lifestyle brands, in addition to companies in consumer electronics, digital media & entertainment, sports and video games, and venture capital. Her services include strategic planning, media relations, message development, media training, events, cause marketing, social media marketing, athlete / influencer marketing, strategic partnership sourcing, contract negotiation, and management. Clients over the years included such industry innovators and disrupters such as Beats by Dr. Dre, "CSI" franchise creator Anthony E. Zuiker, Disney Interactive, DTS, Nokia OZO, Mackie Audio, Springdale Ventures, and more.

Cofounder and Chief Communications Officer

2019 - 2023

Obsesh is a first-of-its-kind digital platform for managing the monetization of name, image, and likeness (NIL) for athletes, donors, sponsors, and fans. The California-based company is female-founded and backed by top global sports innovators and accelerators, including Stadia Ventures, Nations Ventures, Harvard Business School Alumni of Greater New York, and more.

Investor | PR Mentor | Advisor

2023 - 2023

SKU is the first and leading consumer products accelerator.

Portfolio Company & Judge

2020 - 2022

Stadia Ventures is the global Sports Innovation Hub for early-stage investment in sports and esports. The three pillars of the ecosystem include a broad, independent growth fund, a deeply connected global network of sports and esports executives, and a world-class business development accelerator which combine to create unprecedented deal flow, new technology discovery and investment opportunities. Since late 2015, Stadia Ventures has invested in over 50 portfolio companies (INCLUDING OBSESH) and experienced 6 exits. The success of the Stadia portfolio companies has led to Stadia Ventures being one of the longest-running and truly global players in the sports and esports technology space.

Executive Board Member

2017 - 2022

Hermosa Beach Education Foundation is a $4M non-profit and entirely volunteer run organization that raises over $1M annually for the Hermosa Beach school district. The foundation helps to close the gap between the annual state funding and the dollars needed by the district to keep Hermosa an award-winning school district. In 2019, HBEF raised a record $1.3M to pay for additional teacher salaries and all of the additional enrichment programs like STEM, music, PE, library and more.

Director

2000 - 2008

As one of the top mid-size PR Agencies in Los Angeles, Bender/ Helper Impact (B/HI) has been behind some of the biggest launches for companies such as Netflix, Hulu, Fox, MGM, Universal, LG Electronics, Yahoo! and more. While a Director at B/HI, Morris played a key role within her team, overseeing the implementation of tactical and strategic brand engagement and storytelling narratives for clients in the digital entertainment space, in addition to overseeing a team of 10 employees. Throughout her career at B/HI, she has worked with such leading companies as Yahoo!, Sony Media Software, Dolby, Discreet (Autodesk), THQ Wireless, Airborne Entertainment, and Vivendi Games.

PR Manager

2004 - 2005

As the PR Manager for THQ Wireless, one of the pioneers in the mobile gaming industry, Jonalyn oversaw all corporate public relations efforts for the division - from strategy to thought leadership to product launches and more. While at THQ, she executed the company’s first global product launch for the Star Wars suite of mobile products, managed the overall strategy, and worked directly with the communications teams from Lucasfilm and Cingular, the exclusive carrier at the time. While under her leadership, Jonalyn's PR team implemented a new product reviews program that resulted in a 20% improvement in overall scores for mobile games across NBA, MLB, Sponge Bob, Hello Kitty and WWE brands.

Publicity Coordinator

1998 - 2000

Assistant to SVP of Television Publicity

1997 - 1998