Sydney Held

Sydney Held has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and companies. Starting in 2013, Sydney worked as an intern at Discovery Communications, where they conducted research and composed daily competitive programming emails. In 2014, they joined AOL as a Marketing Coordinator, where they managed operations, team meetings, and ad hoc projects. At Verizon Media, Sydney served as the Chief of Staff to the CMO/CCO of Oath/Verizon Media and CEO of MAKERS, leading operations for a global team and overseeing the AOL-Yahoo integration. Later, they became a Producer at Build Series, developing and launching digital series. Sydney then joined MediaMath as the Director of NA Marketing, responsible for marketing and communications, as well as leading the brand repositioning and sales enablement. Before their current role as the Marketing Director at OpenX, Sydney worked as a Marketing Consultant at OAAA, overseeing various initiatives such as the launch of the OAAA Brand Council and the re-launch of the OAAA website.

Sydney Held holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Communication from the University of Maryland.