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Marketing Social Media Brand Growth

Dylan Nightingale

Social strategy, original content, and brand systems that turn attention into measurable growth.

Dylan combines entrepreneurial ownership with social strategy, original content, client advisory work, media production, and commercial brand collaborations.

Social strategyContent creationBrand growth
100KOwned audience built
200%Client social growth
4Brand collaborations
Owned social media brandMLB Transactions Daily logo

An owned audience built from zero.

Dylan created MLB Transactions Daily while in high school and grew it into a 100K-follower media brand through audience insight, original content, and relentless execution.

The result is a complete social platform spanning daily publishing, visual storytelling, community growth, sponsor campaigns, and a network that includes more than 2,500 professional players.

100KFollowers
2,500+Pro players following
Full-stackStrategy to execution

Owned media & professional experience

Work that earns attention.

Results include building a 100K owned audience, advising an athlete-representation company on social strategy and audience engagement, creating an original interview series, and delivering campaigns with national consumer brands.

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Owned & operated

Owned media brand

MLB Transactions Daily

Founded and scaled an independent media brand to 100K followers, earning an audience that includes more than 2,500 professional players. Leads content strategy, daily publishing, original creative, audience growth, and commercial partnerships.

  • Content strategy
  • Social growth
  • Graphic design
Proof point100K followers
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Past independent project

Original media series

On Base Podcast

Created, produced, and formerly hosted an original interview series featuring active MLB players and All-Stars. Used relationships built through MLBTD to book guests, develop episodes, and extend the brand into long-form media.

  • Show development
  • Interviewing
  • Media production
Proof pointMLB players & All-Stars interviewed
Commercial work

Audience-led campaigns

Brand Collaborations

Turned MLBTD’s audience and credibility into commercial opportunities with Polymarket, Smackin’, Real, and Gametime—developing promotions that fit naturally within the brand’s content ecosystem.

  • Brand partnerships
  • Campaign strategy
  • Audience monetization
Proof point4 brand collaborations
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Past client engagement

Social media advisory

Audience Growth Advisory

Advised an athlete-representation company on a clearer social media roadmap, more intentional content planning, and stronger audience engagement. Developed a talent-led publishing strategy that helped increase the company’s social media presence by 200%.

  • Social strategy
  • Content planning
  • Audience engagement
Proof point200% social presence growth

Selected examples

How the work shows up.

Original MLBTD social graphics, selected athlete-marketing creative, and archived moments from the On Base Podcast series developed through MLBTD’s player relationships.

Selected athlete marketing creativeSocial campaign design
Athlete marketing signing announcement for Nick Anderson
Athlete marketing All-Star recognition graphic for Adam Oller
Athlete marketing call-up announcement for Kyler Fedko
Athlete marketing performance graphic for Rico Garcia

Selected athlete marketing and social campaign work

Past independent projectOn Base Podcast archive
On Base Podcast logo

Created and formerly hosted an MLB interview series.

Dylan previously created, produced, and hosted this original podcast featuring active MLB players and All-Stars, using relationships built through MLBTD to book guests and develop long-form content.

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Dylan Nightingale interviewing MLB All-Star Ryan McMahon on On Base PodcastDylan Nightingale interviewing MLB All-Star Ross Stripling on On Base PodcastDylan Nightingale interviewing MLB player Danny Jansen on On Base Podcast

MLBTD brand collaborations

Brands activated through an owned audience.

These commercial collaborations were developed through MLB Transactions Daily. Each campaign kept the audience experience first while giving the brand a natural role in the content.

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Exclusive prediction market partner

Polymarket

Signed a long-term deal making Polymarket MLBTD’s exclusive prediction market partner, then integrated its live market data into timely baseball content and advertising.

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Athlete brand deal launches

Smackin’ Sunflower Seeds

Helped launch and promote Smackin’ brand partnerships with Pete Crow-Armstrong and Alex Rodriguez through MLBTD’s baseball audience.

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Ongoing app promotion

Real

Promotes the Real sports app through recurring advertisements and audience-facing placements across MLBTD.

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Ticketing campaign collaborator

Gametime

Promoted Gametime’s marketplace for last-minute sports, music, and show tickets through integrated MLBTD campaign placements built for a highly engaged baseball audience.

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Skills & capabilities

From attention to measurable growth.

A practical marketing skill set shaped by building an owned audience, advising a client on social strategy, launching brand collaborations, producing original media, and developing repeatable content systems from strategy through execution.

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Social strategy & growth

Build a measurable channel strategy, content calendar, creative system, and reporting cadence designed to grow reach, engagement, and brand relevance.

100K audience built • 200% client growthSee audience-growth results
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Content & campaigns

Turn announcements, launches, products, interviews, and ideas into platform-ready campaigns with clear concepts, original graphics, video, and audience-focused copy.

Daily publishing • Campaigns • Original mediaView creative examples
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Partnerships & monetization

Develop sponsor opportunities, shape partnership concepts, coordinate launches, and integrate brands into content without losing audience trust.

Polymarket • Smackin’ • Real • GametimeExplore partnership work
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Brand building & creative direction

Build a recognizable brand from the inside out through positioning, voice, visual systems, recurring content formats, campaign concepts, and audience-first creative direction.

Owned brand • Original series • Commercial campaignsSee brand-building work

About Dylan

A proven marketer who builds growth systems.

Dylan Nightingale is a New Jersey-based marketing professional and University of Delaware graduate who combines entrepreneurial ownership with hands-on experience across social strategy, content creation, audience growth, media production, and commercial brand collaborations—including advisory work that helped an athlete-representation company increase its social presence by 200%. His work demonstrates how an original idea can become a recognizable brand, a loyal community, and a platform for meaningful creative and commercial opportunities.

University of DelawareGraduate
100K followersOwned audience built
Brand builderMedia, content & partnerships

Contact

Let’s build something worth following.

For brand partnerships, campaign work, or marketing opportunities, reach out directly.