Kimberley Kalb Baumgarten

Head of Marketing + User Experience, Houseparty
Marketing Director, Epic Games

Kimberly is a seasoned and experienced marketing professional. As a founding member of the Houseparty team, Kimberly has played an essential role from day one working alongside the company founders to build and scale the product for users around the globe. As of Head of Marketing and User Experience at Houseparty, Kimberly leads growth and innovative marketing efforts for the group video chat platform.

Kimberly oversees all marketing, partnership, trust & safety, and user support efforts that have driven, and continue to drive, Houseparty’s rapid popularity. In her role, Kimberly is responsible for evangelizing Houseparty as the most meaningful way for people to connect when physically apart. In addition to her work on Houseparty, Kimberly is also a Marketing Director for Epic Games, the creator of the widely popular Fortnite game. Kimberly leads partnerships with major social media and entertainment brands including NFL, TikTok, Discovery Channel, Mattel, Pepsi and more.

Before joining Houseparty, Kimberly ran partnerships and led marketing efforts for Meerkat, a tech startup that had immediate success and was widely acclaimed for its innovative approach to live video streaming. She came to Meerkat from Tumblr, HBO and NBCUniversal, where she built upon her love of entertainment through various high profile marketing and partnership roles.

Kimberly attended the University of Pennsylvania and received a B.S. in Economics and a B.S. in Management and Finance from the Wharton School of Business. She also received her MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.