Ryan Sweeney Email & Phone Number

Cary, Nc

• Develop and maintain connections between musicians, local businesses, radio stations, and other individuals involved with the local music scene in North Carolina• Write press releases and informational letters to best inform the community of Choose Local Music's actions and developments• Promoting local music events and community benefits through use of Twitter (twitter.com/clmnc) and Facebook group with over 500 members

• Researched Internet trends and other technology related futurist predictions• Planned a strategic campaign for the FutureWeb Conference in Raleigh, NC• Produced web 2.0 promotion tools on Facebook, Twitter and Wordpress• Designed Twitter sidebar to promote conference speakers

• Led and maintained an executive staff of nine people• Led a general staff of over 40 disc jockeys to develop a variety of on-air talent• Coordinated station's efforts with Elon University's other organizations• Developed new ways to reach student and community audiences• Managed business contracts for radio station sponsors• Conducted monthly budgeting, payroll and bill paying• Interacted with the community to best serve listener needs• Implemented a social media promotions campaign for the station• Collaborated with local music festival organizers to promote Troika 2009

• Organized on-air staff’s show preferences into a weekly schedule• Maintained automation system and fixed off-air problems• Effectively resolved on-air staff issues• Created a bi-monthly program guide including schedule and articles• Booked local shows for the student body

• Compiled marketing information on new releases to inspire record stores to purchase new music• Consistently updated sales and shipping information in order to keep track of album release progress• Developed an organization system for promotional CD’s• Designed a header for an e-mail blast targeting record stores• Updated the website with tour dates, news, and album release information• Proofed artist promotional tools sent by record labels

• Helped the owners with various cleaning and business tasks• Furthered customer relationships at the pick-up counter• Bused dishes and attended to customers

• Updated contact information for record stores and venues• Maintained the website by adding tour dates and artist information• Packaged CDs for radio campaigns