About Rushion McDonald

Rushion McDonald is a two-time Emmy Award-winning and three-time NAACP Image Award-winning television and film producer.  He is a sitcom writer, social media influencer, brand architect, entrepreneur and award-winning baker.  Rushion launched his 3815 Media company now representing top talent like Stephen A. Smith from ESPN and CNN Legal Analyst Areva Martin. Rushion hosts a popular iHeart Media podcast called, Money Making Conversations, with guests like ABC’s The Good Doctor actor, Hill Harper; NFL Hall of Fame Pro Deion Sanders; Bishop TD Jakes; actor Morris Chestnut; TV host and entrepreneur Nick Cannon, CNN’s Van Jones; comedian and actor Cedric The Entertainer,  five-time Grammy Award-winning Gospel singer Yolanda Adams and many more.  Each Money Making Conversations radio talk show/podcast is about entrepreneurship and entertainment.  Rushion provides the consumer and business owner access to Celebrities, CEOs, Entrepreneurs, and Industry Decision Makers.  His guest, in turn, deliver information about career planning, motivation, financial literacy and how to lead a balanced life.

Rushion is also the Chief Marketing Officer for the Air National Guard national account.  He oversees the Recruitment and Retention campaign in the 50 United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and Washington, DC.  Rushion manages the media budget, ad placement buys and creative development; which covers the Air National Guard’s print, digital, out of home, YouTube, OTT, syndicated radio and national television productions.   He is also responsible for producing 135 Air National Guard Live Recruiting Events throughout the US and four of its territories. McDonald enjoys being the Brand Ambassador for the Perfect Bake Pro Scale, which pairs a smart scale with a companion recipe app on your phone or tablet. It measures as you pour and guides you step-by-step to make mouth-watering desserts, loaves of bread, appetizers, and has a downloadable Perfect Bake app filled with 80 of his original homemade baking recipes.

Educated with a degree in Mathematics from the University of Houston and trained in marketing while working at IBM, McDonald is well known in the entertainment industry for his successes in producing top television shows like, Family Feud, The Jamie Foxx Show, Sister, Sister, Steve Harvey Talk Show, Evidence of Innocence and blockbuster hit films like, Think Like a Man and Think Like a Man Too. Rushion has written and produced for Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Mo’Nique, Gabrielle Union, Tia and Tamara Mowry, Stephen A. Smith, and Jamie Foxx, and built Steve Harvey’s multi-media entertainment career.  Rushion understands the importance of relationships when building brands, which led him to successfully launch multiple national marketing campaigns for major companies, including State Farm, Ford, Home Depot, Essence Festival, Disney Dreamers, JC Penney, iHeart Radio, Radio One, NBC, and BET.