Jack Vincent Bio
At 65, I shot my first film.
At 66, I shot my second.
At 67, I won my first award.
Sounds pretty easy, right? Don’t I wish.
It’s been a long and winding road with a few detours.
I’ve gone full circle but ended somewhere else.
2021 to Present
Screenwriter, Director, Executive Producer
• Transitioned focus360 from a sales and marketing agency to an AV, filmmaking and script doctor enterprise.
2002 to Present
Founder: focus360, Luzern, Madrid
• Make Your Pitch a Thriller in 7 Beats: Brand storyteller,
audio-visual producer, pitch coach and consultant.
• Created the S.C.O.R.E© Selling Method,
the five-step customer-focused sales model.
• Clients include: Viking Cruises, IBM, Eurovision, MasterCard, Swatch, NBC Universal, GroupM, Ipsos MORI, Pictet, Synthes, KPMG and…
1999 to 2001
Head of Branding: ATP Tennis Masters Series, London
• Developed the Masters brand for the ATP Men’s Tennis Tour and ISL Tennis.
• Managed Interbrand and Marsteller, coordinating with the C-Suite of the ATP and the Tournament Directors of the nine top tournaments.
1995 to 1999
CEO & Founder: Millennium Sports, New York
• Exclusive Sponsorship & TV Broadcast Rightsholder to ‘99 Pan American Games
• Sold and negotiated 5x greater rights fees than any previous Games in history.
• Secured live broadcast over 16 days throughout the Americas, for the first time in Games history.
1989 to 1995
Sr VP, Olympic Games & World Cup Soccer: ISL
• Serviced the global sponsors of the Olympic Games, managing the implementation of the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Sponsorship program in Barcelona ’92 (for Coca-Cola, Visa, Panasonic and the like).
• At Barcelona’s conclusion, moved to Atlanta to support the sale and negotiation of the global sponsorships for the IOC around the Atlanta ’96 Olympic Summer Games.
1984 to 1989
Sales & Marketing Director: Wines of Spain, Sebastiani Vineyards
• Developed branding campaigns for Spanish wine regions.
• Supported Spanish wine exporters in securing US importers and in growing their sales in key US markets.
• Led press junkets to Spain for top US food and wine writers.
1979 to 1984
Editor, Columnist & Freelance Writer
• Edited various newspapers and weekend editions, contributed to regional, lifestyle magazines in Northeast US.
1979
Bachelor of Science, Magazine Journalism: Newhouse School, Syracuse University
• Studied with the best! Trained by the leading magazine editors and writers from Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Playboy, Boston Globe, New York Times Sunday Magazine.
• Interned at Skiing Magazine, NY, Winter 1979.