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London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Lead the commercial exploitation and revenue maximization of licensed sound recordings.Develop, implement, and oversee systems and workflows for digital distribution, licensing protocols, andcatalog management.Establish and enforce comprehensive global rights management policies.Spearhead new business development, identifying and capitalizing on DSP opportunities, drivingcommercial initiatives from concept to successful execution.Onboard and integrate catalogs into new DSP partners, emerging technologies, and markets, includingblockchain and AI, while establishing best practices for platform integration and optimization.Manage licensee relationships, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations.Collaborate with the in-house publishing team and commercial partners to develop and monetize one-stop catalog.Leverage data-driven insights to secure capital for digital marketing campaigns, advising on releasestrategies in consultation with artist teams.Develop and maintain analytic dashboards in partnership with cross-functional teams to provideinteractive reporting across multiple platforms.

Responsible for the digital distribution of a catalog of over 30,000 assets across 8000 releases.Managed rights across UGC platforms globally, identifying and resolving ownership conflicts, manuallyclaiming/releasing content in accordance with licenses, and managing account safelists to ensurefrictionless distribution of licensed content.Oversaw all necessary registration of sound recordings with neighboring rights societies including PPLand SoundExchange as well as registering releases for charting such as Billboard, Nielsen, Kantar etc.

Optimized label content across YouTube, Soundcloud and Meta platforms and relevant smart links.Assisted with radio show curation, production and delivery syndicated across 70 stations worldwide.Responsible for general office assistance and administration including taking phone calls, ensuringrefreshments are stocked, performing merchandise inventory counts and coordinating 3rd party vendors.

Los Angeles, Ca

Greeted and assisted guests at entry points, ensuring a friendly and efficient check-in process.Addressed guest and production inquiries, complaints, and special requests both in person and viaphone/email, maintaining a high level of professionalism.Assisted maintenance manager with tasks to ensure venue was up to standard.Assisted operations and productions teams with venue configuration and crowd control.Handled VIP and special access guests, ensuring personalized service and smooth entry to restrictedareas.

Los Angeles, Ca

Administered show files, performance contracts, production and hospitality riders, seat plans and scaling.Conducted research and presented figures analyzing total show productions costs by venue, region and exclusive acts YoY.Underwent project to minimize risk and generate larger gross potentials by identifying 30% reduction inaverage production costs.