About Shane Norman

Shane is CEO and Co-Founder of Lions Den Ventures, LLC, a joint venture with Bungalow Films, and a producer and entrepreneur whose leadership in content, marketing, and product innovation spans publishing, digital, television, and film. Through Lions Den, he has served as Executive Producer on two original films for Hulu. He is also Co-Founder and Chief Product & Technology Officer of Zeus, one of the world’s leading independent SVOD platforms.

He previously served as Executive Vice President of The Man Network and Executive Producer of the award-winning series Man Enough, as well as Senior Vice President of Product & Innovation at Lionsgate for Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud! Network. He continues to advise the group and its parent company, Hartbeat Inc.

Shane received an Emmy nomination for his groundbreaking digital work at Fox Television Stations and has been featured in publications including Vice, Daily Mail, Entrepreneur, and TechCrunch.

In 2012, he co-founded Magic Mirror, the company behind the popular ElfYourself app, which has garnered over 50 million downloads. In 2015, he joined FactoryMade Ventures as SVP and Chief Digital Officer, where he led creative, digital, and marketing strategy for the Hollywood incubator. There, he also spearheaded the launch of Nano, a STEAM-based children’s television network focused on innovative, multi-platform learning.

Prior to FactoryMade, Shane served as Chief Digital Officer for DSA, one of the nation’s leading fundraising consulting firms, where he pioneered the #PraytoEndEbola and #HelpEbola campaigns, earning the industry’s highest honor, the Gold Award for Fundraising Success.

Earlier in his career, Shane led digital marketing at HarperCollins, reporting to the Chief Digital Officer. He developed direct-to-consumer strategies for high-profile authors and pioneered the LiveStream Author Series, contributing to multiple New York Times bestselling titles.

He began his career at Fox Television Stations in New York, leading interactive sales and marketing. During that time, he was selected for Rupert Murdoch’s Creating the Future Group and earned an Emmy nomination for Interactivity as the creator of NYTrafficAuthority.

Shane holds a degree in Philosophy from Rhodes College.