Ari Levine is vice president of brand partnerships and sales for Tumblr, an Automattic company. He leads the team responsible for partnering with brands to drive brand love, fandom, and growth across Tumblr and wordpress.com. Ari previously worked for Tumblr when it was an independent company as its first Brand Strategist and then led Agency Development as part of Yahoo.
After Yahoo’s acquisition of Tumblr, Ari went on to hold a series of leadership roles including Head of New Business for VaynerMedia, where he contributed to the agency’s growth across US offices in NYC, LA, SF, Chattanooga and International expansion to London, and CRO of the branded content analytics platform Nudge. He also spent time as a media solutions and sales consultant for ScaryMommy, Do Stuff Media and AllDef Digital before returning to the Tumblr team in 2019.
Ari’s career reflects his deeply held belief that content and community are the most effective ways to drive short term commerce and long term connection (aka Brand Love) with consumers.
Ari is a native new yorker, urban gardener, and proud #girldad