● Founded a music discovery platform to share, support, and discuss up-and-coming musicians around the world. ○ A bi-weekly podcast, a quarterly zine, a five-part video series, and events. ● Manage artist relations, booking guests, commissioning original artwork, writing episode copy, and promoting content. ● Produce and host video series centered around visiting artists at home for breakfast and a live session. ● Curate and edit a quarterly zine about young musicians written by writers and editors at influential industry publications. ● Produce music videos.● Organize, book, and promote event series built to showcase up-and-coming acts. ● Available on Spotify, iTunes, Soundcloud, Podbean, and not97.com

• Manage brand marketing strategy.• Handle seeding program and brand outreach with artists, musicians, athletes, and influencers.• Act as liaison between the brand, press contacts, and stylists.• Produce, direct, and create assets for seasonal lookbooks.• Assist with social media strategy and execution.• Write and edit newsletter with over 30,000 subscribers.

• Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of an internationally-renowned clothing brand’s flagship location.• Handle outreach for brand representation with appropriate artists, musicians, athletes, and influencers.• Assist with brand's social media strategy & execution across platforms. • Write, edit, and coordinate press releases.• Manage marketing newsletter with over 90,000 subscribers.

• Processed interview request from a range of publications and media outlets. • Conducted in-depth research and formatted reports on press coverage for internationally touring artists. • Maintained and updated database of relevant press and industry contacts.

● Contributed regularly to local publications: Portland Mercury, Willamette Week, and The Oregonian.● Interviewed internationally touring artists and wrote feature profiles, longform articles, concert reviews, and concert previews.● Articles viewable at www.matthewbschonfeld.tumblr.com/writing

• Wrote event listings for daily arts and culture calendar. • Wrote weekly blog posts about Portland musicians, theater productions, dance performances, etc. • Pitched and wrote unique content for web and monthly magazine. • Articles viewable at www.portlandmonthlymag.com/producers/matthew-schonfeld

• Copy edited and fact checked every article published on the website.• Aggregated relevant news stories for coverage on the website.• Pitched and wrote unique content.• Articles viewable at www.gothamist.com/author/MatthewSchonfeld

• Publish daily articles about relevant food culture current events for James Beard Award winning food blog. • Transcribe interviews with chefs, bartenders, and celebrities about food culture, culinary arts, and restaurant culture. • Articles viewable http://firstwefeast.com/author/matthews/