Shelly Surdoval Email & Phone Number

Santa Monica, California, United States

Work closely with Sr. Director, Member Outreach and systems, and the VP to develop strategies to recruit, retain, and grow the Recording Academy membership base by researching current and prospective members with an emphasis on diversity in ethnicity, age, and career level. Develop annual membership prospect list and membership recruiting strategies.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC; Nashville TN 4/2020-PresentNMAAM is the only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the many music genres created, influenced, and inspired by African Americans.
• Work specifically on engagement and communication with our roster of celebrities and VIPs.
• Manage Music Industry Relations committee deliverables and serve as internal point of contact; execute meeting agenda and minutes.
• Fostered effective communication with artists and other entertainment industry executives and stakeholders, facilitating talent bookings for virtual and in-person performances and panels and partnership collaborations.
• Collaborated with President to lead the planning and execution of the highly anticipated June Black Music Month of events, including the Legends Gala and annual Juneteenth block party festivities.
• Managed grants applications as the Grants Coordinator for Rhythm & Blues Foundation; navigating eligibility requirements, securing approvals from the Board, overseeing vendor payments, and generating reports to.

Greater Nashville Area, TN

• Business Management firm serving professional entertainers and athletes by managing personal and professional accounting needs.
• Maintain client relations, accommodating client requests, inquiries and concerns as necessary.
• Coordinate and confirm scheduling of department meetings/calls and maintaining department calendar.
• Responsible for execution of client ancillary support tasks and projects as directed by the Business Management team.
• Scan, file and perform other administrative duties to support staff and managers.
• Prioritize tasks, effectively communicating updates to the appropriate parties and soliciting assistance as needed.

Nashville, TN

• Legendary Los Angeles and Nashville-based full-service artist management and marketing company founded by music industry icon Doc McGhee, representing such artists as KISS, Darius Rucker, A Thousand Horses, Love and.
• All day-to-day Executive Assistance to the President and office and client coordination, handling complex schedules and projects of all senior management and multiple successful artists.Correspondence, accounting for.

Assisted Senior Vice President of Finance and legal cousel with legal services rendered in connection with Word Entertainment's music business.Researched master ownership and master use rights to provide clearances for digital uses, club uses and use for internally produced compilation LPs.Prepared producer agreements, certificates of employment and.

Nashville, TN

Artist management and product development consultants. Developed over 200 products for retailers worldwide, including popular devotional books for Lifeway Christian Stores. Account Manager and AssistantPerformed administrative duties supporting President, author and manager of two successful celebrity talents, Lisa Welchel (“The Facts of Life”) and Dennis.

Greater New York City Area

Prestigious global media company. Owners of some of the world’s leading children’s, family and pop-culture entertainment brands, including Casper the Friendly Ghost, Where’s Waldo?, The Lone Ranger, Lassie, Rocky & Bullwinkle, and many more. Executive Assistant to PresidentAssisted President of $200 million media licensing company in all aspects of busy.

Greater New York City Area

Prestigious talent management group representing bands such as Live, Talking Heads and Ramones, among others. Managing Assistant Assisted President and talent manager in promoting artist development.Coordinated global tour and travel arrangements.Drafted budgets for label tour support and handled advance sheets.Created and managed over 1000 member street.

Greater New York City Area

Pioneer business-to-consumer dot com leading in the development and production of turnkey e-commerce websites.Account ManagerAcquired new business accounts and helped business owners develop e-commerce websites by administering web content, uploading product images and item descriptions to custom design templates and maintained client accounts. Answered.