Cooper was earlier CMO of BlackRock, CMO/Chief Creative Officer of BuzzFeed and served as CMO of Global Consumer Engagement for PepsiCo, Inc.[1] After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley, Cooper received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School where he served as Supreme Court Editor of the Harvard Law Review.

[4] From 2008 – 2010, Cooper served as Chief Marketing Officer for Sparkling Beverages for Pepsi-Cola North America (PCNA), where he oversaw PepsiCo's entire soft drink portfolio.

In 2014, Cooper served as Executive Producer of Beats of the Beautiful Game a visual album consisting of 11 original songs/short films from top artists including Kelly Rowland, Janelle Monáe, Don Omar, Rita Ora and Spike Lee, Idris Elba, Diego Luna and others.

It was the debut project to launch under Creators League[7] – Pepsi's first-ever production company for original long and short-form digital content spearheaded by Cooper.

Cooper has been recognized as one of Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business (#44),[8] Advertising Age's Entertainment A-List,[9] Billboard Power 100 (#13)[10] and with the Ad Color Legend Award.