Becky D’Anna
Executive Director, International Marketing Partnerships
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Education
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
B.S., Marketing
1999Podcasts
33:2046: Sony Pictures Executive Becky D’Anna on Marketing Films, Sony Pictures [Main T4C Episode]
Becky D’Anna is the Executive Director of International Marketing Partnerships at Sony Pictures Entertainment and has been obsessed with movies since she was a child. After graduating from USC with a B.S. in Marketing, she spent months temping at Sony Pictures and the Walt Disney Company, where she was able..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“I knew what I wanted to do earlier than most people did. I think I just assumed that I was going to get this great job when I graduated, but I was so specific in what I wanted to do – I wanted to market movies and get a marketing assistant job. And there’s only a handful of movie studios out there. So it was difficult.”
Best Career Advice
“The key to success is passion. Be willing to throw yourself on the tracks for something and really work hard because you love it. And that makes it all worth it.”
Career Challenge
After attending a conference in Madrid, the day of her flight back home to Los Angeles Becky got lost and ended up missing her flight.
“I ended up getting in trouble for missing my flight, which I’m consistently floored by when I talk to people in the movie business. But they made me pay them back. And I got in trouble and I got called in and HR was there…And it wasn’t something I did on purpose. That was when I realized that this wasn’t the type of place that I wanted to be at anymore.”
Skills
Entertainment, Integrated Marketing, Marketing, Digital Media, Digital Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Media Planning, Advertising, Brand Management, Television, Creative Direction, New Media, Content Strategy, Strategic Partnerships
Professional Interests
Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, Universal Pictures, Business of Creating, Marketing Partnerships Events and Community – Connecting Brand and Entertainment Marketers, Movie Insider’s Film Marketing Professionals, University of Southern California – Marshall School of Business
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