Wendell Scott

Vice President, Multimedia Sales

Wendell Scott

Wendell Scott, vice president, multimedia sales, leads a multimedia sales team that represents all facets of ESPN’s vast array of offerings to advertisers which includes the ESPN television networks, ESPN Digital Media, ESPN The Magazine and ESPN Radio. 

Scott joined ESPN Customer Marketing and Sales as an account executive in May of 2000.  In 2003, he was named vice president, ESPN Emerging Networks, overseeing a sales team representing the ESPN Classic and ESPNEWS networks, as well as the ESPN Original Entertainment properties.  He has been in his current role since 2005.

A 20-year veteran of the media and advertising business Scott, a native New Yorker, began his career as assistant media buyer handling direct response accounts at Corinthian Media.   After a short stint as an assistant media planner at Slater, Hanft, Martin, he landed his “Big Break”.  In 1993, he joined BBDO as media planner on the Visa credit card business.  His lifelong interest in sports directly paralleled Visa’s foray into sports media.  His contributions on this business helped lead Visa to their position as one of the premier sports marketers in recent history via their official status among many sports leagues including the NFL, NASCAR, and the Olympic Games.

A 1989 graduate of Northeastern University, Scott is married and resides in New York City with his wife and son.

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