Ben Anderson Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Developed and managed production schedules in accordance with project deadlines, including scheduling collaborations with composers as well as establishing timelines for pre-production, writing, recording, mixing, and mastering for delivery of final assets for use in advertising sync pitches.• Effectively managed the company’s financials, including allocating resources to hire composers, musicians, studios, recording engineers, and mastering engineers; negotiating and managing work-for-hire contracts; and placing purchase orders for various musical equipment within specified budgets.• Spearheaded writer relations in managing collaborative relationships with musicians and composers as well as proactively developing new industry contacts for future projects. • Performed catalog management in systematizing backup sessions and past audio file deliveries on behalf of mix and composition clientele, maintaining a high level of organization.• Gained expertise in royalty reporting, filing IRS tax form 1099-MISC for the disclosure of income across all W.B. Anderson Sound projects.Key Projects• Collaborated with Pyramind Studios in writing 11 music tracks for Sunset Overdrive, an XBOX exclusive game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Microsoft.• Mixed EP “Breakers” on behalf of Los Angeles-based film composer Aidan Salier.• Co-wrote, recorded, and mixed “Warmth and Wrath” on behalf of San Francisco band Oh Dear, including composing and transposing sheet music for the featured string quartet.• Strategized and developed the music mixing Twitch stream “Does it Slap?” launching in 2023.

Santa Monica, California, United States

• Supported music production staff and clients with a wide range of day-to-day administrative tasks on behalf of the post-production company geared toward advertising campaigns and high-end clients.• Provided quality, efficient client services, including greeting all incoming clients, guiding to studios or conference rooms, and operating as a resource for answering questions or resolving issues.• Conducted session preparations inclusive of setting up recording booths, completing take sheets, and printing scripts, outlines, and other necessary documentation to ensure smooth execution. • Secured and administrated work-for-hire contracts with voiceover talent for various advertising projects. • Researched and compared FX libraries to purchase, strengthening the company’s core sound FX libraries.• Imported project elements, made editing and sound design contributions, and delivered audio files to clients for use on broadcast television, web, and radio spots.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Exceeded revenue goals as a top salesperson on behalf of the AAA Guitar Center location, amassing $60-90K in monthly sales across multiple departments within a fast-paced, high-volume environment. • Utilized extensive product knowledge and customer relations skills in resolving customer questions, answering phone calls, and responding to email correspondence, as well as maintaining a customer database for event-related client outreach and purchase follow-ups.• Administrated agreements for purchasing used musical equipment from customers, in addition to placing purchase orders for custom builds from various musical instrument companies.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Created promotional content on behalf of the organization and its affiliated artists, in addition to personally performing live music for public events of more than 200 attendees.

San Francisco, California, United States

• Performed data entry, database management, and instrument catalog management across multiple music education programs, in addition to collaborating in fundraising and event coordination activities.

San Francisco Bay Area

Data entry, database management, and cataloging instruments for music education programs.• Donor outreach, assisting with corporate and individual sponsorship campaigns raising over $30,000.• Event coordination and production for two annual galas and Silicon Valley Rocks!, partnered withAnother Planet Entertainment, KFOG, Rocket Fuel, Hard Rock Cafe, Entercom, SF MusicTech Summit, Guitar Player Magazine, Abelton, SoundHound, and Gracenote and more.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Scheduled group recording sessions, led studio sessions and event preparation for guest speakers and artists, and performed voiceover and quality control editing on behalf of clients, including engineering a recording session with Afrolicious and Billy Hart.• Provided multi-faceted administrative assistance in addition to executing a project to tag and label sound FX libraries with descriptions and keywords via Soundminer.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Digital Media Arts (Audio Recording)

Technical Degree, Audio Production