
Williams, Jay
With over 25 years of senior leadership roles in entertainment, Jay Williams is a highly sought-after creative content strategist, production executive, and advisor of studios, production companies, and brands. Recently, Jay produced the 5th annual Infinity Festival Hollywood and is currently serving as their Chief Operating Officer.
Jay is an Emmy Award-winning veteran producer, senior entertainment marketing executive, and global creative leader who continues to develop new narrative paradigms in location-based and experiential programming, Web3, and interactive storytelling.
Jay spent 17 years as a senior executive at Walt Disney Studios overseeing creative content on hundreds of feature film marketing campaigns. He subsequently served as President of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci’s production company, KO Paper Products and CEO of Legion of Creatives, where he produced several innovative cross-platform shows; including the Emmy-nominated digital series The Walking Dead: Red Machete for AMC.
Technology-enabled storytelling continues to be a cornerstone of everything that Jay has worked on, including his first Primetime Emmy Win for the first ever Emmy awarded for Virtual Reality in 2015.
Sessions/Events
- Web3 in Media & Entertainment from Ownership to Distribution: A Fireside Chat with Industry Leaders
- Wednesday, April 19 • 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM PT