Recruiter FAQ
Answers to the questions recruiters ask most.
Who is Nick Ekum?
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Nick Ekum is a VP of Digital Operations based in Los Angeles. He runs end-to-end digital fulfillment for one of the industry's largest independent media libraries and leads the operational and technical integration behind a recent three-company merger.
What roles is Nick a fit for?
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VP/SVP Digital Operations, Head of Media Supply Chain, VP Content Operations, VP Platform Operations, and senior roles in media operations transformation or AI-enabled operations. His operating playbook also transfers to non-entertainment operations leadership.
What does Nick do?
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He turns operational complexity into systems that hold up: mapping the real end-to-end workflow, finding where it breaks, and building the data, automation, and process layers that fix it.
What industries does Nick know best?
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Film and television distribution, streaming and FAST/AVOD/SVOD platforms, post-production, and media asset management. He has worked across acquisition, QC, localization, rights, metadata, and global delivery.
What scale has Nick operated at?
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A 70,000+ title library, 46,000+ annual deliveries by 2024, 45+ distribution platforms, and multi-petabyte storage and archive — including a ~7.2 PB NY→LA migration.
What systems has Nick worked with?
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Iconik MAM/DAM, Rightsline and other rights/avails systems, Telestream Vantage, Aspera and Signiant, LTO and AWS archive, and the Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Power BI, Dataverse, Copilot Studio).
What is Nick known for?
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Scaling delivery without scaling headcount, leading MAM and storage modernizations end to end, and unifying operations after mergers. He pairs business ownership with hands-on automation.
How has Nick used AI and automation?
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He built a delivery-automation engine that cleared 703 overdue deliveries in one run and now serves 27+ platforms, a consolidated operational data warehouse, and Copilot Studio and Power Automate agents that remove manual work from onboarding, QC, and delivery.
What makes Nick different from a traditional media operations leader?
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He builds data systems and automation, increasingly with AI-assisted tooling, not just process. He tackles scale with practical tooling, data warehouses, and AI agents rather than only adding headcount.
How can recruiters contact Nick?
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By email at mail@nickekum.com or via LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/nickekum. A current résumé is available to download from this site.