Rich Sica Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

Folsom, California, US

Los Angeles, California, US

Los Angeles, California, US

Adweek 2021 Media Plan of the Year "Best Use of Social" for "It Starts on TikTok"1st Annual TikTok Ruby GEM Award Winner for Championing Diversity and Inclusion

New York, NY, US

Clients: Nike, Samsung, Jim Beam, ESPN, The Home Depot, Michaels2021 Silver Lion: Michaels: A Business Transformation For The Makers2021 Gold Effie: Michaels: A Business Transformation For The Makers

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Clients: Diageo/Smirnoff, New Era, Church & Dwight/ Trojan, General Mills

New York, NY, US

Clients: Coca Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Glaceau Smartwater, Vitamin Water, Fuze Tea

New York, New York, US

New York, New York, US

• Created and implemented a new vendor payment process for all new licenses, royalty returns, and payment updates
• Processed and entered over 2,500 publishing administration agreements, increasing process rate by over 300%
• License top Latin Billboard artists by accurately following licensing procedures to obtain master recording and publishing rights
• Responsible for the monthly and quarterly U.S. and Canada royalty analysis for both publishers and labels
• Utilize online music databases for copyright research to assure accurate song and publisher shares were applied in the U.S. and Latin America (ASCAP,BMI,SESAC,HFA)
• Manage interdepartmental relationships between licensing, finance, and accounts payable

San Diego, CA, US

• Render accounting statements every six months for RCA Records to illustrate all the royalty information gathered.
• Review artist’s contracts to identify royalty obligations for all participants and for all distribution channels
• Utilize music royalty databases including EROS and SAP to input and obtain royalty information in regards to participants, such as track and product list, artist’s name, address, and tax information.
• Monitor and revise the database to mirror changes in the contract, payment information, and sales or performance data.
• Distribute payment and royalty statements to artists and participants once they have been approved by a royalty supervisor and manager.

• Maximize the efficiency and productivity of artists and management. Develop and implement marketing plans for jazz musicians including: CD release dates, social media strategies, networking opportunities, and touring.
• Introduce high-impact solutions for social media strategies, resulting in increased outreach to fans by promoting public relation events, recording studio experiences, photo shoot dates, and venue show times and.
• Maintain Twitter accounts by ghostwriting for several musicians such as Molly Ringwald. Produce 75+% quarterly increase in followers
• Acquire contracts from various venues and booking agents to further review for possible licensing opportunities
• Manage executed agreements by advancing the date for prestigious Jazz venues such as Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola and the Jazz Standard while consequently establishing relationships with booking agents as well as venue owners

• Discovered vocalist and created a strategy to promote artist
• Developed CD demo and distributed and promoted on social networks (You Tube, iTunes, Twitter, Facebook, and Tunecore)
• Create relationships with established professionals in music industry including: producer Joe Vulpis (Lady Gaga) and mastering engineer, Scott Hull (Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen)

• Conducted research material on Copyright infringement cases by listening to soundtracks, researching sheet music and presented findings to musicologist
• Gathered information on three possible infringement cases independently such as Lady Gaga vs. Madonna
• Oversaw financial accounts of the business by processing invoices and recording statements on ledgers.

Music Supervision Course Completion

Bachelor'S Degree, Music Business