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Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

• Manage event logistics, develop strategies and project plans, coordinate with artists and artist management for leading citywide events including Pitchfork Music Festival.
• Serve as the go-to problem solver for all on-site matters with artists and artist management; consistently recognized for efforts from artists and event managers.
• Gather artists’ technical requirements and manage backstage operations, while collaborating with stage managers and directing stage crew to ensure a seamless operation.
• Analyze spending to maximize resources and stay within budget.

• Administer performance logistics, assess sponsorship and fundraising opportunities, and develop new venue relationships.
• Create and maintain venue agreements and oversee backstage operations; direct artists, volunteers, and venue managers to ensure event expectations are in alignment with vision.
• Promote events and develop online content for social media; manage e-commerce streams.Riot Fest Chicago - September 2015riotfest.orgChicago, IllinoisHyde Park Jazz Festival - Oriental Institute - September 2013Chicago.

• Performing, recording, and touring with artists such as Sabers, Mousetrap, Head of Femur, Econoline, Bobby Conn and the Glass Gypsies, and Pablo's Triangle
• Toured North America and Europe, playing such festivals as Reading/Leeds, Glastonbury, CMJ, and SXSW
• Coordinated and compiled tour materials such as contracts, maps, tour books, hotel/lodgeing plans, van rental arrangements, and equipment storage/rental.
• Oversaw communication with venue management and established good relations with staff and crew.
• Headed up band and crew relations, communication and scheduling to ensure efficient time and budget management.
• Assembled band merchandise and sales points for onsite/at gig placement.

Greater Chicago Area

• Lead concurrent logistics projects for high-profile international and domestic clients; focused on freight forwarding and all aspects of the process to include, planning, crating, art handling and installation.
• Door-to-door logistics solutions valued up to $15MM+ for clients including major domestic and international institutions, collectors and artists.
• Serve as primary point of contact for all aspects of the freight forwarding process to include planning and consultation, supervision and tracking for all tiers of fine art shipments.
• Create customized multimodal (air freight, ocean freight, trucking) transportation plans to meet or exceed client’s budget expectations while maximizing profit margins.
• Ensure that vendors provide contracted commitments, measure performance against operational service-level agreements, and coordinate vendor deliverables.
• Identify and recommend new vendors for process and performance improvement and quality assurance.

Chicago, IL

• Lead operations and manage multiple projects for art galleries and private collectors in fast-paced, high-stakes environment; promoted multiple times throughout tenure and given greaterresponsibility.
• Initiated and nurtured relationships with renowned institutions, including the Art Institute of Chicago, MoMA New York, and the Smithsonian Institute DC, and helped to establish company as a trusted resource for.
• Managed concurrent transportation projects and directed 10-person team to ensure timely, claim-free delivery of independent and large-scale artwork collections valued at $10M+.
• Identified opportunities to improve processes; authored and implemented a standardized billing and project estimate model that improved cost efficiency and supported time-critical logistics planning.
• Lead process improvement efforts and quality assurance; created and published an online client-access transportation schedule to generate sales and improve customer relations.
• Produced customized logistics solutions and sound estimates to minimize client costs, ensured optimal service, secure loyalty, and increase profitability for the company.

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

• The Windish Agency is an independent booking agency devoted to the artistic development and vision of its incredibly talented roster of musicians, bands and DJs.
• Managed company website, including updates on artist profiles, edit video, photo, & media pages for performers, as well as daily calendar maintenance for agent use.
• Created tour itineraries for foreign and domestic performers planning tours in North America.
• Contacted venues nation-wide to establish relations with venue management and acquire contracts in a timely manner.
• Devised and edited tour schedules for artists & management.

Bachelor Of Arts, Sociology / Film Studies

Education record