Storyblocks CEO and leadership

Ashley Sansing CPA is a Chief Financial Officer at Storyblocks and is based in Arlington, Virginia. She has worked as Audit Manager at Deloitte; Controller at Storyblocks; and VP, Finance and Accounting at Storyblocks. Ashley attended James Madison University JMU between 2003 and 2008.

Jason Chong is an Owner at Pedal Monsters and Chief of Staff at Storyblocks and is based in North Bethesda, Maryland. He has worked as Manager, User Acquisition at VideoBlocks. Jason works or has worked as Director, User Acquisition at VideoBlocks. He attended University of Maryland between 2001 and 2005.

Paramita Bhattacharya is a transformational global marketing leader, experienced in building and scaling business growth through a combination of marketing vision, go-to-market strategies, and operational management.

She has worked extensively across the technology industry including in the Americas, Europe, and China. Throughout her career Paramita has combined her expertise in creating customer experiences and brand innovation with integrated communications, partnerships, ecosystem development, and a customer-focused, data-oriented marketing framework to drive success.

A start in large advertising agencies such as McCann and JWT, gave Paramita a strong foundation in creative expression and brand storytelling. Her keen interest in the potential of visual & digital platforms and an MFA degree in Communication Arts, meant she was a natural early adopter of the digital technology revolution in Silicon Valley. For two decades, Paramita honed her craft at global Fortune 500 companies such as Adobe, Hitachi, and Nokia. Under her leadership, business growth was driven through award winning brand, website, digital, product, sales, and communications campaigns.

A storyteller at heart, Paramita enjoys the intersection of media, design, and technology and the creative possibilities it can bring. She is involved with CMO advisory boards and mentorship organizations and regularly speaks at industry panels and conferences.

Paramita joined Blurb in January of 2020 and is excited to lead the company into its next phase of market and commercial success.

TJ is the CEO at VideoBlocks, where he has been working since 2013 to bring high quality, affordable stock media to the creative community. VideoBlocks now supports more than 300,000 creatives through its unique membership model, and in 2015 launched its revolutionary video Marketplace which pays contributors 100% commissions. Prior to joining VideoBlocks, TJ led the marketing teams at BabbaCo, a subscription service offering creative, educational products for parents and toddlers, and Vlingo, Android's first voice-enabled mobile virtual assistant. He currently lives in Washington DC with his wife, two kids, dog, two cats, and the occasional fish.