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- Providing top level career guidance to high tier and developing clients.- Managerial position within the team which secured The Tragically Hip a 4x Diamond Certified Record with Yer Favorites in 2023.- Creation and execution of marketing plans for major album and singles releases; including a release debuting #2 on the Billboard Album Charts (The Tragically Hip, Saskadelphia)- Advanced, coordinated, and settled over 6 years of theater tours, festival dates, club shows, and performances for television.- Organized the routing, scheduling, and booking of high profile press days for top level clients.- Managed a small and effective team of in house marketing staff.- Established and leveraged a relationship with TikTok Canada to launch The Tragically Hip on the platform as one of the first Canadian acts to benefit from an official partnership; generating over 1.3M likes in the past 3 years.- Designed and developed a long term content strategy which has doubled The Hip’s IG followers, maintained high and steady fan engagement across FB, and directly contributed to generating significant merchandise sales- Liaising with client partners across multiple sectors (e.g Major & Independent Labels at executive levels; Large & Independent Agencies; All DSP’s in the CAD sector; US distributor partners; Social Media incl. Meta, Reddit, Tik Tok; Government Organizations; Promoters incl. Live Nation and Independent…)- Wrote, secured, and administered FACTOR grants for over $120,000 in funding (Mid Tier Envelope, JSR, Artist Development)- Managed rights and royalties administration and collection for catalogs generating 6 figure revenue; SOCAN, ACTRA, SOUNDEXCHANGE, CONNECT, CMRRA.- Bookkeeping and Business Management at a basic, but serviceable level.

- Teaching music business and business software literacy at a collegiate level.- Developed a core class from the ground up; class was consistently noted as a favorite among students in periodic reviews.- Mentored over 150 students, Placed in or gave references for several top students, directing them on the path to becoming established members of Canada’s music industry.