A dynamic entrepreneur with a knack for constructing communities, Sean Russell is a multifaceted skilled with an enormous background in expertise, schooling, journalism, leisure, and vegan advocacy. His observe report as a vocal chief and storyteller contains 25 years of mixed expertise in public schooling and multimedia communications.
Sean’s profession in schooling started at Broward County Public Colleges the place he served in numerous roles all through his 16-year stint, together with as a instructor, counselor, expertise specialist, and administrator. Throughout his tenure, he developed and managed the county’s first school-operated summer season camp program and went on to function the district webmaster, coordinating advertising and marketing and communication initiatives for the sixth-largest college district within the nation.
Pursuing his lifelong dream of entrepreneurship and boasting greater than 10,000 hours of expertise producing web sites, graphics, podcasts, movies, reside occasions, and managing organizations, Sean based Lesaruss Media in 2007. His first broadcast enterprise below the Lesaruss flag, Anime 3000, produced six totally different podcast collection centered on anime and manga, airing over 2,000 episodes and garnering a million downloads. He later co-founded music channel TopSpot USA, for which he managed and interviewed greater than 300 artists together with Neyo, Tyga, Pete Wentz, Fats Joe, and Jeffree Star. Different initiatives included work with premier leisure manufacturers reminiscent of Nickelodeon, Dwell Nation, Def Jam, Sony, and Nintendo.
Furthering his work in group advocacy and pioneering a hub for plant-based dwelling in South Florida, Sean managed advertising and marketing and occasion manufacturing for FATVillage and the MASS District – Fort Lauderdale’s budding neighborhoods for tradition, arts, and expertise – in addition to for Animal Hero Children, a neighborhood nonprofit educating youngsters on animal welfare.
In 2017, Sean launched SoFlo Vegans, a multichannel platform and group with the mission of constructing South Florida a world hotspot for veganism. On this capability, Sean has constructed a community of greater than 250 companions and a attain of over 100,000 folks every month. Because of this, SoFlo Vegans has helped to propel vegan companies throughout the area and has been a key participant in producing and supporting over 200 occasions together with Seed Meals & Wine Pageant, Vegan Block Social gathering, and Heal the Planet Day.
Sean is a sought-after media voice, inspirational speaker, and visitor lecturer. His featured appearances embody profiles and contributions in retailers reminiscent of NBC Information, Crunchyroll, Miami New Instances, South Florida Solar-Sentinel, VegWorld Journal, and extra. Just lately Sean appeared as a contestant on the hit ABC recreation present, The Hustler.
At the moment, Sean serves because the CEO of Lesaruss Media, merging his experience in group constructing, advertising and marketing, occasions, and media manufacturing to ship outcomes for shoppers within the verticals of veganism, schooling, and leisure.
Sean is a graduate of Florida Worldwide College, the place he majored in tv manufacturing and minored in schooling.
