Omar Johnson

Omar Johnson is widely regarded as a marketing and advertising expert. Having formerly acted as the Chief Marketing Officer of Beats by Dre and Vice President of Marketing for Apple, Omar is an industry-leading authority and has even been coined ‘Brand Genius’ by Adweek. Heavily involved with consumers, Omar has built an extensive knowledge of customer wants and needs, along with market trends and brand development. As a speaker, Omar is sought to cover the tales of his time at the helm of two of the largest technology companies of modern-day along with the lessons he learnt along the way.

Omar began his illustrious marketing career as a Marketing Consultant at Vybe Incorporated. Working here for four years, Omar then decided to study for a degree in the subject, obtaining an MBA in Marketing from Emory University. After graduating, Omar joined his first large company working as the Associated Brand Manager for Campbell Soup Company. Leading the marketing campaigns of the renowned food company, Omar established a passion for marketing and began to forge his credible reputation. Omar then moved on to work as an Assistant Brand Manager for Nike, before being promoted to Advertising and Content Manager. Omar played a pivotal part of many successful marketing campaigns for Nike, building the Nike+ Sports Music platform and establishing the first revenue-generating relationship with record labels for Nike.

Some of the most memorable Nike advertising campaigns are the genius of Omar’s, such including campaigns featuring LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. His Nike+ Sports Music was immensely successful, collaborating with companies such as Sony, Capitol and Universal to sell over 5 million tracks. After working with Nike for five years, Omar moved to work for headphone company Beats by Dre. He was initially appointed as Vice President of Marketing for Beats by Dre, before taking the title of Chief Marketing Officer. Omar orchestrated explosive growth for Beats, creating outstanding marketing campaigns with superstars Chris Rock, Eminem and LeBron James. By the end of his tenure as CMO, Omar had managed to lead a $20 million company to make over $1.1 billion and become global icons in the headphone industry. Using Ambush marketing and a number of prominent influencers, Omar was able to make Beats a household name.

After Beats, Omar took his marketing genius to tech giant Apple. Omar was appointed as the Vice President of Marketing for Apple in 2014, once again using his erudite knowledge and talent to orchestrate astounding campaigns for the company. Since leaving Apple, Omar has founded Øpus United a collective group of people demonstrating what it takes to power world-class brands and how to create revenue. In reward of his contributions to marketing, Omar has recently been named as one of the Top 100 Black Thought Leaders by BlackList100 and named one of the Most Innovative CMO’s by Business Insider.

Also dedicating time to delivering a range of marketing and advertising keynotes, Omar is a highly sought-after public speaker. Covering topics such as diversity in business, leadership, marketing brands, the new rules of marketing and the stories of Nike, Beats and Apple, there is little that Omar cannot cover as a speaker. Authentic and regarded as an expert in the world of marketing, Omar Johnson is the ideal speaker for corporate events.