John Marks spent most of his career in terrestrial radio, since the age of 16. Programming stints include KKAT – Salt Lake City, KWNR – Las Vegas, KSON – San Diego among others.
From there, John spent 5 years as the Sr. Director of Country Music at Sirius XM. Under Marks’ leadership, The Highway became one of the most listened to music channels on their platform. Through the Highway, Marks helped to break Florida Georgia Line, Cole Swindell and Old Dominion among others into national prominence.
After Sirius XM, John Marks landed at Spotify and was their Global Editor for Country Music for 5 ½ years. John curated over 25 country playlists. His Flagship playlist, Hot Country, was the 3rd most consumed Playlist worldwide in the Spotify platform.
John recently departed Spotify to form his own company “John Marks Worldwide”. He’s formed a consulting company specializing in developing strategies surrounding content, music and marketing in an ever changing streaming environment. For more info click to johnmarks.me.