Ruth Clarke Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London,

Led SONY Music UK’s Partnerships department in day-to-day operations spanning creation and delivery of projects featuring Sony Music talent, in true partnership with agency and brand clients. Passionately transformed the department into a dynamic, fully integrated business division, characterised by its positive, entrepreneurial spirit - a centre of strategic and creative excellence within the UK business. Driven to establish worldwide collaborative networks & achieve ambitious projects operating on a global scale.Developed outstanding relationships with both local & global talent networks - artists, managers & other creative collaborators.

London, United Kingdom

Worked in lockstep with WMG’s UK & International talent community (including Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Lykke Li, Lily Allen, Jess Glynn), and all key strategic, creative & commercial business departments to deliver compelling partnership opportunities Key brand clients included Peugeot, BMW, Nike, Beats by Dre, Pernod Ricard, PUMA, Sloggi.

London, United Kingdom

Working across EMI’s legendary labels including Parlophone & Virgin Records, with UK & international music talent to deliver Partnership opportunities in line with business objectives & financial targets. Key brand clients included Samsung, PUMA, Blackberry, Pernod Ricard, YMC, adidas.

Imu

Led a specialist division within boutique marketing agency IU (see below) which originated partnership opportunities pairing independent music communities with brands & agencies, as well as offering consultancy services to culture agencies developing talent-based brand campaigns. Key clients: Moshi Moshi Records, XL Recordings, Domino Records, Exposure London, Diageo.

Boutique marketing agency specializing in brand strategy & BTL for both international brands & entrepreneurial startups. Key clients included Diageo and ASOS.

Devised & led media campaigns for various UK & International artists and labels including Lykke Li, CSS, Morrissey, Metronomy. Because Music, Warner Music, Universal Music, Moshi Moshi Records, K7! and more. Awarded Music Week & Record of The Day’s Best PR Campaign.

Devised & led media campaigns for a broad array of artists & labels including Four Tet, Sigur Ros, Belle & Sebastian, Saint Etienne, Futureheads, Vashti Bunyan, Gang of Four, Hot Chip, Universal Music, Warner Music, EMI Music, FatCat Records, Domino Records and more.

Music specialist at brand entertainment agency focusing on Communications, Events, Design and Digital Marketing. Worked with a broad portfolio of brands activating across culture, including Orange, Carling, Lynx, The Virgin Group, Rizla, Unilever and Oxfam.

1St Class Honours, American Literature & Cultural Studies

Mini Mba, Marketing