Brian Ives Email & Phone Number

Fair Lawn, NJ, US

New Jersey

Created team, by hiring diverse staff and freelance writers for Beasley Media Group’s National Content Team, responsible for creating nationally-based content for Beasley radio station websites in the top 40, country, urban, rock, and sports categories. Specializing in SEO-based text, social and video content. - Assigns, approves and edits news stories.

Greater New York City Area

Consulting, NY, April 2017 – Present Clients include Thrillist, Universal Music, Zergnet and Round Hill Records *Freelance writer for Thrillist*Created promotional materials for "This Is Us" soundtrack for Universal Music*Talent Producer for untitled documentary about Webster Hall*Wrote promotional materials for Round Hill Records

Greater New York City Area

Managed staff and freelance writers and video team for Loudwire.com, the popular hard rock, and heavy metal website. Specializing in SEO-based text, social and video content. - Assigned, approved and edited news stories, event coverage, features, and lists. - Maintained editorial calendar- Wrote editorial pieces. - Increased site traffic from 39 million.

Greater New York City Area

Managed staff and freelance writers, video editors and DPs for Radio.com and created content for a web portal that created SEO-based text, social and video editorial content for CBS Radio station websites *Assigned, approved, created and edited 8,000+ pieces per year of features, news and event coverage *Wrote editorial pieces on industry events, trends.

New York City

* Co-created official SiriusXM YouTube page; launched in March of 2009, now has over 618,000,000 views* Produced web videos of interviews and performances for YouTube, promoted the videos via social media* Established SiriusXM presence on Twitter via @siriusxm. Launched in late 2010, now has over 211,000 followers* Established SiriusXM presence on.

* Produced DVD content for VH1 Classic series of '80s DualDiscs* Interviewed artists for DVDs, including The Bangles, Bow Wow Wow and Patty Smyth* Wrote scripts for VH1 Classic host Lynn Hoffman and produced shoots with Ms. Hoffman

* Wrote and edited scripts, cleared music and supervised post-production on hundreds of VH1 News segments* Interviewed artists across a number of genres, including pop, hip-hop, rock, metal and country * Pitched and produced trend pieces on satellite radio, garage rock, the blues, Muzak, among other topics* Wrote scripts and produced host reads and.

* Was member of original team that launched the radio prep service, which brought VH1's content to terrestrial radio stations* Wrote and edited daily prep sheet that went to classic rock stations * Edited daily Hot AC prep sheet* Conducted artist and celebrity interviews

Wrote scripts for MTV2 VJs including Jancee Dunn and Chris Booker

Wrote and published multiple news stories per day to MTV.com. Also conducted artist interviews and pitched trend pieces

Wrote a daily tip sheet for Classic Rock Radio stations; booked and conducted interviews with classic rock artists. (note: when I started there, it was SW Radio Networks)

Did artist interviews, wrote record reviews and news stories and helped the update the image of the company's trade magazine F (which had been known as Foundations)

Digital Media Marketing Certificate, Marketing

Earned a Digital Media Marketing Certificate.

B.A, Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts