Jay Kossoff

Jay Kossoff is an award-winning and Emmy-nominated showrunner, executive producer, director, and storyteller. His leadership in developing compelling content includes 20+ years at NBC Sports Group's Golf Channel, where he served as Vice President & Executive Producer of Original Productions. The content Jay's team was responsible for consisted of documentary, travel, reality, competition, talk, branded-content and short/long-format specials. Notably, he co-created, executive-produced, and was the showrunner for the Big Break series which was on the air for 23 seasons and remains the network's most successful and highest rated original franchise. He was also fortunate enough to be part of Golf Channel's launch team and during his tenure helped grow it from a start-up network to a reach of over 200 Million Homes in 84 countries. Now, as an independent creative and owner of Unleashed Originals, Jay also works with brands and businesses to develop content that is meant to entertain and educate, as much as to sell. From digital, branded-content, commercials, and social-extensions to full-blown network series, Kossoff thrives on finding and telling great stories. Kossoff's father was a documentary film-maker and musician (name drop: he and Bob Dylan have roots) , so his love for making pictures, telling stories, and digging music started at an early age. He learned the business from the bottom up and is as comfortable coiling cables as running executive meetings. When not in the TV trenches, he can be found surfing, traveling, or doing anything outdoors with his family.