Manager Social Media
Resume:
RESUME
OF
ILEY BROWN, II
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Education
Howard University, Major Communications Minor Accounting, 4 Years completed, 4 courses short of degree (verifiable by transcript) 1978 – 1982
Wrote for the student newspaper The Hilltop, and The student yearbook The Bison,
U.C.L.A. Extension – Graduate School Marketing & Public Relations 1988 – 1989 completed two courses
Stamford CT.
NEWS ASSOCIATE
1982-1984
Group W Communications, with Satellite News Channel, 24 hour news and information network that rivaled CNN.
Los Angeles, CA.
ENTERTAINMENT EXECUTIVE
1984 - 1985
Worked for Chuck Berris Productions, The Dating Game as a manager of the contestant selection process
PROMOTIONS REPRESENTATIVE
1985 - 1989
Worked for Sony Music, Capitol Music, Virgin Records as a promotions rep, International Markets talent scout
Associate Editor Wrote articles for Dance Traxx, the trade magazine for DJ record pools,
Editor of KACE The Magazine and RadioFax Magazine
Manager of monthly operations, supervised a staff of 10 people, successfully delivered 10 issues with local distribution throughout the music and entertainment industry
New York, N.Y.
ENTERTAINMENT EXECUTIVE
1989 - 1997
Independent Record label Distributor for UK Based distributor Rolling Thunder
DJ’ed at various clubs in New York City, London, Brighton UK, Paris, France, Tokyo, Japan
Producer for Singapore Airlines concert for underprivileged kids of New York, held at the Palladium and Webster Hall two years in a row with appearances by hip hop acts, street musicians and circus performers.
Licensing Manager liaison for UK based groups offered licensing/distribution deals by New York based indie labels.
Initiated music compilation project since shelved of unreleased mixes of major pop acts Prince, Madonna, Herbie Hancock and Steely Dan by the late Boyd Jarvis, credited as a co-founder of house music.
Traveled to the UK as a DJ and writer as stateside columnist for Touch Magazine, a subsidiary of parent company Time Out Magazine, the editor was Jaimie D Cruz, producer of the documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop,
Collaborated on licensing projects with Mark “Snowboy” Cotgrove, one of the UKs leading musicians producers on the Latin UK scene, with an acid jazz slant, currently Lisa Stansfield producer
Washington, D.C.
E COMMERCE MANAGER
2000 -2015
Created music and collectables store and drove social media attention to the store on a monthly, quarterly, and random basis.
Maintained the store on a full-time basis for 14 years, received recognition from Ebay three times as a power seller
Recognized by Ebay as an Outstanding Achiever,
Maintained customer satisfaction and high feedback scores above 98% routinely
Sold collectables, antiques, music to buyers in over 60 countries, items sold ranged from $4,000.00 to $4.00
IT Documentation Writer
2007-2011
Created, edited and managed a portal of technical documentation deliverables for federal government agencies including Department of Transportation, Department of State, Government Services Administration, and Housing Urban Development
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