Craig O'Neill

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Head of Music Licensing @ Silver Side Productions
westlake village, california, united states
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States, United States
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About Craig O'Neill

Craig O'Neill has spent over a decade in the music business. During the first seven years of his career, Craig worked at IODA (later Sony Records) in various roles from label management, marketing to music licensing. During this time at IODA/Sony Craig built out a brand-new licensing division, working directly with their independent roster focused on opportunities for sync. He worked on large sync licensing opportunities including Google, Apple, Microsoft among others. In 2012 Craig decided to take the leap as head of creative licensing at Silver Side Productions, a boutique independent licensing company started by music veteran Mike Locke.Craig is a now a partner at Silver Side Productions with 1000's of commercial and television placements including Call of Duty, Mission Impossible 6, Equalizer 2, Red Sparrow, Atomic Blonde trailers, TV shows and TV promos on ABC, FOX, NBC, FOX, CBS, HBO, Netflix, Amazon and many, many more. Currently, Craig has set up operations in Nashville, working directly with producers, writers and vocalists, developing them with a focus on creating songs specifically for sync.Specialties (in no particular order):Music Licensing Strategy, Lead Negotiations (Fees, Quotes, Tracking, Administering Licenses, Labels, Publishers, and Collecting Societies Globally) Rights Clearances, Business Development, Sales, Account Management, Music Supervision. We have an incredible roster at Silver Side Productions, and I’m honored to represent everyone we have on board. Check out some recent sync highlights: http://silversideco.com/placements/

Craig O'Neill's Current Company Details
Silver Side Productions

Silver Side Productions

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Head of Music Licensing
westlake village, california, united states
Website:
silversideco.com
Employees:
3
Craig O'Neill Work Experience Details
  • Silver Side Productions
    Head Of Music Licensing
    Silver Side Productions Apr 2012 - Present
    Greater Los Angeles Area
    Increased company’s sales revenue on sync, publishing and distribution over 200%. Developed and grew company’s portfolio of labels/artists/songwriters and producers by 600%. Negotiate all licensing media rights, terms and budgets for agencies, brands, TV networks, studios, producers, labels and artists. Maintain strong relationships with major and indie labels/publishers Continue to secure license placements with all the networks, studios and for high profile brands including Ubisoft, HBO, ABC, NBC, FOX, Sony Pictures, Warner Pictures and many, many more.Music direction, supervision and clearance for theatrical films and brand commercial projects.Seek out and develop new business deals with songwriters, producers, artists, labels, agencies, music supervisors, TV networks and producers.Work creatively with songwriters and producers with a focus on Film, Trailer, Promo and TV synchronization.Handle all aspects of distribution, marketing and promotional opportunities across company's growing label roster.
  • Beatport
    Account Sales Manager
    Beatport Jul 2012 - Sep 2014
    San Francisco
    Increased distribution revenue by over 700%.Strategized and presented marketing opportunities to labels, artists and retailers and recommended the best course of action to help achieve both company’s objectives.Increased release/catalog visibility by leveraging strong industry relationships at iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Google, Rdio, Rhapsody and others.Pitched priority releases to retailers via weekly release schedules and marketing information.Identified marketing and promotional opportunities across new releases and catalogue products. Implemented and designed a new label submission strategy to gather marketing information from label releases.
  • Ioda - A Division Of Sony Music Entertainment
    Head Of Music Licensing
    Ioda - A Division Of Sony Music Entertainment Aug 2009 - Mar 2012
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Generated $1.2 million in licensing revenue in less than 12 months.Represented and pitched IODA’s catalog of 2 million+ tracks to music supervisors, creative leads and various network executives at leading brands, advertising agencies and channel partners worldwide for licensing opportunities. Managed and cultivated relationships with IODA’s highest profile clients including: Google, Microsoft, Apple, ABC, HBO, Pandora and more.Negotiated and collaborated closely with clients to capture creative visions, meet project budget goals and timelines.Facilitated rights and clearances of all master and synchronization licenses between labels, artists, publishers and clients.Identified, developed and managed strategic revenue-generating partnerships with 3rd party licensing companies/channel partners; work in tandem in negotiating legal terms to facilitate deal flow.
  • Ioda
    Account Manager
    Ioda May 2008 - Mar 2012
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Sourced new business and marketing opportunities with top digital service providers (DSPs) including iTunes, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Rhapsody, Sprint, Cricket, Beatport, Juno and more.Expert in identifying and facilitating the execution of creative, mutually beneficial/co-promotional opportunities between DSPs, mobile carriers and IODA’s catalog of record labels to help drive and maximize revenues.Identified and facilitated high profile promotional opportunities for IODA’s labels including: iTunes samplers, iTunes single of the week, Amazon samplers, front/genre page features on Beatport, Verizon, Rhapsody, iTunes etc. Facilitate editorial coverage artist interviews, label spotlights, remix contests and more.Full working knowledge of all aspects of DSP sales/marketing cycle, including integration, delivery, pitching product placement and accounting.
  • Ioda
    Content Acquisition Manager
    Ioda Nov 2005 - May 2008
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Top business development/content acquisition rep – responsible for negotiating and securing digital distribution contracts/agreements with hundreds of independent record labels worldwide increasing IODA’s catalog by over 20%.Increased profitability across accounts through customer renewals, upgrades and pitching of new marketing products. Worked closely with internal marketing team to identify relevant promotional opportunities and campaigns.Managed worldwide sales referral rep program. Trained external reps on contract negotiation, accounting processes, new platform features and sales tools.

Craig O'Neill Skills

Music Licensing Music Industry Digital Distribution Record Labels Music Music Publishing New Media Music Production Entertainment A&r Mobile Devices Music Supervision Licensing Digital Media Sound Digital Audio Online Marketing Marketing New Business Development Music Consulting Distribution Strategies Marketing Strategy Contract Negotiation Content Acquisition Film Music Management Strategic Partnerships Software Acquisition Pro Tools Synchronisation Digital Music Distribution Agreements Dj Synchronization Talent Booking Music Distribution Promoting Marketing Roi Romi Publishing

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Craig O'Neill's colleagues are Mason Fikkert, Melissa Perry, Alessio Giacon, Stephen Stallings, Mike Locke.

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