Steve Smith
Business Development- Account Executive at Westar Music- Claim this Profile
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Westar Music
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Canada
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Music
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Development- Account Executive
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Mar 2018 - Present
Westar Music offers over 10,000 unique music tracks and 250,000 sound effects from the Sound Ideas and Hollywood edge sound effects libraries to clients in all media • Prospect for new and profitable business in all media sectors • Manage existing clients with music updates, playlist creation and licensing needs • Catalogued over 10,000 tracks of music with relevant metadata • Built on existing client base and exceeded quota consistently Westar Music offers over 10,000 unique music tracks and 250,000 sound effects from the Sound Ideas and Hollywood edge sound effects libraries to clients in all media • Prospect for new and profitable business in all media sectors • Manage existing clients with music updates, playlist creation and licensing needs • Catalogued over 10,000 tracks of music with relevant metadata • Built on existing client base and exceeded quota consistently
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Current Music
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United States
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Music
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Development / Music Director - Canada and East Coast USA
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Feb 2016 - Feb 2018
• Prospect for new and profitable business. • Conduct music searches and create playlists for Music Supervisors, Advertising Agencies, Television and Film producers, Corporate Video and Digital media producers. • Create genre specific playlists for Current Music website. • Prepare outbound proactive playlists for select hi volume clients and potential clients. • Provide feedback and recommendations to our owned and sub published libraries based on current market trends and popular client music requests. • Review catalogue submissions for possible inclusion in the Current Music roster. Show less
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MusicBox, a Division of ole Rights Management LLP
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United States
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Music
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Development / Music Director -Canada
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Feb 2011 - Dec 2015
Musicbox offered over 150,000 tracks of production music for Television Producers / Advertising and Digital Agencies, Music Supervisors and Post Audio Studios. Music Director - Business Development Canada • Prospected for new and profitable business in multiple sectors, including: Advertising Agencies, Broadcasters, Television Production Companies, Corporate Video and Social Media producers. • Conducted music searches and created playlists for clients in all media. • Created genre specific playlists for Musicbox website landing page. • Prepared outbound proactive playlists for select hi volume clients and potential clients. • Provided feedback and recommendations to our owned and sub published libraries based on current market trends and popular client music requests. • Reviewed catalogue submissions for possible inclusion in the Musicbox roster. • Attended Trade Shows, Industry Events and meetings/lunches with clients and prospects to build and maintain client relationships. • Conducted demos and tutorials of Musicbox search engine / project management software at clients’ offices / studios and facilitated webinars of same. • Developed relationships with key personnel at Post Audio Studios, Advertising/ Digital Media agencies and with Music Supervisors which resulted in ongoing and profitable business. • Worked with Canadian producers and music supervisors to pitch and place music in such programs as Degrassi, Murdoch Mysteries, The Listener, Bomb Girls, Fargo, Mr. Young, Vikings, Penny Dreadful, Klondike, Bitchin Kitchen, Some Assembly Required, and many more. • Contributed to the design and implementation of two on line search engine / project management systems. • Negotiated and implemented various types of licensing agreements. • Built customer base of over 300 clients and consistently exceeded annual quota. Show less
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Chris Stone Audio
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Toronto Ont
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Music Consultant
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Nov 1989 - Feb 2011
Chris Stone Audio was a production music consulting service offering music search and transfer that catered predominately to Advertising Agencies and TV producers. Clients came into the office or called in - emailed their music brief and we created playlists based on the direction they provided. • Provided music searches for clients – pulling tracks from over 100 libraries. Until the Internet took hold most of these searches were done face to face. Tracks were then transferred to DAT or CD and eventually sent over the web. •Catalogued thousands of tracks from the libraries we offered to be ingested into our proprietary search program. Show less
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Music People
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United States
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Musicians
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1 - 100 Employee
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Music Consultant / Sales
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Nov 1989 - Jan 2011
THE MUSIC PEOPLE, Toronto, ON 1989 – 2011 The Music People offered over 70 International Library Music catalogues for licensing in Advertising, Corporate Communications and TV programming. Clients includes CBC, CTV, Global TV, and most major Canadian Advertising agencies and Corporate Video/New Media producers. • Conducted music searches and created playlists for clients in Advertising, TV and Film, Corporate Video and Digital Media. In the earlier days – sent out Cds • Provided feedback and recommendations to our sub published libraries based on current market trends and popular client music requests • Reviewed catalogue submissions for possible inclusion in the Music People roster. • Prospected for new and profitable business in multiple industry sectors. • Attended Trade Shows, Industry Events and meetings/lunches with clients and prospects.. • Contributed to the design and implementation on line search engine /project management tool. • Built customer base of over 500 clients and consistently exceeded annual quota. Show less
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