Kalai Chik
Global Analytics, Theatrical Marketing, Journalism, and Live Event Professional with 10+ Years in the Entertainment Industry
Gold House Social Fellow
Managing Editor of KComics Beat
Based in Los Angeles
Accolades
2022 GLAAD Media Award Nominee for Outstanding Online Journalism – Video or Multimedia2021 LA Press Club Nominee for Multimedia Package
Current and Past Coverage
Current and Past Companies
Director, Global Marketing Analytics, Content Strategy - Paramount Pictures
Marketing, Social Media Fellow - Gold House
Manager, Marketing Analytics and Strategy - HBO Max
Manager, Global Analytics and Strategy - NBCUniversal
Data Analyst, Theatrical Franchise and Crisis Management - Walt Disney Company
Research Analyst - Univision
Major Projects
- ► Business Insider: World's First LGBTQ Kid's Animation Character Database
- ► Anime in 2025: Is the Crunchyroll Cage Real?
- ► Animation's queer women, trans, and nonbinary creatives are pushing...
- ► TV animators were forced to scrap LGBTQ-inclusive storylines due to a culture of fear...
- ► LGBTQ characters of color are making animation history — but creatives of color...
Tool Set
Data Visualization: Tableau, Looker, Google Data Studio , Power BI, Excel
Programming and Modeling Languages: MySQL, Python, R, Regex, GraphQL
Marketing Platforms: Google, META, TikTok, Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Syndicated Research: Kantar, Millward Brown, comScore, iSpot, SAS, Salesforce
Social Listening Tools: Brandwatch, Sprinklr, TalkWalker, Tubular, ListenFirst, NetBase, NewsWhip
Project Management: Asana, Jira, Monday.com, Google Sheets, Airtable
A Leader in Entertainment
Analytics strategist with a proven track record of successful data-driven marketing campaigns for theatrical film (Walt Disney Company, Paramount Pictures, and NBCUniversal) and streaming campaigns (Warner Media).In my spare time, I'm also a creative marketer who also writes for major publications such as the LA Times, Anime News Network, Business Insider, and Comics Beat.Past projects include Paramount’s hit success with Mission Impossible: 9 and the Scream franchise, HBO Max’s launch in Latin America, the global launch of Universal Picture’s Fast 9, and brand strategy at the Walt Disney Company.
Skills
Marketing and Media Analytics for SVOD, AVOD, TVOD, PVOD
Data Analysis and Visualization
Social Listening
Team Management (Since 2019)
Franchise and Brand Management
Photography and Digital Art
Written Coverage - Film, TV, Music Releases, and Live Music
Video Editing
Languages
► English - Native Speaker
► Japanese - N1 Certification
► Cantonese - Fluent
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Photo and Writing Samples
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