**Artist Research and Selection**:I identify and evaluate potential artists and bands to match our venue's audience and brand.**Negotiation and Contracting**: I negotiate fees and contract terms with artists, agents, and managers, ensuring mutual agreement on performance details. **Scheduling and Logistics**: I coordinate performance dates, times, and technical requirements, all while collaborating with venue managers, promoters, and production teams.**Budget Management**: Im in charge of the budget for talent acquisition, aligning costs with financial plans and projected revenues.**Marketing and Promotion**: I consistently work with our marketing teams to acquire assets, promote events, ensuring our artists are properly featured. Additionally, I develop and maintain relationships with artists, agents, managers, and other industry professionals to facilitate future bookings and collaborations. **Event Coordination**: I oversee events on performance days, ensuring smooth operations from artist arrival to showtime and load-out.

I am the venue manager and talent buyer for a venue/retail location in the Great Smoky Mountains. Day to day I am in charge of the company's website and social media content as well as developing all marketing materials used in store and press items. This includes the press kit, press releases , sponsorship decks, product and content photography. I am fluent in adobe and Microsoft office.

I write feature pieces and interviews for a music newspaper. I also write press releases, cover events and write sponsorship decks for local events.

I was the go-between contact for Dept. Makeup artists and our retail location. I facilitated meetings and classes for our artists as well as was an intrigue part in the event planning process.

I was the sole booking manager for artist Harrison B . I successfully booked cross country tours for the artist, assisted in lodging and handled any and all press and album releases.

I booked shows for the artist, planned press releases and produced their epk.