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Marjai Roberts

Music & Ent Partnerships
musical.ly

Marjai Roberts is the Music & Entertainment Partnerships Manager at musical.ly, the entertainment video social network. Marjai was the first hire on the Entertainment Partnerships team in Los Angeles and focused on developing creative partnerships and promotions for music artists and other media partners on the musical.ly app.

Previously, Marjai had a 5 year tenure at Google as an Account Manager and Strategist, consulting with small and medium business advertisers to help them reach their goal of customer growth. Marjai has always been passionate in facilitating how both creative and technological visions work together to produce successful projects in the entertainment space. At her time at Google, she also put a spotlight on diversity related projects in the entertainment industry through Talks at Google partnerships and events, partnering with music artists (Brandy, Jennifer Hudson, etc.), actors, filmmakers, and authors to host and produce exclusive Google interviews with 12 Years a Slave, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Belle. She's also partnered with AMC to host a worldwide Hangout On Air with the cast and showrunner of The Walking Dead. Marjai also hosted film/TV producer, Will Packer, at Google to discuss his new NBC sitcom, Truth Be Told.

Marjai graduated from The University of Georgia with dual degrees in Business Management and Mass Media Arts, with a concentration in Music Business. During her college career, she interned at several entertainment companies such as Sony Music, Focus Features, The Weinstein Company at the Cannes Film Festival, and a live college TV music show.

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