https://scoreascore.com/

• Co-managed nonprofit operations, oversaw building improvements, and tripled staff • Grew donor base and cultivated individual and institutional sponsor relationships • Brokered partnerships with music festivals, performers, and Grammy-winning acts

• Member of arts collective Wrong Brain, whose mission is to provide a venue and outlet for unconventional, under-represented and emerging artists of all mediums in the Seacoast, NH area through publications, multimedia events, open markets, exhibitions, discussions, workshops and community projects.

• Performed with, booked, and promoted bands including B.A. Canning Band, Lily Tank, Blake Seale, Peter Squires, Bristol Hum, and Watkinsonics

• Worked up from intern to manager in 2 years, 3rd employee hired, team grew to 35+ • Managed a team of 10 across 3 countries in A&R, Licensing, and Special Projects • Achieved year-over-year increase in sales quota for 9+ years• A&R credits on albums receiving Grammy nominations and awards, press in BBC Music Magazine, WashPo, and NYTimes, and a Billboard #1 Album (Traditional Classical) • Shaped artistic direction of 700+ album releases across 4 labels (allmusic.com/artist/sam-renshaw-mn0002425171?1649705095688)• Developed sync licensing and custom audio deals with clients including Discovery Channel, Liberty Mutual, Netflix, Nintendo, 2012 London Olympics, MTV, and NBC• Recruited, hired, and trained 25+ employees, ICs, and interns• Authored, negotiated, and closed hundreds of artist agreements and B2B contracts • Coordinated productions in Boston, New York, Malta, Havana (Cuba), Zagreb (Croatia), St. Petersburg (Russia), Ruse (Bulgaria), Prague and Olomouc (Czechia)• Signed projects featuring Chick Corea, Bernard Purdie (world’s most recorded drummer), London Symphony Orchestra, Marga Richter, Steve Gadd, Herb Deutsch (co-creator of the Moog synth), Enrique Pla, Libby Larsen, and Richard Stoltzman• Worked on diversity, equity, and nonprofit projects including partnerships with the Sphinx Organization and All Classical Portland’s Recording Inclusivity Initiative• Presented at the Naxos of America Conference (Nashville), Troy University Music Business Program (AL), PARMA Music Festival, and The Dance Hall Kittery (ME)

• Managed the A&R and Licensing/Publishing teams in order to seek out new avenues of collaboration, to select and create new recording projects, and to work with composers, performers, and the production team to facilitate all aspects of the recording, distribution, and promotions processes.

• Coordinated the A&R team in all areas of project development, contracting, and artist relations.

• Sought out and developed projects with composers and performers, negotiated agreements, and managed artists.

• Member of an artist-run creative collective in the Lower Mills of Rollinsford, NH.

• Performed food delivery duties and assorted other tasks for a local homeless shelter in Portsmouth, NH.