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  Jonathan Sanders has established himself as an entrepreneur to watch in the very near future. He is the Founder, CEO and Chairman of Jonny Black Marketing Co., an upstart event marketing and talent management firm based out of Philadelphia, PA. Jonny Black Marketing Co. offers a fresh perspective on how to maximize exposure in a given market and achieve familiarity within new or untapped market sectors through event sponsorship (i.e. festivals, conferences, fairs and shows and other events). A partial list of Jonny Black Marketing Co.’s corporate client list is: Emerald Entertainment and Sports in New York City and BCT Partners in Newark, NJ. We have also developed sponsorship and media sponsorship proposals for events such as The 100 Black Men of America National Conference and Atlanta’s Carifest 2009. Our talent management division’s major services are finding auditions and showcases, creating press kits for clients and negotiating contracts. Additional services include finding photographers, arranging acting teachers, satisfying other support needs, and securing endorsement deals. We represent clients that are young, energetic and charismatic. Our goal is to market both athletes and musicians to corporations as spokespeople, models, influencers and artists. Prior to founding Jonny Black Marketing Co., Jonathan Sanders obtained corporate experience by interning for the Product Management Department of Independence Blue Cross. Independence Blue Cross and its subsidiaries are the Philadelphia region’s largest health insurers with more than 2.6 million members locally, and 3.4 million overall. The following summer Jonathan interned in the New York office of Carol H. Williams Advertising Agency; which is an African American Advertising Agency based out of Oakland, CA. After Jonathan completed his academic requirements at Millersville University he began working as a Consultant for Emerald Entertainment & Sports. Jonathan holds a B.S. in Business Administration/Marketing with a minor in African American Studies from Millersville University in Millersville, PA. While at Millersville University, Jonathan served on the Executive Board of the Black Student Union. He also worked in Millersville’s Office of Social Equity and Diversity which is an office dedicated to diversity awareness on campus. In the Fall of 2007, Jonathan’s research for his African American studies senior seminar class on “Race and Diversity Seeking as Factors in the Marketplace” was 1 of 50 research projects selected to be presented to Pennsylvania State Congress in Harrisburg, PA at the 2007 Undergraduate Research Conference. Jonathan Sanders was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pa to John and Cheryl Sanders along with his sister, Taubah and his brother, Adam, a fellow Millersville Alumnus.
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