James Shamsi

Background

About James Shamsi

I started making viral content while at uni, King's College London, where we ended up on Good Morning America! for our Star Wars Elevator prank. I then moved to Los Angeles and worked as a viral campaign & PR stunt consultant. While there I produced content and brand campaigns with some of the top YouTube, Vine & Facebook creators, generating 1 billion+ views across my work, and getting interviewed by Ryan Holiday (for #Kardblock), Entrepreneur for social media growth, and Business Insider for my campaigns. I then joined an 8-person start-up in Santa Monica. There we raised 7 figures in public fundraising via Kickstarter campaigns for GNARBOX. I then launched my first marketing agency, Social IQ, where we worked with clients like Capitol Records, and managed over $500K ad spend for influencer, and paid ads (Google, Facebook, Snap). I then co-created GEAR, a green energy Bitcoin mining farm where we raised $3.5 million in pre-sale across an investor and fundraising roadshow in Canada, US, Asia, and the UK. After this, I co-founded Violet, an influencer management agency where we grew and built businesses for creators, managing 7-figures in subscription revenue for clients. Violet has since been acquired, and I've pivoted my career to helping the not-for-profit sector and teachers to use AI 🤖