Education: Bachelor of Arts, Music Industry

State University of New York, Oneonta

Experience:

Instrument Sales/ Assistant Manager July 2010- Present

Music & Arts, Manchester, NH

 Developed leads, contacted outside buyers and negotiated profitable deals.

 Provide information on all products to customers.

 Beaten sales goals each month.

Tour/Stage manager and Band Relations June 2010- July 2010

Campfire Sessions Summer Concert Tour, Northeast United States

 Managed line ups, sound, equipment set up, promotions, accommodations, and itinerary for 15 bands at twelve different locations across the Northeast.

 Worked with venue owners to ensure the quality production of shows. Worked with bands, solving any problems and providing each with the best sound production of their live show.

Beer Ambassador January 2010- June 2010

Ithaca Beer Co., Western New York

 Contact distributors and travel to various locations as a brand representative. I worked independently in bars, restaurants, grocery stores, and at social events, providing samples and information on our products and information regarding craft brewing as a whole.

 Represented the company with my detailed knowledge of beer and brewing, and my personal attitude towards consumers, and have since been an important leading sales contributor.

Marketing and Event Planning January 2008-July 2009

Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY

 Booked talent for local events that were sponsored by the company. Delivered sound equipment to, and managed sound by running sound boards at venues during sponsored events. Brainstormed and developed summer festival activities with a team of employees.

 Managed social networking websites and made weekly reports concerning my findings of internet press stories relating to the company. Proposed ideas which were used in the reconstruction of the Ommegang website after I was asked to come up with ways to make the site more “user-fun and user-friendly”.

 Watched competitor trends and consumer trends via the internet and reported them to my supervisors.

 Routinely handled street promotions, brand representation at events, and warehouse inventory.

Kitchen Manager September 2007 – March 2010

Stella Luna Restaurant, Oneonta, NY

 Covered various positions throughout the restaurant (pastrey chef, prep cook, head cook, banquet server, bartender, host)

 Staffed and trained and all new kitchen staff employees as kitchen manager.

 Trusted with sets of keys, vehicles, scheduling, ordering and ensuring customer satisfaction.

Cook March 2007 - August 2007

Havana Club/ Soul Restaurant, Brussels, Belgium

 Worked with multi-lingual employees and customers (French, Flemish, Spanish)

 Prepared gourmet organic meals with detailed plate layouts

 DJ and bartender in a high energy and fast paced club portion of the restaurant.

Computer Skills: Thorough knowledge and experience with both Apple and PC computers. Basic knowledge concerning various recording software (Protools, Garageband, Sibelius) and experience with video production/editing (Final Cut).

Additional Activities: Accomplished and touring musician in the United States and Europe. Co-founder/organizer and host of the largest non-college organized music event in Oneonta, NY, which has been held bi-annually for the past 4 years (http://www.headyfest.org/). I am also a freelance commercial jingle writer and percussion teacher for beginning learners.

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