Grant Mccallum Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa

• A&R and project management for Death Cab for Cutie (6.3 million albums sold to date), Phantogram (1.1 m), Nada Surf (667k), Ra Ra Riot (376k), Charly Bliss (42k) and more.• Proposed and helped negotiate record deals for every artist signed to Barsuk since 2013. • Conceived and produced a 2017 ACLU fundraising compilation, featured in Billboard, Stereogum, and other national outlets.• Signed Human Touch to Barsuk Publishing, resulting in several placements including the second season of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, later highlighted in industry trades as the track charted in the Global Top 10 on Spotify.• Oversaw junior staffers and hired and supervised third party publicists and radio promoters.• Instrumental in the development and production of Everything Looks Closer From Far Away: The Exhibit, an installation at KEXP’s Gathering Space celebrating the 20th anniversary of the generation defining albums Give Up and Transatlanticism by The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie. • Negotiated licenses with Amazon Music, Warner/Atlantic UK, Morr Music, Interscope, Redeye Worldwide, Vinyl Me Please, Bandbox and dozens of other entities.• Created marketing budgets and collaborated with internal departments to establish promotional goals and sales targets. • Generated financial projections/P&L for releases.• Oversaw physical distribution including setting I/O, deciding on list prices, writing one-sheets, and approving physical marketing plans and budgets.• Managed vinyl production for Death Cab for Cutie Atlantic-era catalog releases as well as packaging design and layout for artists including Charly Bliss, Phantogram, Yellow Ostrich and more.• Featured in interviews for industry insights including KEXP’s Sound and Vision podcast and Fortune Magazine.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Achieved multiple high-profile placements on popular playlists such as New Music Friday (Cymbals Eat Guitars, Hibou, Charly Bliss), Feel Good Indie Rock (Ra Ra Riot, Charly Bliss) at Spotify.• Obtained significant marketing funds through the Merlin Apple Music Fund for Hibou.• Secured ‘Originals’ features for Steady Holiday, Laura Gibson and Chris Staples with Amazon Music which included corresponding front-page placement at Amazon.com.• Created the first company-wide database for tracking third-party licenses and artist agreements, reducing hours wasted company-wide researching crucial financial and legal information. The database also helped prevent clerical errors by consolidating information for multiple cross-functional teams to easily access.• Maintained relationships with dozens of editorial outlets and secured premiers at The New York Times, NPR, Pitchfork, Stereogum and other large national outlets.• Directed promotions for large events including annual SXSW showcase and Barsuk’s 15th Anniversary Celebration, a sold-out four-day festival at five Seattle venues for 5,000+ ticket holders which included partnership with UBER.• Secured in-studio performances at key stations including WFUV (New York City – 375,000 weekly listeners), KEXP (Seattle – 280,000 weekly listeners), and WXPN /World Café (Philadelphia – 210,000 weekly listeners).

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Collaborated with booking agents to strategize routing, budgeting, and execution of global touring plans.• Secured international licensing partners.

Brooklyn, Ny

Selling the best wax and CDs on Bedford Ave. R.I.P Soundfix.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Managed Barsuk.com webstore fulfillment and customer service.• Set-up retail programs with direct accounts.• Booked and designed online and print advertisement at dozens of outlets including Pitchfork, Stereogum, Under The Radar, Magnet, Fader, Filter and more.