Description

STEVEN TORRES
1144 E. Edison Street, Tucson, AZ, 85705 | 2969 Hannan Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA | (925)408-8930 | nxtcollective@gmail.com

Objective

·    Seeking a summer internship involved in the music industry to help contribute my strong knowledge of dance music as an intern and to experience what it is like to work with professional with musical careers.  

Education

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | mAY 2016                                                                                                           tucson, az

·    Major: Bachelor of Science in Retailing and Consumer Sciences

·    Minor: Business Administration

·    Extracurricular: Arizona Rugby Team & Business of  Entertainment Club

Experience

Ambassador | what the festival! | january 2015 – current                    tucson, az/san francisco, ca

·    Operating my own ticket line and promoting What The Festival on multiple social networking sites.

·    Communicating on a daily basis with other team members on the most beneficial marketing strategies.

PROMOTER | SNOWGLOBE | september 2014-december 2014                                                       TUCSON, AZ/SAN FRANCISCO, CA

·    Involved in promoting and marketing the SnowGlobe music festival in my given area.

·    Met with management and owners of various retailers, bars, and clubs to market SnowGlobe.

·    Collaborated and networked with management on the best approach to mutually benefit from promoting SnowGlobe.

·    Sold out the music festival within two months and made Fest300.com’s ‘World’s Best Music Festivals’.

SERVER | THE SAN FRANCISCO CREAMERY | SUMMER 2013 & SUMMER 2014                                                    WALNUT CREEK, CA

·    Served food, took orders, and bussed tables.

·    Learned how to multi task, successfully fulfill customers’ needs and wants, and work with employees with various different personalities.

·    Held to a high standard because of the creameries well renowned reputation in the Bay Area.

FOUNDER | THE NXT COLLECTIVE | SUMMER 2013 – CURRENT                                                               TUCSON,AZ/SAN FRANCISCO,CA

·    Personal musical collective startup specializing in the promotions of up and coming music producers in various genres such as electronic, indie, and tech house.

·    The use of social media platforms such as Soundcloud, Mixcloud, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr have all become strongly useful in the startup stages as well as helping in the exposure of producers.

·    Utilized many resources to gain insight on how to startup and how to further advance the collective in order to create a cost efficient as well as promotional foundation.

·    Have been able to collaborate with fellow promoters from different networks to work on different side projects as well as bringing them onto the team.

Community Service

CAMP OKIZU | CAMP COUNSELER | SUMMER 2014                                                      NOVATO,CA

·    Mentored and counseled children ages six to sixteen who had been diagnosed with cancer and siblings whose brothers and sisters had been diagnosed with cancer.

·    Supervised nine thirteen year olds for a week and was the head counselor of their cabin.