Kelly Ridgway Email & Phone Number

Working on all things Marketing, Digital and International with CTK's roster including Dolly Parton, Mýa, Paula Abdul, Jessica Simpson, KC & The Sunshine Band, Kenny G and more.

Greater New York City Area

I founded and run my own Music Industry consultancy, KR Consults: https://krconsults.me, specializing in Campaign Management (Global, US or UK), Artist Development coaching (with a focus on Marketing & Digital), Business Development, Industry Relations and more.I'm currently the VP, Global Marketing for CTK Enterprises in Nashville, helping develop Marketing & Digital strategies for Dolly Parton and the rest of their roster. I'm also working as a Business Development Executive for Songfluencer, who are experts in running Influencer Marketing and Short Form Video campaigns across TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels, and coach a handful of select emerging artists, including Ariana and the Rose, Acantha Lang, Lachi, RAEGAN and The Sound of Aja.

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

• Campaign examples: Karen O, Cerebral Ballzy, Rey Pila, Har Mar Superstar, Albert Hammond, Jr.• Entered Cult (an independent label founded & run by Julian Casablancas of The Strokes) as its first marketing hire in Fall 2013, to implement structure and execute plans for a number of single/EP titles at short notice• Subsequently covered all aspects of label management, including creating & streamlining existing A&R/metadata records, running all Cult digital properties, liaising on licensing, production, international, managing promotions teams in all active territories, and working with accounts & management on P&Ls, campaign forecasts and budgets• Run the Cult D2C webstore, developing new product lines, directing our customer service communications, optimizing sales and providing key revenue for the company• Worked with partners The Orchard (N. America), Essential (Europe) and Lively Up (Japan) on releases, ahead of Cult transitioning to a new deal with Kobalt Label Services in Summer 2014• Played an active role acquiring Karen O to the Cult roster, setting up her first solo release for the world in conjunction with Kobalt. Campaign highlights include nearly 4MM streams worldwide, 16.5k+ sales, creating high end Deluxe LP, LP & CD formats including bespoke ‘arigato’ packaging, and setting up an international listening event partnership with Sofar Sounds in 21 cities on the same day, complete with supporting minisite to augment the online/offline experience

London, United Kingdom

Music Week Award Winner: Artist Campaign of The Year (2010)• Campaign examples: Lady Gaga, Lawson, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Feist, Rufus Wainwright, The Cure, Findlay, Scissor Sisters• Sales highlights:5MM+ albums sold, 7.5MM+ singles sold, x9 Top Ten Albums including x3 #1 AlbumsAlbum sales award: x2 Multi-Platinum, x4 Gold, x2 Silver, x14 Top Ten Singles including x3 #1 SinglesAchieved the then highest selling download single of all time in 2009 (Lady Gaga ‘Pokerface’)• Managed the entire product life cycle of a number of releases, from strategic planning to tactical activities, delivered via artist/management/label/team collaboration; research; writing plans, timelines & budgets; managing artist promotional itineraries • Excellent relationships with partners including iTunes, Spotify, Google/Youtube, VEVO & more• Forward thinking approaches to both traditional & new media, executing compelling TV adverts, outdoor, POS, digital, mobile, radio & print ads. One of the first in the company to implement cinema advertising• Develop, source & deliver quality artwork, photos, videos, promos, assets & content

London, Uk

• Junior Product Manager campaign examples: Lady Gaga, Filthy Dukes, Nirvana, Beck, Sonic Youth• Marketing Co-ordinator / Assistant campaign examples: The Horrors, Giant Drag, Counting Crows, Patrick Wolf, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gwen Stefani, Queens of The Stone Age, Beck, Nelly Furtado, Sheryl Crow, Yusuf Islam• Began work on Lady Gaga whilst Junior Product Manager, requesting to run the campaign from the start prior to tangible Stateside success• As Co-ordinator / Assistant, provided all elements of campaign support to the then Marketing Director & Product Manager, who became General Manager & Head of Marketing respectively, with progression into Product Management