Paul Speaker

Board Member

Paul Speaker is the co-owner and the first CEO of the World Surf League, a position he retired from after five years. Paul is a successful film and television producer working in all aspects of media production and distribution. He served as the President of Time Inc. Studios, a film, television and video studio. Prior to that, Mr. Speaker served as President of RKO Pictures, a film production and distribution company and President of The Shooting Gallery, an independent entertainment company. Early in his career, Mr. Speaker was the Director of Marketing and Ideas for the National Football League. A graduate of Villanova University, Paul and his family live in California.

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Authenticity at Scale: The New Promise and Practice of Creator Marketing

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Why People Believe Strangers on the Internet More than Brands

People don’t think brands are lying. They think brands are incapable of telling the whole truth.

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The Brand vs. Performance Debate Is a Symptom of a Broken System

When credibility can’t move downstream, brand and performance are forced into conflict.

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Pacific Gas & Electric

Props drove measurable brand lift for PG&E

Snowmass Village

From Story to Stay: Boosting Snowmass Visits with Props

Yerba Madre

Props drove awareness, consideration, and in-aisle demand.

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Props is a performance-based creator marketing platform that helps brands win new customers. We unite the credibility of creator storytelling with the precision of paid media, delivering measurable outcomes, not vanity metrics. Powered by proprietary technology, Props ensures every client engagement drives ongoing, tangible business results.