AMY SMITH
123 Main Street • Atlanta, Georgia • 30339
Home: (555) 555-1234, Cell: (555) 555-1235
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Objective: Seek the Position of Music Director
SUMMARY: Profoundly knowledgeable, creative and innovative Music Director with great background coordinating the activities of the music department; ensuring the quality and amount of music supplied by industry contacts.
Summary of Qualifications
Eight years experience.
Strong knowledge of all applicable FCC rules and regulations.
Remarkable knowledge and ability to use computers in applicable programs.
Excellent verbal communication skills
Remarkable problem-solving ability and skill in prioritizing.
Profound ability to interact with management and staff at all levels.
Immense ability to multi-task and handle pressures and deadlines.
Strong skill in operation of control board, remote broadcasting and other related production equipment.
Great ability to motivate musicians and technical team members.
Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
Exceptional ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business documents.
Strong ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Professional Experience
Rainbow Entertainment Company, Minneapolis 2004 - Present
Music Director
Maintain an up to date, searchable music library database.
Maintain a neat, equipped music office and music library.
Cultivate music industry contacts to ensure a wide range of music genres is supplied to the station.
Report on a weekly basis to charting publications including Rainbow Entertainment web page.
Maintain an adequate processing system for all music received by the station, including: receiving, tracking, sorting for rotation, cataloguing, filing, storing and caring for music product.
Provide training and opportunities for advancement to all Music Department members.
Ensure that necessary materials such as magazines, faxed information and phone messages are up to date and accessible to all dept. Members.
Provide assistance to music staff in the form of training and advice.
Establish a meeting schedule for the department members.
Provide a report to the Executive Committee as requested.
Participate regularly in Staff meetings as called by the Station Manager.
Participate in budget meetings with the Executive and other paid staff.
Provide a line item department budget to the Station Manager prior to the annual budget meeting(s).
Rainbow Entertainment Company, Minneapolis 2002 - 2004
Assistant Music Director
Recruited, made recommendations on assignments and directed, as necessary, conductors and coaches in the program.
Worked with the music Director in recruiting orchestra players, scheduling auditions and auditioning all players, and determined the final seating of all players.
Presented annual calendar of rehearsals, concerts and activities for all groups for Rainbow Entertainment Board approval.
Made recommendation of music to be programmed at performances for all groups.
Conducted the Principal Orchestra.
Planned and organized the annual Young People's Concert and the Annual Retreats.
Sought opportunities that met the criteria in the By-laws, such as trips, guest soloists and commissioned works etc. for Rainbow Entertainment Board consideration.
Rainbow Entertainment Company, Minneapolis 2000 - 2002
Music Arranger
Experimented with original piece of music, and chose various combinations of instruments to produce desired effects.
Added vocal parts.
Made changes in the original piece of music to accommodate the requirements of a particular medium (band, orchestra, choral group, solo artist, film score, radio jingle).
Worked on new arrangements of old hits (for example, arranged an old gospel tune in a jazz style) and arranged new compositions for different mediums and in different styles.
Used synthesizers and computers to experiment with musical sounds.
Acted as musical director during recording sessions, selected songs, scored charts, rehearsed musicians and conducted the performance.
Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music University of Minneapolis (2000)