NEW YORK, USA // Colleen Crawford is a senior vice president at Citi, the leading global bank with over 200 million customer accounts and business in more than 160 countries.
Colleen is the head of Brand Purpose for the Global Consumer Bank, leading social impact partnerships and employee engagement. She has been a part of the Citi team for 14 years and has a wealth of experience having held roles in product management, website… Read More
CHICAGO, USA // Cheryl Grace is the Senior Vice President of U.S. Strategic Community Alliances and Consumer Engagement for Nielsen and drives Nielsen’s multicultural thought leadership strategy. As the lead content executive for all domestic multicultural and diversity initiatives she spearheads important conversations on trending diversity issues of importance to Nielsen, its clients, stakeholders, and U.S. communities.
Cheryl is the… Read More
LONDON, UK // Noodle is Gorillaz’ demon-slaying, axe-wielding lead guitarist. She joined the world’s most famous virtual band aged just ten, smashing out of a FedEx crate after an epically uncomfortable journey from her native Japan. From such humble beginnings Noodle’s legend grew. She played a pivotal part in creating Gorillaz’ smash-hit album Demon Days by single-handedly ridding the studio of a zombie infestation.
Over the years,… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Holly Adams has been a part of the music and film industry for 20 years.
Adams began her career at Sony Music’s WORK Group, most notably home to Jennifer Lopez and Fiona Apple. Adams then moved to Madonna’s Maverick Records, where she helmed the marketing and release of globally successful soundtrack releases for Austin Powers, The Matrix and The Rugrats franchises.
Adams went on to become VP marketing at… Read More
SANTA MONICA, USA // Eric Alexander recently joined Universal Music Group as VP Global Consumer Marketing Team, leading consumer-focused initiatives and brand strategy for the organization. Prior to UMG he helped create the Artist Marketing team at Spotify, working both as the Head of North America for Artist Marketing and the Artist and Label Marketing Lead across all Universal Music Group labels.
Eric spearheaded some of the companies… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Gabrielle Armand is a seasoned professional with 30 years experience creating, managing, and implementing global marketing, branding and sponsorship initiatives within the entertainment industry, not-for-profit and cultural arts landscapes.
In her current role as Vice President, Brand, Sales and Marketing for Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC), she oversees the Marketing, Creative, PR, & Communications, Corporate… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Always in love with music and with a deep passion for film; Alexander relocated to Los Angeles in his late twenties, for an assistant role with a film music supervisor. Soon thereafter he was in close proximity to a composer agency and a music publishing company merger, allowing him to see first-hand where creativity and music copyrights meet film and television.
In 2001, Alexander founded Hit the Ground Running and… Read More
LOS ANGELES, USA // Michelle Cho is a music supervisor at JAX, a boutique trailer agency based in Los Angeles, and most recently worked on the marketing campaigns for Borat 2, The Crown, and more. Her music supervision work also extends to advertising, design, and original content at JAX’s sister companies, Rock Paper Scissors, Elastic, and MakeMake respectively.
Previously, Michelle was the creative director at Pusher, an artist… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // Isabel is Senior Director of Synchronization at Concord Music Publishing, home to over 400,000 copyrighted works spanning all musical genres, including those by legendary songwriters & composers such as George Harrison, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Mark Ronson, Igor Stravinsky, Cyndi Lauper, and many more.
As Head of Ads for the publishing synch team, she is responsible for pitching and negotiating commercial placements for… Read More
NEW YORK, USA // James Armstrong is a Scottish born DJ, music producer and music executive based in New York. As VP of Creative Marketing at SonyATV Music Publishing, he is responsible for the placement and licensing of Sony/ATV’s catalog in advertising and branded content.
Over the past decade, he has placed music in global campaigns for brands including Google, Peloton, Nike, Facebook, Bose, SONOS, Beats by Dre, BMW, & Apple among… Read More