Jake
Fishman

Operator, Builder, Founder

Tampa, FL
Where I live
With my family of 3
2
Ventures founded
Golf advertising to eye-health DTC
UCLA
Alma mater
B.A. Economics, class of 2018
200+
Partnerships
Agencies to golf courses to gaming studios

The story so far

Resumé, life included

Childhood
Orlando, Florida

Grew up in Orlando, Florida, before heading to the West Coast for college.

Sep 2014 – Jun 2018
UCLA

B.A. Economics, minor in Environmental Systems & Sustainability. Go Bruins.

Jan 2018 – May 2022 · Los Angeles
Bailey Brand Management

Joined straight out of UCLA as Coordinator, Branding & Endorsements, then worked up to Operations Manager, where we did $150M+ in celebrity brand deals.

May 2022 – Present
Concept Art House

Moved over as Partnerships Operations Manager, now Director of Business Development & Operations, with $10M+ in bookings across major game studios.

Relocated
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Left Los Angeles for Chattanooga so my wife could start her medical residency, trading the coast for the Southeast.

Jul 2024 – Mar 2026
Launched CaddySpace

Founded a golf-cart GPS advertising startup, recouped the investment in 12 months, grew course partnerships, then sunset it after validating the market.

March 2026 – Present
Launched NADefense

Co-founded the DTC eye-health brand behind Sight Guard, running brand, marketing, tech, and ops, all in-house.

Present
Tampa, Florida

Now home in Tampa, Florida, building the next chapter here.

Concept Art House

Art for the worlds you already play in

As Director of Business Development & Operations, I helped land and deliver work for some of the biggest titles and platforms in games and Web3, running partnerships, deal structure, and production ops behind the scenes.

Diablo 4 key art
Diablo 4
Blizzard · Concept art
Call of Duty: Mobile key art
Call of Duty: Mobile
Activision · Marketing art
Ark 2 key art
Ark 2
Studio Wildcard · 3D modeling
NFL All Day marketing art
NFL All Day
Dapper Labs · Collectible design
Trump Digital Trading Cards art
Trump Digital Trading Cards
Digital collectible art

Bailey Brand Management

Celebrity campaigns, start to finish

Negotiating deals and executing the deliverables between clients and brands, from commercials and social to personal appearances and PR. A few of the partnerships I worked on:

Happy Dance × Kristen Bell campaign
Happy Dance
Kristen Bell · Brand launch
Nissan × Brie Larson campaign
Nissan
Brie Larson · Endorsement
Boss Coffee × Tommy Lee Jones campaign
Boss Coffee
Tommy Lee Jones · Endorsement
Hello Bello × Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard
Hello Bello
Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard · Co-brand
Heineken × Hailee Steinfeld campaign
Heineken
Hailee Steinfeld · Appearance

Revenue-generating businesses

Built from scratch

Sight Guard / NADefense product & marketing
Active
NADefense · Sight Guard

A full DTC supplement brand built and operated end-to-end, from an ophthalmologist-formulated eye health product through to the customer experience. Product development, ingredient compliance, marketing, content, paid acquisition, physician and influencer partnerships, customer service, and analytics are all handled in-house, with fulfillment coordinated through a third-party logistics partner.

Visit nadefense.com ↗
CaddySpace GPS ad screens / product
Paused
CaddySpace

Built a golf course advertising platform that transformed golf cart GPS screens into premium digital ad inventory. Came up with the concept, brought in two friends to help build it, and led product strategy, go to market, and early customer acquisition. Landed both local and national advertisers.

Visit caddyspace.com ↗

Nights & weekends

Side projects in progress

Small apps I'm building for my own life, half product practice, half solving problems I actually have. Names and copy still being finalized.

Family Cooking App mockup
Prototype
Family Cooking App

A shared recipe box for the family: collect the dishes everyone actually makes, plan the week, and upload recipes. Liat asked for something to help with meal planning and grocery shopping.

House Manager app UI mockup
Prototype
House Manager

One place for everything a household forgets, maintenance schedules, warranties, vendors, and recurring to-dos. Built for the move to Tampa.

What I bring

Toolkit

I don't specialize. I'm a Jake of all trades. Brand strategy, technical operations, and product, usually at the same time.

Brand & Partnerships
Contract Negotiation Strategic Partnerships Celebrity & Talent Relations Brand Positioning DTC Marketing Meta/Google Ads GTM Strategy
Operations & Growth
Business Development P&L Ownership Vendor Management Team Leadership Data Analysis Revenue Growth Community Building Project Management
Tech & Tools
Claude (Cowork & Code) Codex Shopify GA4 HubSpot / Salesforce Asana / ClickUp Figma / Canva

Beyond the desk

Outside the office

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Family

Married to Liat and just welcomed our first child, Izzy. Figuring out how to be a founder and a new dad at the same time, from our home base in Tampa.

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Tennis

The obsession. The dream is a clay-court match somewhere in the South of France.

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Triathlon

Finished the Chattanooga Ironman 70.3 in May 2026.

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Travel

Love to travel to new places, been to 40+ countries so far, hopefully adding more to the list every year.

Ready to chat?

Whether it's a new venture, a role, or just a good conversation about building something, reach out.