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Bristol, England, Gb

Bristol, United Kingdom

Manchester, United Kingdom

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Currently teaching modules including: Introduction to the Music Industry.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Experienced music business professional based across Bristol and Manchester offering consultancy and project work in the music publishing and music supervision space. I work with creators and rights owners on the music publishing side and with businesses in advertising, TV and film with their music procurement and creative needs.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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London, United Kingdom

Responsible for all creative services including: - music search and sourcing services for advertising agencies (including: AMVBBDO, Leo Burnett, Havas Worldwide, Bray Leino, Sapient Nitro, Blue Hive) on music briefs for clients including: Mars, Kelloggs, Ford, Sky, Wilkinson Sword and many others.- Creative services for brand clients including preparing briefs and advising on music sourcing strategy.- Working with creative and music producers to create bespoke music to brief.-… Show more Responsible for all creative services including: - music search and sourcing services for advertising agencies (including: AMVBBDO, Leo Burnett, Havas Worldwide, Bray Leino, Sapient Nitro, Blue Hive) on music briefs for clients including: Mars, Kelloggs, Ford, Sky, Wilkinson Sword and many others.- Creative services for brand clients including preparing briefs and advising on music sourcing strategy.- Working with creative and music producers to create bespoke music to brief.- Developing playlists for major retailers: music to play in store that fits with the company and store image. Consulting on new ideas for use of music to support in-store activity.Responsible for licensing and rights clearance services & researching, negotiating and clearing multiple items of intellectual property as well as managing timelines and budgets.- Liaising and advising on rights terms and issues for advertising and marketing agencies, and also directly with brands. This has enabled clients to avoid major issues with some quite complex music clearances.- Successfully negotiating and completing many licensing deals on behalf of advertising (Leo Burnett, Havas, JWT) and brand (Mars, First 4 Lawyers) clients.Provided training and workshops for rights owners (music labels and publishers) and licensors (agencies and brands): developing materials, leading sessions, chairing panel discussions.Provide research and data analysis services - projects related to current music market and competitor trends for both clients and business development.Oversee the company on-line and direct marketing and business development initiatives.Responsible for business development of licensing, creative and procurement services. This includes meetings and presentations to prospective clients - advertising agencies, brand owners and retailers.Hosting and Organising music showcase and networking events for business clients (specifically in the advertising market). Show less

London, United Kingdom

Solely responsible for all sync licensing activity originating from the UK between 2010 and 2014: This included artist promotion and marketing, creative pitching, negotiations and final license contracts. Successfully pitched for and negotiated several high value deals for national advertising campaigns and worldwide released feature films.Developed and progressed the company's online presence which includes the main UK website as well as all company social media activities for the… Show more Solely responsible for all sync licensing activity originating from the UK between 2010 and 2014: This included artist promotion and marketing, creative pitching, negotiations and final license contracts. Successfully pitched for and negotiated several high value deals for national advertising campaigns and worldwide released feature films.Developed and progressed the company's online presence which includes the main UK website as well as all company social media activities for the UK.Music placements for peermusic catalogue include: Comet, New look, Stella Artois, Warburtons, M&S, Cadbury, Nescafe and Toyota. TV and Film placements in Gambit, We Need To Talk About Kevin, Big Miracle, DayBreak, Down Terrace, Monsters, West is West, Paul, The Only Way is Essex and games such as Yakuza & Singstar. Show less

Fareham

Annual visit to Fareham College to deliver Music Publishing lecture to the A Level and BTEC music students.

London, United Kingdom

I developed a company sync presence from scratch including: development of internal sync databases; all outward focused marketing and promotional activity (both physical and digital); and all creative pitching and licensing negotiations.i developed and grew master licensing income considerably through focused promotion.I developed company publishing presence by working closely with internal managers and external sub-publishers as well as active scouting for new talent.

London, United Kingdom

I assisted sync/marketing team with external research for potential new creative business opportunities as well as taking part in creative pitches for film and advertising briefs.I developed, updated and maintained company internal sync database systems as well as externally focused catalogue documents.I also created artwork designs for five externally distributed sync department compilation CDs.

London, United Kingdom

I assisted product managers in daily duties including liaison with signed labels & researching/scouting for potential future signings.I also assisted UK marketing manager in daily duties. Aided in marketing campaign brainstorming as well as compiling data of featured releases on multi-platform digital sites.

I acted as A&R for singer songwriter artist 'Lee Rogers' during the recording and release of his debut album 'Drawing Clocks'.I was a major part of the development of the company’s synchronisation presence (personally achieving placements in UK TV shows as well as independent feature films).I also tour managed pop artist 'Jon-Sel' on several live performances and showcases.

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Bachelor'S Degree, Music And Entertainment Industry Management, First Class Honours

Music and Entertainment Industry Management

Btec Popular Music, Merit