Omar Wilson is an Account Manager, for Entertainment, on Facebook’s  Global Business Group. Within his role, he consults 40+ sports & publishing brands on how to strategically leverage Facebook’s advertising solutions; to grow their audience, build their communities and monetize their content online. His clients include the NBA teams, USTA, The Onion, BeautyCon, and Barstool Sports. 

 Before joining Facebook, Omar worked in sports production, his first love, where he traveled the nation producing film projects for Nike EYBL, Ballislife.com, and NBA star, Chris Paul’s Youth Basketball Organization. Omar has also held intern positions with the NBA Original Production department, the Chick-fil-A Foundation, and CBS Interactive, Sponsorships team.

 As a native of Durham North Carolina, and graduate of Morehouse College, Omar is committed to building community and growing economic opportunities for people of color. As Director of Community partnerships for Facebook’s Black@Austin, Omar leads the partnership with the Austin Black Chamber of Commerce, where his committee has consulted over 100 local black businesses on digital marketing skills, and building effective brands in the 21st century.