Julia Payne is Technical Director with Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. in Atlanta, GA. She manages the web development team responsible for NCAA.com and its support of March Madness Live. In this role, Julia works closely with the NCAA business team including Operations, Product, Editorial, Design and Marketing to build online solutions aimed at growing audience and attracting sponsors.
Prior to this role, Julia worked with the New York Times Company, Regional Media Group in Tampa, FL as Director of Digital Product Development. This included managing a web development and product team servicing 15 community media properties. Julia’s media experience extends further to Swift Communications in Reno, NV where she was Web Development Manager.
Julia holds a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Communications from Clemson University and is a native of Charleston, SC.