Derek Pierce Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Established the company with an east coast ad presence for their New York office. Met with new and existing advertising clients to institute a pitching relationship in an effort to bring in a greater volume of briefs.
• Responsible for pitching the catalogue to advertising clients and finding brand tie-ins for artists and campaigns.
• Implemented organizational tools to set the creative team up for more efficient pitching in the future.
• Handled licensing and financial spreadsheets for the advertising team.

40 Exchange Place, New York, NY 10005

• Direct support to head of creative, pitching from the extensive catalogue of labels and bands at Bank Robber Music and Rough Trade Publishing to music supervisors for TV, Films, Ads, Video Games, etc.
• Created a massive database for every TV series in production and development corresponding with music supervisors and premiere dates to ensure every production is serviced.
• Responsible for receiving and integrating all catalogue and new signings to Disco, and determining focus tracks for pitching, which are relayed in staff meetings that I conduct weekly.
• Worked diligently to implement systems and ideas to better support the creative team and increase revenue, allowing me to work my way up from intern to second in command of pitching with the head of creative.
• Second year at BRM, created the video game department, becoming the point person for all game licensing. Established relationships with supervisors and developers to increase revenue from video games by 90%.

New York, NY

• Worked as the US contact for the Swedish record label, assisting in all A&R and financial duties outside of Sweden. Also acted as the assistant manager for the labels first signing, The Tallest Man On Earth.
• Facilitated with tour dates and venues, securing visas, maintaining merch/vinyl stock, website and social media updates and setlist registrations for TTMOE.
• Scouted new indie artists to help the label grow and collected digital and performance royalties in the U.S. for all bands represented on the label.

New York, NY

• Transcribed interviews for Lizzy Goodman's book, "Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001–2011"
• Compiled a database of all interview subjects and topics; helping maintain an organizational catalog of all interviews completed.

630 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11206

Selected the music and set the mood for all art exhibitions, while assisting with the promotions and marketing of openings and artists.

110 Greene St, Suite 607, New York, NY 10012

• Assisted head of the music marketing department, led by Sarah Lewitinn, to create brand tie-ins and diversify music uses within the magazine. Simultaneously created a database of pre-cleared music to be used in Nylon.
• Coordinated the 2012 Nylon Summer Tour: organizing the tour schedule, booking venues and setting up promotional tie-ins with Starbucks for a massive social media campaign.
• Associate produced promotional video segments, which aired on NYLON TV and luxury NYC hotel chains.