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Callum Dougherty is the multi-award-winning Chief Commercial Officer responsible for all inbound and outbound marketing, advertising, sales and PR and commercial Strategy both for UK media company Rusty Quill Ltd. and all their podcasts.

Callum founded the award-winning Rusty Quill's RQ Network "a podcast network by podcasters for podcasters", in 2020 which is now home to over 65 podcasts and over 600 million downloads.

Callum’s ad sales strategy has helped Rusty Quill double advertising revenue year on year since 2021 through improved CPM per sale and strategic partnerships. Callum has driven world record-breaking merchandise and crowdfunding projects and has led IP Licensing at Rusty Quill this has resulted in a number of record-breaking projects including licensed boardgames, perfumes, novels and the world's highest funded podcast Kickstarter.

Callum brings a wealth of experience from 12 years working in marketing and media driving award winning projects across multiple disciplines. As a marketer, commercial lead and producer Callum has been on the licensee and licensor side of projects across film, tv, gaming and theatre. In his spare time, he until recently served as the Trustee Marketing Director for Honiton Community Complex, the Advisory Board for TeePublic, and he is the marketing and commercial lead for an ongoing indie animated series.