Experience

Audio Verification Team Lead

Universal Music Group | Hollywood, CA

March 2022 – Present

• Managed a 10-person team, UMG Audio Services, completing 800+ projects annually

• Scaled Masters Delivery from a 2 label clients into a global service with 6 major record label clients

• Liaise daily with A&R’s, executives, studio engineers, and artists to drive projects forward

• Decreased artist production costs by 19% through operational excellence and improving process efficiency

• Account manager for record label clientele, ensuring their needs are fulfilled in a timely manner

• Established company QA standards by instilling a 100-point certification test for audio engineers

• Created system user-guides and process maps for internal teams to support stakeholder usage

• Directed 6 episodes of UMG’s content series, RIZE, for Republic, Def Jam, and Capitol Records

• Moderated 5 fireside chats with C-Suite Executives and UMG Artists to large in-person and online audiences

Senior Production Specialist

Universal Music Group | Hollywood, CA

November 2017 – March 2022

• Managed audio production projects for platinum-selling albums by Kanye West and Justin Bieber

• Executed 20+ weekly music editing projects for Interscope, Republic, and Def Jam Records

• Project managed “UMG’s Thru The Glass” video series for studio promotion initiative

• Winner of UMG Battle of The Bands for piano performance

Promo Content Specialist

Universal Music Group | Woodland Hills, CA

June 2013 – November 2017

• Produced 25+ weekly online music releases by facilitating input from marketing, press, and radio

• QC audio and artwork to system required specs

• Awarded Toastmasters Competent Communicator and Toastmasters Competent Leader

Producer, Engineer, Studio Owner

1UP Records | Los Angeles, CA

Jan 2005 – July 2016

• Produced, recorded, and mixed artist projects to eight-figure streams globally