Matthew James Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

Main point of contact for all distributor business and communications in the state of California.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Saint Louis, Missouri, Los Angeles, California

I have spearheaded numerous award winning musical projects over the course of a 25+ year career, including Earthworms, Mathias and the Pirates, FarFetched and currently - Breakfast Music Group. I've served as executive producer, tour manager, artist manager and front man, while touring the US and Europe in support of the multitude of releases we've collectively put out into the world. Signature appearances include SXSW, House of Blues in LA, Knitting Factory in NYC, Loufest, Music at the Intersection, a seven country tour of Europe for Armed Forces Entertainment and many other benchmarks alongside some of the most notable musicians in the world. I am interested in devoting myself to the management and production side of things as my career evolves, using my vast amount of experience to help young, up and coming artists.

Los Angeles, California

●Built a start-up brand into a viable and trusted force in the most saturated + competitive US market - Los Angeles●Fostered deep relationships with distributors + account buyers throughout my territory, leveraged those to optimize equity + growth●Achieved double digit growth with high level display execution + footprint expansion throughout the pandemic + beyond ●Hired / managed brand ambassadors to execute tastings●Executed company initiatives to meet / exceed KPI’s + drive sales on focus brands in a rapidly changing market, managed company ABP goals with distributors

Missouri / Southern Illinois / Kansas

•Oversaw brand distribution through data driven on and off premise sales calls, wholesaler and inventory management and the implementation of company initiatives, while building and maintaining professional relationships in the trade and balancing the needs of three breweries at once across my entire footprint in a saturated market.•Working knowledge of VIP / Karma to build informative reports and log sales calls.•Hired, trained and managed a team of event ambassadors in two cities to maximize my reach.•Produced events from conception to execution, raising brand awareness and equity with account buyers and their customer bases.•Maximized brand exposure with eye level, billboarded shelf facings and displays where possible, ensuring the products were rotated and in code, and secured regular draft and package placements in bars and restaurants.•Launched the Funkwerks brand in Missouri and Kansas, launched the Brooklyn brand in Southern Illinois, assisted in launching the Brooklyn brand in Colorado and Southern California.•Leveraged new and exciting products to increase and maintain the sales of our core lineup.•Maintained positive working relationships with distributor reps and brand managers through work-withs, frequent communication and weekly market recaps.

St. Louis, Mo

I helped open the St. Louis brick and mortar extension of the celebrated Charleville Brewery out of Ste. Genevieve, Mo, co-wrote and executed an extensive training manual, hired and trained staff, curated the draft list, managed the bar and the wait staff and consulted on best practices and innovations.

Saint Louis, Missouri

•Learned a challenging new profession on the fly, leveraging my in-market relationships for early successes with a mature brand in a saturated market•Worked with and managed seven wholesalers and their inventories over three states•Became familiar with and implemented the use of VIP in order to serve the market with a data driven approach•Conducted and took part in numerous events, beer schools, festivals and tastings in order to maintain and raise brand awareness and equity within my footprint•Expanded overall distribution and secured long term draft placements, a few of which still stand today

Greater St. Louis Area

Perennial Artisan Ales is a world class brewery who gave me an opportunity to get my foot in the great and powerful door of the craft beer industry. I was hired as Tasting Room Manager with an eye on moving into sales, and I could have worked with these excellent people for a lifetime were it not for a golden opportunity to get out from behind a bar and into a professional sales position more immediately with Stone.

Greater St. Louis Area

For close to 7 years I oversaw the exponential growth of this business from an obscure neighborhood BBQ restaurant to a nationally recognized, award winning force. We were featured on the Food Network and in countless publications and under my watch, became one of the most consistently busy restaurants in St. Louis. I designed and maintained a celebrated craft beer portfolio that changed weekly, booked nightly entertainment and cultivated an atmosphere I was proud to have my name on.

Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs

Activities and Societies: DJ at KDRK Radio and member of the student activities board.

Communication, General

Communication And Media Studies