Description

Matthew Flaherty

12143 Gothic Ave, Granada Hills CA  91344          
Phone: 818-399-5785 E-Mail: Matt@edm.com

Objective
To obtain employment in a PR and marketing position within the music industry.

Work Experience

Shaun Barker MGMT

Marketing Intern                  08/05 – 10/02

• Handled marketing for Australia’s biggest DJs: Stafford Brothers, Timmy Trumpet, Will Sparks, & Rave Radio.
• Social media community management, analytics research, and development of content and strategy for over    500k followers. (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
• Creative consulting for development and execution of custom digital marketing projects
• Create reports to asses a campaign’s measurable effectiveness
• Writing editorials and news articles on music, producers, and events

Create Nightclub

Promotions and Marketing          04/14 – Present        

• Signing up clients on guest lists, selling tickets, and selling table service.
• Implementing strategies through social media marketing.
• Exceeding weekly goals and maintaining top 10 ranking.
• Reporting to the promotional supervisor at SBE.

Avalon Nightclub

Promotions and Marketing          04/14 – Present        

• Signing up clients on guest lists, selling tickets, and selling table service.
• Implementing strategies through social media marketing.
• Reporting to the promotion supervisors at Avalon, Control, & Giant.

EDM.com

Staff Writer          11/13 – Present 

• Responsible for writing daily articles covering new music, news, and events.
• Build brand awareness, conduct artist interviews, and build artist relationships.
• Writing editorials, satire, and columns.
• Finding new artists and reporting to the A&R team.
• Highest liked articles have reached 46k and 25k likes on Facebook.

DropTheBeatz.com

Founder & CEO          08/11 – Present

• Responsible for daily posts, marketing, artist relations, artist interviews, event promotion, advertising, website maintenance, graphic design, and video editing.
• Social media managing over 45k followers (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, YouTube, etc.)
• Responsible for all aspects of e-commerce including inventory maintenance, distribution, marketing, product design, and customer service.
• Develop and execute content strategies to maximize traffic to website.
• Maintain relationships with PR companies and record labels to execute press campaigns to maximize exposure for artists and venues.
• Attend press events; write event previews/reviews, album reviews, and editorials.
• Manage several contributors and a photographer.

AT&T

Sales Representative          04/10 – 06/12

• Handled sales of new service, upgrades, customer service, complaints, billing questions, and warranty services.
• Sold U-Verse TV, home phone, and Internet to new customers as well as managed billing and service changes for existing customers.
• Cross sold services and exceeded monthly goals in a high volume store and deadline-driven environment.
• Managed billing machine payments and prepared the store deposits at the end of the night.
• Handed product shipments and restocked the inventory room.
• Resolved customer technical issues with phones, tablets, and laptops.

Verizon Wireless

Sales Representative          01/07 – 11/08

• Handled sales of new service, upgrades, customer service, complaints, billing questions and warranty services.
• Consistently generated additional revenue through product knowledge and friendly sales techniques to up-sell products and exceed my quotas.
• Made service changes, recommended service options, and scheduled installations for phone, fax, and computer lines.
• Awarded employee of the district over 7 times for always going above and beyond the call of duty.
• Managed billing machine payments and prepared the store deposits at the end of the night.
• Handled product shipments and restocked the inventory room.

Education

College Of The Canyons                                                                                                      08/05 – 07/09
Communications/Marketing

Bishop Alemany High School                                                                                              08/01 – 06/05
High School Diploma 

Skills

·       Microsoft Office Mac/PC

·       ­Wordpress

·       Marketing

·       Public Relations

·       Journalism

·       Photoshop/Illustrator

·       Video Editing

·       Branding

·       Social Media Managing

            -http://facebook.com/dropthebeatz – 7,054 likes

            -http://twitter.com/dropthebeatz – 1,560 followers

            -Instagram: @dropthebeatz – 20k followers

            -Vine: @dropthebeatz – 3,807 followers

·       HTML coding

·       Google Adsense / Advertising 

·       Google Analytics

·       E-commerce

·       Sales/Customer Service

References

Available upon request