
Neil Smythe
Media Director
Neil is a senior sports content producer and strategist with over 20 years worth of experience from broadcast to digital and social, live and VOD, short and long form content. Since 2018 he has run media/operations at Hashtag United, the innovative non-league football club founded by YouTube creator Spencer Owen. Previously he spent 8 years on the production team at Soccer AM (Sky Sports), launched Copa90, managed the digital video and social content strategy for Formula E at Little Dot Studios, and was Head of Sport at Fremantle/Shotglass Media, where he launched and grew their football fan channel network.
He also co-developed and produced children’s football show GoalMouth for Sassy/Disney XD and David Beckham’s Soccer USA for 19/Channel 5, and has produced for rights owners/holders, publishers, brands and athletes from The Football Association to EA Sports, UEFA, Jaguar and Sky. He is also now branching out into drone production and analysis with his new venture, HoverSquad.