Location Los Angeles, California, United States Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Female
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Salaam Coleman Smith is a media industry leader with extensive business, creative and operating expertise forged through her 20+ year career building some of the most powerful brands in entertainment. An influential leader and senior executive within major Fortune 500 media companies, including The Walt Disney Company, Comcast NBCUniversal and
Viacom, Salaam is well regarded for her enterprising spirit and intuitive creative vision.
An energetic and purposeful leader with a proven track record of content innovation, brand development and business growth, Salaam adeptly balances creative vision with strong business acumen within a rapidly changing media and digital landscape.
At The Walt Disney Company, Salaam served as an Executive Vice President at the Disney ABC Television Group overseeing Strategy and Programming for ABC Family and Freeform - the #1 multi-platform television network targeting young millennial women. Salaam directed long-term growth strategies for the network, key business and creative partnerships and overall content strategy for linear and digital platforms, including mobile and streaming platforms.
Prior to joining The Walt Disney Company, Salaam had a distinguished 10+ year tenure at Comcast NBCUniversal where she served as President of Style Media and steered the successful scaling of a fast-growing, multi-platform television network and fashion and lifestyle brand. As President of Style Network, Salaam led all aspects of the television network, including content development and production, digital and social media, marketing and brand strategy, program planning and audience analytics. Fueled by her passion for storytelling and the creative process, Salaam developed high quality content, earning the network two Daytime Emmy wins and thirteen Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Programming. With her commitment to leadership diversity, Salaam hired and led one of the most diverse and inclusive management teams in the industry.
Prior to joining Comcast NBCUniversal, Salaam worked at Viacom where she served as a senior executive within MTV Networks International and directed programming strategy for Nickelodeon’s global expansion in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
Salaam is an experienced Board Member with service on public, private and non-profit boards.
Salaam earned her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.
