Production Coordination / Management ￨ Program Design / Editing / Development

Logistics Coordination ￨ Budget Control ￨ Team Building ￨ Bilingual Communications

On-the-Ground Production ￨ Contract Negotiations ￨ Press Releases ￨ Website Development

Booking Processes ￨ Public Relations ￨ Marketing ￨ Concert Promotions ￨ Social Media ￨ Ad Buying

Highly Accomplished Leader who makes sound decisions to reflect positively on key production initiatives in alignment with a compaxxxxxx s vision, value, and goals, and who maintains cutting-edge technical skills and up-to-date industry trends awareness. Top Performer who offers solutions-centric critical thinking for insightful, change-oriented marketing, public relations, and production results. Out-of-the-Box Thinker who rises above production challenges to achieve winning outcomes, including quickly adapting to evolving scenarios. Bilingual Communicator (Spanish / English) who develops synergistic relationships with executives and multidisciplinary decision-makers; media, entertainment, and technology professionals; and clients, and who leads peers by example and with ethics and integrity to optimize success.

Career Highlights Include:

  Cost-effectively negotiating and finalizing contracts for key productions.

  Seamlessly communicating between event sponsors, suppliers, and associates.

  Leading diverse on-the-ground production efforts during high-attendance conventions.

  Creating marketing, ad buying, and social media initiatives, as well as developing new websites.

  Strategically facilitating booking, production, and hosting of live videos for an international video blog.

  Successfully spearheading a $250,000+ brand activation event at the popular SXSW event for Wix.com.

Capitalized on the opportunity to lead forward-thinking production, publicity, and project development initiatives, including Stompbox: A Visual Exploration of the Guitar Pedal a hardcover fine arts book in the works that celebrates effects pedals and the artists who own them (i.e. John Frusciante, Tom Morello, J. Mascis, and others). Contributed talent as Video Editor using Camtasia for NterOne, a Cisco Learning Partner. Served as a go-to Publicist for key bands, including Tiger Love, Jewish Monkeys, A-WA, MASZER, and others. Led production efforts for Balcoxxxxxx TV Manhattan, including handling booking, production, and hosting of live videos for the international video blog owned by The Orchard and purchased by Soxxxxxx Music. Produced Cool Cousin a new travel start-up aiming to change how people travel.

Utilized broad scope of dynamic industry knowledge toward bringing clients in for publicity. Served in a Project Manager role.

Drove success of wide-ranging community events for this non-profit organization, including coordinating logistics and executing events such as Celebrate Israel for families and 100 to 10,000+ in attendance. Effectively managed a Hebrew literature program, located new partners, and sustained existing ones. Managed budgets to align with event-specific goals.

Strategically steered results-centric event production for the Globes MAD (Marketing, Advertising & Digital) Convention for 1,500+ attendees, and produced two Globes Israel s Business Conferences for 2,500+ attendees. Coordinated communication between Globes and sponsors, convention suppliers, and associates. Continually negotiated and finalized lucrative contracts, including all insurance policies. Led comprehensive on-the-ground production during the conventions.

Expertly edited and hosted two weekly programs Shirandom and Poopik showcasing Alternative and Indie music and reaching an audience of 150,000+ listeners. Hosted Live in the Studio bands, including The Mars Volta, The Soft Moon, John Grant, and others. Exhibited skill in authoring articles, music reviews, and recommendations for the station s website.

Demonstrated proven skill in strategically promoting concerts within the local media for high-profile acts, including Dweezil Zappa (Zappa Plays Zappa), Swans, Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3, Lisa Germano, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Calexico, Why?, Daniel Johnston, Madeleine Peyroux, and Jerry Joseph, among others, to continually exceed PR objectives.

Optimized booking and production efforts by proactively contracting with globally based artists for multi-site live concert venues. Produced and promoted the Jerusalem Music Conference for 300+ international high-level music executives.

Played a vital role in managing this Tel Aviv-based live concert venue s public relations, including preparing press releases and weekly newsletters, as well as creating marketing, ad buying, and social media initiatives. Directed website development.

Additional Professional Experience

Stage Manager Highline Ballroom 2014

Online TV Hostess Balcoxxxxxx TV Tel Aviv 2013 2014

Tour Manager ￨ Double Bass Player Avishai Cohen 2012 2013

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) ￨ Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator ￨ Camtasia ￨ Windows OS ￨ Mac OS