Matt Van Dalsem

Senior Vice President at UM Worldwide

Overview

Matt Van Dalsem holds the position of Senior Vice President at UM Worldwide[1][3]. Van Dalsem is a marketing and paid media professional with experience across financial services, sports, pharmaceutical, and government sectors[2]. They have worked at both multinational agencies and client-side roles, including a position managing global media at BlackRock[2], and held the role of Executive Director at OMD USA from January 2020 to July 2023[7]. Van Dalsem's background includes a Director position in Marketing Operations and Media Planning at BlackRock from December 2009 to April 2015[9], and earlier roles in media planning and buying at Barclays Global Investors[10]. They hold an MBA in Marketing from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School and a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from UCLA[11][12].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

Experienced marketing and paid media professional with a demonstrated history of working across various industries including financial services, sports, pharmaceutical, and government. Have worked both at a large multi national agency (OMD) and client side managing global media (BlackRock) leading large teams. Marketing and media operations lead with experience bringing together various disciplines within an organization to drive effectiveness and efficiency across processes. Comfortable working in a global role providing direction for in market leaders to both tie back to overall performa…

Career history

  1. Senior Vice PresidentSep 2025 to presentUM Worldwide
  2. Marketing and Sales AdvisorMay 2024 to presentTrailrunner HQ
  3. Senior Vice President (Freelance)Jan 2025 to Aug 2025Digitas North America
  4. Paid Media OperationsJul 2023 to May 2024Airbnb
  5. Executive DirectorJan 2020 to Jul 2023OMD USA
  6. Group Account DirectorSep 2015 to Jan 2020OMD USA
  7. Director, Marketing Operations & Media PlanningDec 2009 to Apr 2015BlackRock
  8. Manager, Media Planning and BuyingNov 2007 to Nov 2009Barclays Global Investors

Education

  1. Bachelor's degree, SociologyUCLA

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