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New York, United States

Manage day-to-day operations and music programming as sole brand manager for SiriusXM’s 24-hour Tom Petty and RockBar radio stations to increase engagement, entertainment, station traffic, and subscriber satisfaction. Develop content to create unique radio listening experience, scheduling music logs with sound codes, highlighting artists in special shows, producing and incorporating sound bites, conducting interviews, and creating copyright for voice over talent. Partner with on-air hosts to develop excellent shows with great technical quality and entertaining, relevant content. Produce on-site and remote coverage for national music festivals, exclusive performances, and live broadcasts to promote broadcasts and deliver exclusive content and experience for both artists and listeners of channels with 30MM subscribers. Collaborate with producers, record labels, and talent management on behalf of SiriusXM to facilitate interviews and promote. new and existing artists, curating their brand and identity to target audiences. Ideated, built, and launched new channels on SiriusXM app with 500+ songs by performing research and coding audio categorization, gaining traction and listener base. Oversee team of five coordinators for radio station and live broadcasts to ensure seamless consumer and talent experience.

New York, United States

Cultivated and managed social media presence for multiple music channels across diverse platforms, including Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, posting graphics created on Photoshop, connecting with fans, and marketing new programs. Compiled and analyzed statistics on target audience, streaming data, and listening habits for popular music stations to expand reach, sharing output with other teams to leverage for Pandora and SiriusXM. Worked with coordinators, programmers, and on-air hosts to create entertaining non-musical content including copyright, features, specials, interviews; music stations included Alt Nation, Dave Matthews Band Radio, CoffeeHouse, and RockBar.

Greater New York City Area

Assisted Program Directors and supported on-air talent by maintaining smooth operations for exceptional broadcasts by listening to sound bites, ensuring labeling was up to date, building content, and editing audio. Produced in-studio and remote sessions with talent and celebrities, including interviews and performances for popular channels such as 80s on 8, PopRocks, and SiriusXM Chill.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Conducted research and pitched timely local news related stories to the news staff to cover live. Collaborated with team to produce seamless cover stories and assisted with tasks useful in news gathering process. Learned basics of television station operations, applying copyright, and telling a story to engage an audience.

Greater New York City Area

Acquired basic music radio programming and management assistant skills to produce content and listener engagement. Collaborated with staff to manage day-to-day operations for popular music channels.