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Butte County, CA | November 4, 2014 Election |
Work HistoryBy Celia HirschmanCandidate for Council Member; City of Oroville | |
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Professional Experience Downtown Marketing + New York, San Francisco and Oroville 1999 to Present Owner - Business consulting firm. Our clients have included Bryan Adams, Martina McBride, One Little Indian as well as dozens of other recording artists, labels and trade organizations. Downtown oversees all aspects of the marketing campaign including interfacing with management, labels, tour agents, radio independents, consultants, publicists and distribution partners. In addition to music marketing, We've helped numerous local companies and organizations with business management, overseeing finances, restructuring services and generating funding via successful grant writing. KCRW's On The Beat - Los Angeles Host & writer of weekly broadcast commentary 2003 to 2011 One Little Indian Records + New York & San Francisco 2003 to 2010 North American label manager Managed over 140 individual titles. Responsible for all aspects of label management including procuring titles, budgeting, managing production, establishing marketing objectives, hiring independent consultants for radio promotion, publicity, digital marketing and retail awareness. Artist releases included Bjork, Lloyd Cole, The Twilight Singers + + more. Palm Pictures+ New York 2000 to 2001 General Manager of record label Created structure for label releasing 45 products annually. Developed and oversaw all artist marketing and spearheaded operations for 7 departments at head office + Product management, Sales, Publicity, Touring, Production Ad/Merch and Online Marketing. Managed two weekly staff meetings Responsible for recruiting, selecting and motivating high performing staff of 25.. Contributed vision and expertise critical to organizational efficiency; Oversaw $10,000,000 annual budget. Developed and expanded markets for frontline and catalog releases. Approved marketing budgets for all departments. Designed and implemented interdepartmental systems for core company, 3 labels and 4 outpost offices. Mercury + New York 1995 to 1997 Vice President of marketing and artist development Responsible for artist marketing and operations of six departments + Product Management, Touring, Artist Development, Creative Services, Production, and Ad/Merch. Developed strategies for integration of three additional labels and oversaw marketing budgets for all labels. Created systems for the release of 200 titles per year. A&M Records + Los Angeles 1989 to 1995 Executive Director of marketing UCLA + Los Angeles 1989 to 1994 Instructor - Music marketing Vis-Ability + Los Angeles 1984 to 1989 Founder + Music video promotion Company |
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