About
Dan Brockwell is a co-founder of Earlywork, a career-focused education organization he started in 2020, which grew from a newsletter into an early-career tech community and later launched a Sales Employment Pathway (2023) and Sales Accelerator (2025). According to Earlywork's figures, the organization has trained over 3,000 people in sales, helped more than 500 job seekers secure sales roles, and worked with over 70 employers. Before Earlywork, he held roles across product, operations, sales, marketing, and design at companies including Atlassian, Amazon, Uber, Ofload, Deloitte Digital, and IBM, and he also produces R&B music under the name BROCKNROLL.
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Experience
- Earlyworkco-foundercurrent2020 — presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Various Companiesinvestor / advisor / content creatorcurrent2022 — present
- Atlassianproduct2021 — 2022Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Ofload (previously Loadsmile)operations2020Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Amazonproject management2020Sydney, Australia
- Uberaccount executive2019Sydney, Australia
- Snack Educationproduct & marketing2019Australia
- Social Impact Hubux design2018 — 2019
- UNSWmarketing tutor2018Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Deloitte Digitalux design2018Sydney, Australia
- IBMmarketing2017 — 2018Sydney, Australia
- Tayblemarketing2017
- Tilt.comgrowth (acquired by airbnb)2016 — 2017Sydney, Australia
- Tilt.comambassador2016 — 2017Sydney, Australia
- First Educationtutor2016Bondi
- Kumon Australia & New Zealandtutor2012 — 2016Bondi Junction, Sydney
- Atlassianmarket research (work experience)2013Sydney
Skills & more
Sales9MarketingMemes32Teaching4Partnerships1Learning Design1Curriculum Development1Sales ProspectingSoftware DevelopmentEmail MarketingCold CallingCommunity Management
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Content CreationBusiness StrategyProduct ManagementData AnalysisResearchUser Experience (UX)Customer ExperienceManagement ConsultingPowerPointMicrosoft ExcelWordPressC (Programming Language)Languages English · Sales
- Climate Reality Leadership Corps — The Climate Reality Project
- Product Management Foundations — Reforge
- Youth Mental Health First Aider — Mental Health First Aid International
- IBM Agile Explorer — IBM
- IBM Design Thinking Practitioner — IBM
- HLTAID003 - Provide first aid — Australia Wide First Aid
- HLTAID002 - Provide basic emergency life support — Australia Wide First Aid
- HLTAID001 - Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation — Australia Wide First Aid
- Working With Children Check (valid for paid and unpaid work) — NSW Office of the Children's Guardian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Dan Brockwell?
- Dan Brockwell is a co-founder of Earlywork, a career-focused education organization he started in 2020, which grew from a newsletter into an early-career tech community and later launched a Sales Employment Pathway (2023) and Sales Accelerator (2025). According to Earlywork's figures, the organization has trained over 3,000 people in sales, helped more than 500 job seekers secure sales roles, and worked with over 70 employers. Before Earlywork, he held roles across product, operations, sales, marketing, and design at companies including Atlassian, Amazon, Uber, Ofload, Deloitte Digital, and IBM, and he also produces R&B music under the name BROCKNROLL.
- Where does Dan Brockwell work?
- Dan Brockwell is Founder of Earlywork.
- What companies did Dan Brockwell found?
- Dan Brockwell founded Earlywork.
- Where did Dan Brockwell go to school?
- Dan Brockwell studied at UNSW (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science / Commerce (Marketing)); University of Virginia (Exchange Program, Engineering School); Emanuel School (HSC, English (Advanced)).
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