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East Amherst, NY, US

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Las Vegas Nevada

• Discuss and Negotiate business deals with sponsors in order to arrange all requisite activities and speakingengagements.
• Ensure all buyers, music agents, indie promoters, and artist managers at the two-day music conference arecomfortable and engaging with one another. Using a 20 year contact list to invite Artis managers, agents and.
• Negotiate with hotel on hotel and conference room rates, Work with A/V to have appropriate production
• Budgets and set conference fees to ensure profit
• Stay in contact year round with participants and vendors to keep the event at the top of everyone list.
• Network and lead marketing to ensure sold out turnout each year.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Managed the necessary business directives for major Label and Indie Rock bands.
• Advocate and procure new talent for three national festivals.
• Hire production staff and negotiate production costs including Sound and lights as well as trucking and tour bus
• Hire Influencers to help promote events.
• Creative out of the box thinker to get the most out of touring strategy.
• negotiate term deals with Major and indie labels as well as distributors for artists

Chillicothe, IL

• Remain active in the decision making for talent acquisition to keep attendee ratings at or exceeding 20K fans.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to negotiate the allocation of expenses for the festival.
• Accomplishment: Assisted in securing the following artists for the event: Janes Addiction, Avett Brothers, Skrillix,Pretty Lights, Gov't Mule, OAR, Steel Pulse, Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, Big Gigantic, Slightly Stoopid.
• Budgets: Work on budgets with each departmental team and stay open minded to changes.
• Help with delivering sponsorships and creative ideas to continue the relationships.
• Work behind the scenes to help create VIP programs and find other areas to generate income.

Turin, NY

• Partake in business negotiations with sponsors/partners such as Saranac Beer and Technaflora.
• Negotiated offers between Agent/Manager/Artist and Festival. Music as well as Theatrical performers.
• Fulfill key role in acting as an active liaison between the local media and the festival to promote awareness andattendance.
• Oversaw all aspects of promotion including coming up with new creative marketing ideas to draw in new fans.
• Hold staff meetings to ensure everyone is communicating to make a smooth running event and great results.
• Take care of scheduling/programming all talent and creative activities off the main stage.

Buffalo, NY

• Oversee the marketing and releases of 12 albums for the recording artist, moe. | Sold upwards of 1M copies.
• Complete projects on strict and soft deadlines. A2IM Member
• Led all teams on the release and promotion of all the albums.
• Strategically lead all business deals with distribution companies such as RED and E1.
• Scouted out venues to build portable recording studios.
• oversaw production storage and shipping of CD’s, Vinyl and DVD

Fredonia, NY

• Instructed students on the concepts of funding band tours and how to coordinate a successful festival.
• Developed curriculums that simplified intricate concepts into easy to understand information.
• Incorporated experience with each lesson devised to give students the most accurate interpretation of real world applications.- Turn business contacts onto students for internships and jobs.

Bachelor'S Degree, History/American Studies

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