Jimmy Saunders is the Executive Director of Audio & Events at the New York Times, where he has worked since 2015. Jimmy has more than 20 years of industry experience, including leadership positions, recognized sales achievements, and managing sales teams at both major corporations and small businesses, both private and public.

Prior to joining the New York Times, Jimmy was Vice President of Sales at Sharethrough, where he established and led a division of their highly successful sales team. His laser focus on brand content and digital storytelling helped pave the way for his leadership role at The New York Times, as T Brand Studio, now an award-winning and leading content studio, was in its infancy. Through T Brand Studio, Jimmy helped brands innovate and expand their digital storytelling capabilities and platforms.

In 2020, Jimmy's role evolved to lead the go-to-market strategy and operations of The Times’s growing audio portfolio, led by The Daily, but which would quickly include other blockbuster shows like Serial, The Ezra Klein Show, and Hard Fork. Jimmy has represented The New York Times’s audio products in market since then and has appeared on panels at podcast industry events as well as guest starred on Veritonic and Advertising Week's podcast, The Sonic Truth.

Jimmy is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and in his free time loves coaching kids sports, skiing, and traveling with his family.