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New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

Establish major content and strategic partnerships with the world's leading museums, galleries, archives, artists and estates to build revenue and visibility in a commercial environment. Maintain existing partnerships and advise cultural institutions on the commercial potential and marketability of their archives. Set the global Content Strategy to drive growth across the business.

Greater New York City Area

Bridgeman Images is the world's leading specialist in the distribution of fine art, cultural and historical media for reproduction. We work with museums, galleries, archives, media companies, estates and artists to provide the largest central resource of fine art, historical and cultural images & footage for licensing to creative professionals and global organizations.Head of US Operations of a European company presiding over multi-million dollar revenue growth to take the business from a fledgling branch office to the largest of its kind in the industry. Overseen all sales and marketing strategies to drive growth in all commercial and editorial industries. Created and developed new business models and strategies. Set individual and team targets, mentoring individuals to achieve team success. Head of Content Acquisition for North and South America, forming major content and strategic partnerships with the world's leading museums, galleries, archives, artists and estates. Working with over 2000 content partners to build revenue and exposure in a commercial environment - including leading global art institutions such as Smithsonian Institution, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Royal Collection, the British Library and the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.

London, United Kingdom

Project manager for all special projects between Bridgeman and its clients, leveraging the Bridgeman brand and art archive for maximum revenue opportunities. Created and managed new department to identify, pitch and develop special projects to major global publishing and media corporations in the UK and Europe.

London, United Kingdom

Managed and grew global accounts. Created opportunities with existing clients and leveraged the content to clients’ needs. Research and outreach to identify and develop new clients in building new business.

United States

ACSIL is the Association of Commercial Stock Image Licensors, a not-for-profit trade association representing the interests of the stock footage and video community. Our members are the world’s leading media companies and providers of stock and archival footage. ACSIL members represent and license high quality clips and unique deep content.For the past 3 years have overseen a major increase in strategic partnerships, creating inaugural industry-leading expos on both the east and west coasts to bring clients and content creators together. Oversaw the merging of the industry's two primary associations to create the industry's largest global association.

M.A., Art History

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