Matt Blum Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

-Lead team of 50+ employees grouped into various business units across North America, South America, Central America and India. Business units include: Physical Retail, Synchronization, Digital, Merch/Touring, Credit/Collections, Cash Application and Customer ServiceAll Portfolios ($4 billion+ annually): accounts receivable, bad debt reporting, cash.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

-Manage the "Label Services" portfolio, earning an annual revenue of more than $250 million, and consisting of Brand Partnerships, Touring Merchandise Sales, Synch Revenue, Digital Advertisers, etc.-Serve as finance contact on mergers and acquisitions team, managing project plans for system implementations andupgrades, ensuring all involved understand.

Greater Nashville Area, TN

-Collected and reconciled all managed touring accounts for all artists across all domestic affiliates-Prepared, analyzed and updated month-close, quarter-close and year-end bad debt reports-Provided quarter-end supplemental schedules to corporate finance team-Coded and applied incoming payments to proper customer accounts

Nashville, Tennessee

-Processed and issued outgoing payments to vendors, artists and third parties-Created, maintained and organized SharePoint workflows across the organization-Performed various remediation tasks for Internal and External Audit

Nashville, TN

• Manage all print music inventories
• Constantly seek out ways to improve internal systems, procedures, and processes as well as ways to reduce costs
• Add pertinent information to Oracle (IE vendor, page counts, binding types, etc.)

Nashville, TN

• Managed finished goods and component inventory levels for both Records and Word Music
• Coordinated various inventory management spreadsheets in order to stay ahead of future purchase orders
• Created and maintained strong relationships with representatives at manufacturing plant, as well as representatives at various vendors

Nashville, TN

• Able to speak with adults and have fulfilling conversations with prospective donors
• Must be comfortable asking for monetary donations
• Raised $2,740.48 during first semester employed

Nashville, TN

• Organized and made worksheets to be attached to the Belmont University webpage
• Answered the phone and directed calls based on specific needs
• General Office Duties
• Assisted the Provost

Nashville, TN

• Managed & updated social media accounts for various clients, events & television programs
• Designed website banners and images for CMT Music Videos

Nashville, TN

• Updated the Brand Management Artist calendar daily
• Created marketing plans for each artist in current album cycle
• Facilitated radio mail-outs to stations all over the country with different marketing materials
• Organized artist and employee travel itineraries
• Worked together during brain storming meetings for marketing assets for albums, award shows, etc.
• Organized marketing materials and inventory of CDs on hand

Nashville, TN

• Compiled airplay statistics and record sales from Soundscan and Mediabase
• Developed an online filing system to track promotional packages
• Systematically designed a promotional filing system
• Created marketing spread sheets for accounts, such as Target
• Organized promotional CDs and systematically place in a filing system
• Pulled artist sell sheets/artist art work for release announcement

Park Ridge, IL

• Successfully remained a valued member of the staff through many management changes
• Trusted with managerial duties including counting money and making food orders
• Received perfect scoring on multiple secret shopper encounters

Park Ridge, IL

• Worked individually with special needs students as well as the entire classroom. Main focus placed on behavioral, social, and academic issues.
• Brought a student with no typing experience up to his appropriate grade level.
• Sought after by staff and parents to work with specific, high needs students

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Music Business, Junior

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honor Society, Alpha Chi National Honor Society, Bruin Recruiters.

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