DOUG ELLISON PROFILE
DOUG ELLISON PROFILE
Music Industry Business Management Executive with extensive, accountable experience. A results-driven professional skilled at identifying and signing emerging new talent, managing client careers, organizing and facilitating recording sessions, publishing new material, generating publicity and promoting talent, serving as executive producer on music projects, arranging engagements and tours, overseeing distribution and sales of recorded materials and managing all business operations, seeks a position that fully capitalizes on this experience while providing further career growth and advancement as merited.
KEY QUALIFIERS
PROVEN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT / MUSIC INDUSTRY EXPERTISE ⮚ MOTIVATING, MULTI-TASKING LEADER
⮚ CONSISTENT PRODUCER / QUICK TO LEARN ⮚ EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR (oral and written)
⮚ ORGANIZED PLANNER / DECISION MAKER ⮚ INTERACT PROFESSIONALLY AT ALL LEVELS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FOUR KINGS PRODUCTIONS (and companies), Laurelton, NY 11/03 to Present
I initially founded and built this successful business focusing on new talent acquisition and management in the music / entertainment industry. As the company grew I signed numerous new, exciting, emerging talents, Executive produced 10 commercially released Gold & Platinum projects, I diversified and expanded the company, adding Four Kings Publishing to publish new, original material (5000 working cues under management) , and Four Kings, Ltd. to market and sell branded apparel.
CEO / General Business Manager
• Direct all aspects of my three businesses, focusing on development, promotion and management of promising new artists in diverse genres of the music industry and pre- and post-audio and video production.
• Selectively recruited and hired all staff comprised of multi-platinum and Grammy Award-winning executives, managers, producers, writers, composers, musicians, editors and sound engineers.
• Collaborate and build cohesive relationships with experts in A&R, artist management, marketing, pre- and post music production, sound design, film and television scoring, jingle writing and sound alkie’s.
• Have served as Executive Producer or Co-Producer on numerous recording projects.
• Engage leading film and video producers to create innovative and artistic visions of each client; oversee editing for film and television, color correction and post-production details.
• Utilize Four Kings Publishing to publish new, original materials produced by clients and staff.
• Opened Four Kings, Ltd. to market branded apparel (Tee Shirts, Hoodies, Sweat Shirts, etc.) promoting YAY, MBK, Four Kings, RichHipster and RichHipster Belle products both online and at our retail store.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
RH STUDIOS, Valley Stream, NY 2018 to Present
General Business Manager
• Opened and manage this dance studio specializing in cultural dancing (African Dance, Afro-Caribbean Dance, Belly Dance), as well as specialized training in Hip Hop Yoga and African Beats.
• Recruited talented dance instructors and Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Instructors.
• Provide a tranquil, mindful environment where movement and music meet.
GEICO INSURANCE, Woodbury, NY 06/99 to 11/03
Sales Supervisor/Trainer
• Organized and led 8-week formal training classes for newly hired sales associates.
• Transitioned new hires into the company’s corporate culture while providing in-depth training in areas of computer navigation skills and insurance underwriting guidelines.
• Achieved a minimal turnover rate coupled with an excellent rate of promotion for individuals I trained.
• Coached and mentored new management interns.
• Earned recognition for effective management of the most productive and profitable sales unit in the company.
• Selected to represent the entire New York Region of Geico offices at corporate meetings.
EDUCATION
Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL
■ MS Entertainment Business curriculum…Currently enrolled, degree anticipated October 2021
■ BS Entertainment Business (GPA: 3.14)…Graduated May 2015
KEY COURSES: EEO…AAP…Handling Difficult Conversation…Corrective Action…Presentation Skills…Principles of Management…Public Speaking…
Target Adult Learning… Mass Media…Economics… Database Management… Organizational Behavior… Behavioral Science…
Business Organization & Management… Computers in Business… International Business…Digital Marketing…Intellectual Property…
Artist Management…Entertainment Business Models…Event Management…Entertainment Business Law & Contract Negotiation…
Audience Metrics…Business Law… Accounting…Entertainment Media Distribution…Marketing & Physiology…Pro Tools…Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint
HONORS: FULL SAIL COURSE DIRECTOR’S AWARD
■ Event Management ■ Business Ethics & Social Responsibility
Five Towns College, Dix Hills, NY
■ AAS Business Management / Production…Graduated May 2003
SPECIAL SKILLS
■ ARTIST AND TALENT MANAGEMENT ■ BRANDING ■ ARTIST & VENUE BOOKING
■ MARKETING STRATEGIES ■ BUSINESS PLANNING ■ ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION
■ SHOWCASING ■ PRESS KIT DEVELOPMENT ■ DEAL NEGOTIATIONS
■ TOURING ■ PUBLISHING ■ ARTIST DEVELOPMENT
■ PROJECT MANAGEMENT ■ MUSIC PRE & POST PRODUCTION ■ CREATIVE COPYWRITING
■ MUSIC LIBRARIES ■ VIDEO PRE & POST PRODUCTION ■ STUDIO MIX & MASTERING
■ DIGITAL MARKETING ■ SOCIAL MEDIA DEVELOPMENT ■ BUDGETING
PERSONAL
Leader…Knowledgeable…Professional…Resourceful…Problem Solver…Focused…Results Driven…Organized…Diplomatic