Description

Los Angeles, CA
jencasemusic@gmail.com

www.linkedin.com/in/jencase

EXPERIENCE
EDM LIFE: Los Angeles, CA
Web Developer/Content Manager (2013 – Present)
Research, write, gather, organize, and edit information for publication in CMS
HTML, eg embed code for hyperlinks to digital assets like audio visual media
Update Facebook and Meetup groups as well as the CMS promotional calendar withupcoming music event listings
Optimization of platform for best SEO results
Manage social media platforms and CMS
Research blogs, websites, and social media platforms for content
Collaborate with Editor

STUDIO71, LP: Beverly Hills, CA
Manager, Digital Rights & Network Operations (2015 – 2016)
Operations management of the ‘Music Publisher’ CMS, which included music asset ingestion and assigned music composition assets to our entire music catalog where we owned the rights
Ingested XML and CSV wrapped metadata packages of audio recordings/music catalog into the ‘Sound Recording Audio Visual’ CMS via Package Uploader
Managed and assigned music asset labels
Owned and managed the ‘Master Music’ CSV for the network as well as the long term Dropbox storage for all client music catalogs

WMG: WARNER MUSIC GROUP/ADA: ALTERNATIVE DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE: Burbank, CA
Beatport Account Manager, Digital Sales & Marketing (2008 – 2013)
Listened and selected relevant new releases for Beatport from the WMG/ADA ‘Digital Audio Release Schedule’
Researched label partners’ artists as well as interfaced with label partners on their priority releases and special promotions like remix contests
Planned and implemented marketing plans of label partners’ priority releases and special promotions
Coordinated with label partners’ other distributors to ensure that priority releases were being released worldwide on street dates as Beatport is a global store, eg Beatport does not have digital stores per territory
Negotiated B2B exclusivity deals with label partners and Beatport
Pitched to Beatport’s Label Manager our label partners’ priority releases and special promotions for featured promotions in Beatport’s digital store
Collaborated with WMG/ADA’s Production team and Beatport’s Content Operations team to ensure that label partners’ content was delivered at Beatport as well as guarantee that releases would be live/published and accurate on street dates
Tracked and captured screenshots of featured promotions of label partners’ releases at Beatport
Acquired play lists from label partners’ artists and coordinated with Beatport to ensure that play lists would be live/published on release street dates
Pursued and secured new label partnerships
Furthered the WMG/ADA brand by cultivating and maintaining business relationships with label partners as well as Beatport

Communications Coordinator, Digital Sales & Marketing (2008 – 2013)
Compiled and distributed to label partners in the North American territories as well as WMG/ADA Global in the UK reports that contained pertinent information regarding accounts like promotional opportunities, new devices, terminated and/or new deals, featured promotions, new devices, etc
Assembled and disseminated to label partners in the North American territories as well as WMG/ADA Global’s label partners in the UK territories reports that included screenshots of featured promotions at accounts of their artist’s releases
Composed and dispersed reports that informed label partners as to which accounts reported flash sales information for the previous week
Consolidated and dispensed internally as well as to WMG/ADA Global in the UK the above reports as well as label partners’ upcoming priority releases and WMG/ADA’s iTunes market share for the current week
Maintained and updated the WMG/ADA ‘Digital Rights By Label’ CSV, which included the following, but not limited to: parent and subsidiary label partners, digital/mobile account opt-ins/carve-outs and physical territories per label partner
Updated and maintained contact distribution lists of digital/mobile label partners
Liaised and answered queries from label partners at all executive levels as well as connected them to appropriate contacts to address issues and concerns

Associate Director, Digital Sales & Marketing (2008 – 2013)
Compiled the following information regarding label partners’ priority releases to be distributed to the Director’s accounts: labels, artists, titles, singles, street dates, UPCs, available territories, descriptions of releases, etc
Tracked and captured screenshots of featured promotions of label partners’ releases at 11 of Director’s accounts
Updated and maintained CSV of opted-in eMusic label partners’ priority releases for the Director to disperse to eMusic
Screened, interviewed, selected, and trained interns for the Digital Sales & Marketing department

EDUCATION

ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN: Pasadena, CA

Faculty, Photography and Imaging (1999 – 2010)

ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN: Pasadena, CA

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography

SKILLS/COMPETENCIES
Microsoft Windows/Mac OS
YouTube Audience Growth Certification
Content Management Systems
Music Publishing operations
Google Docs, Dropbox, & FTP protocol
Social media platforms
Enterprise services of platforms
Digital media
Account managing
Marketing
Promotion
Networking
Sales
Microsoft Office
Rights management
IP/asset/content protection
DMCA Takedowns
Content ID management
Bent Pixels manual claims tool/plug-in
Monetization
Data/channel analysis
Operations management
Channel management/services • Content ingestion
XML
HTML
Technical aptitude
KPI focused
Problem resolution
Reporting
Researching
Written/verbal communication

Detail oriented
Prioritization
Multitasking
Time management
Training/mentoring
Strong work ethic
Independent/self-starter
Team player/building