Toshitaka Kondo Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, United States

- Oversaw announcement of Charlotte Hornets All-Star point guard LaMelo Ball becoming an ambassador for the HSUS' priority #MoreThanAPet campaign, and the launch of LaMelo's Points for Pets challenge, which means for every point LaMelo scores during the 2024-2025 NBA regular season, the HSUS will donate 250 meals to pets in historically marginalized communities nationwide through Access to Care programs. So far LaMelo has scored 527 points and 131,750 meals for pets and families.Learn more, follow our Points for Pets Season Tracker at https://lnkd.in/gBNEJww7- Secured donations from Selena Gomez, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Matt Rife, Saquon Barkley, and Victor Cruz for the Online Auction for Animals- For the HSUS' tentpole annual event, To The Rescue! Gala, which raised $2 Million in 2024 to benefit the organizations’ work to protect animals, booked and negotiated performance agreement for Mya to perform, and have confirmed The Dogist, Nick Kosir, Emma Lovewell, Styles P, Pinky Cole, and Sarah Jeffery to attend the gala in 2024 and previous years.

New York, New York, United States

- Booked and secured 30 celebrities to sit on Celebrity Row at New York Knicks and New York Rangers games such as Naomi Osaka, Trevor Jackson, Cordae, Jim Jones, Fivio Foreign, Remy Ma, DJ Envy, Dave East, and Fireboy DML, who generated 35 Million impressions

New York

- Worked in partnership with internal teams for design, content, tech, social media, and publicity in New York and Oslo to release over 400 pieces of exclusive content, and execute over 75 livestreams from artists such as JAY Z, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, J. Cole, Lil Wayne, Nick Jonas, and Arcade Fire- Strategically planned and executed rollout for ticket giveaway and content tour partnerships with artists such as A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, GoldLink, Smino, and Mick Jenkins- Negotiated rates and booked artists for TIDAL Stage at Made In America for 2016 (Lil Yachty, Desiigner, and Kodak Black) and 2017 (Stormzy, Kyle, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Smino, and Kodie Shane) and for TIDAL X: 10/15- Managed production of events for Pusha T, Fat Joe, DJ Mustard, Desiigner, Juicy J, and Jimmy Wopo, including: budget management, talent relations, site sourcing, PR management, and staffingProducer on documentaries including JAY Z's RD20, DJ Mustard's For Every 12 Hours, and unreleased documentaries for Rae Sremmurd and The Lox- On-site event and livestream responsibilities included: Organizing artist meet and greets with TIDAL members, ensuring all brand and social media obligations from artists were fulfilled, and securing artist livestream releases

Greater New York City Area

- Strategically planned content partnerships with artists such as Pusha T and MellowHigh, which include listening events, early album streams, 50k ad buys, and co-producing music videos- Produced original episodes for various video franchise series featuring artists such as Mac Miller, Odd Future, and Danny Brown, which have garnered over 15 million views - Conceptualized and edited themed packages, long-form features, and oral histories- Booked artists such as Pusha T, Joey Bada$$, Carnage, and G-Eazy for video content

- Manage producer, Matt Friedman, who has done songs for Kid Cudi ("Enter Galactic"), Jim Jones ("Na Na NaNa Na Na"), Outasight ("Figure 8," "Loosen Up"), Gorilla Zoe ("Day Dreamer"), LL Cool J (two tracks off Exit 13), Clipse ("My Life's The Shit"), Nipsey Hussle, Mickey Factz, Jackie Chain, and Izza Kizza, and done music for Entourage, CSI New York, How To Make It In America, Everybody Hates Chris, Rob & Big, Making The Band 4, and My Super Sweet 16

New York

- Planned content, format, and timing for @Nike Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter accounts- Managed production team that generates posts and handles user engagement for @Nike

- Scripted host dialogue and questions for artist segments and in-studio interviews

- Authored cover stories on artists such as 50 Cent for VIBE, Young Jeezy for XXL, and Pharrell and T.I. for Complex; cover story on Lil Wayne became the 2nd-highest selling issue ever of Complex

New York

- Made music recommendations for clients such as Sprite, Bud Light Lime, and Nokia Ace- Assisted in clearing music for campaigns with the Brooklyn Nets and Bud Light Lime- Oversaw edit team of freelance aggregators and writers for The Tanning Of America Blog- Led agency initiative to get involved with skateboarding by exploring different partnership opportunities with professional skateboarder, Stevie Williams

- Supervised a team of four and oversaw all music-related content - Increased music channel traffic 150% by conceptualizing large editorial lists and features, and supervised shift to incorporating aggregated posts- Edited front-of-the-book “Sprawl” and “Individuals” sections, and wrote in-book features

- Interviewed artists such as 50 Cent, T.I., Common, and Soulja Boy; increased traffic by 785% through an outreach effort that resulted in interviews being picked up by various web sites such as Sport Illustrated, ESPN, Nahright,com, AllHipHop.com, etc.,- Decided artists and releases to feature on the hip-hop page within the service and MP3 store- Secured headline artist, Clipse, for Rhapsody’s 2008 South by Southwest concert

- Created new album updates, editorial features, and playlists on a weekly basis- Interviewed NFL players for playlists, which were among the top ten most viewed playlists - Attended various conferences to promote Urge to label representatives and raise awareness among various industry publications and artists

- Assigned writers and coordinated photo shoots for Start (trends & cultures) and Play (lifestyle) sections of the magazine; collaborated with the top editors for each section on the concepts of each page- Edited the popular “20 Questions” and “Props” pages at the end of the magazine- Wrote features, front-of-the-book pieces, album reviews, and blurbs for special packages

- Oversaw and distributed work for music reviews to eight staff and freelance contributors- Organized the logistics for a celebrity cooking column, including arranging photo shoots

- Automated data consolidating processes for Forecasters saving them 50 hours a month- Designed web applications using Cold Fusion, HTML, JavaScript, and SQL